If Wikipedia was to start to do any lobbying for legislation, a strict policy would need to be implemented so that any such activities don't jeapardize its proposed 501(c)(3) tax exemption. Alex756 From: "Jimmy Wales" jwales@bomis.com
While I'm sympathetic to the cause, I'm not really comfortable with Wikipedia per se taking part in a political act just because I (and presumably a majority of wikipedians) happen to agree with it.
Suppose the next political protest we're asked to participate in is pro-war? Or anti-war? Or whatever. Taking sides is something that all of us have a moral responsibility to do as individuals, but Wikipedia the encyclopedia is outside politics.