That makes sense - you don't want any editing going on while people
aren't able to monitor it properly. If the API wasn't disabled, a
vandal that managed to get access to it (I can't remember what's
required to edit via the API) could go on a spree without anyone being
there to stop it and we would come back after the blackout to a
complete mess.
On 17 January 2012 09:53, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote:
Looks like the API is also going to be down for 24 hours....
Gordo
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [Mediawiki-api] Editing en.wp via API to be disabled on 18 January
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:20:38 -0800
From: Sumana Harihareswara <sumanah(a)wikimedia.org>
Reply-To: MediaWiki API announcements & discussion
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Organisation: Wikimedia Foundation
To: mediawiki-api(a)lists.wikimedia.org
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/01/16/wikipedias-community-calls-for-anti-s…
Editing pages on English Wikipedia via the web service API will be
disabled for 24 hours beginning at 05:00 UTC on Wednesday, January 18,
as part of the anti-SOPA/PIPA blackout.
--
Sumana Harihareswara
Volunteer Development Coordinator
Wikimedia Foundation
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