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From: Jay Walsh <jwalsh(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: 2012/1/17
Subject: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] English Wikipedia to go
dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA
To: wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Please also see the related blog post,
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/01/16/wikipedias-community-calls-for-anti-so…
The release is posted here:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/English_Wikipedia_to_go_…
*English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA
*
San Francisco -- January 16, 2012 -- On January 18, 2012, in an
unprecedented decision, the Wikipedia community has chosen to blackout the
English version of Wikipedia for 24 hours, in protest against proposed
legislation in the United States — the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the
U.S. House of Representatives, and PROTECTIP (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate. If
passed, this legislation will harm the free and open Internet and bring
about new tools for censorship of international websites inside the United
States.
Wikipedia administrators confirmed this decision Monday afternoon (PST) in
a public statement (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Action#Summary_and_c…
):
Over the course of the past 72 hours, over 1800 Wikipedians have joined
together to discuss proposed actions that the community might wish to take
against SOPA and PIPA. This is by far the largest level of participation in
a community discussion ever seen on Wikipedia, which illustrates the level
of concern that Wikipedians feel about this proposed legislation. The
overwhelming majority of participants support community action to encourage
greater public action in response to these two bills. Of the proposals
considered by Wikipedians, those that would result in a "blackout" of the
English Wikipedia, in concert with similar blackouts on other websites
opposed to SOPA and PIPA, received the strongest support.
“Today Wikipedians from around the world have spoken about their opposition
to this destructive legislation," said Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia.
"This is an extraordinary action for our community to take - and while we
regret having to prevent the world from having access to Wikipedia for even
a second, we simply cannot ignore the fact that SOPA and PIPA endanger free
speech both in the United States and abroad, and set a frightening
precedent of Internet censorship for the world."
We urge Wikipedia readers to make your voices heard. If you live in the
United States, find your elected representative in Washington (
https://www.eff.org/sopacall). If you live outside the United States,
contact your State Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs or similar
branch of government. Tell them you oppose SOPA and PIPA, and want the
internet to remain open and free.
*About the Wikimedia Foundation
*http://wikimediafoundation.org
http://blog.wikimedia.org
The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore Media Metrix,
Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation
receive more than 474 million unique visitors per month, making them the
fifth-most popular web property world-wide (comScore, November 2011).
Available in 282 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 20 million
articles contributed by a global volunteer community of more than 100,000
people. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is an
audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and
grants.
*Media Contact:
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Jay Walsh
Head of Communications
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Tel. +1 415 839 6885 x 6609
jwalsh(a)wikimedia.org
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主題︰ Re: [Wikimania-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2013: Hong Kong
Congratulations to Hong Kong!
El 02-05-2012 19:52, "James Forrester" <jdforrester(a)gmail.com> escribió:
>
>On behalf of the Wikimania 2013[0] selection Jury[1], I can announce
>that we have awarded the conference to Hong Kong. Congratulations to
>the bidding team, and to the London team who also did a particularly
>excellent job.
>
>There were five official bids: Bristol, Naples and Surakarta, as well
>as the two finalists of Hong Kong and London[2]. The Jury and the
>bidding teams discussed them in three public IRC meetings in April. We
>determined that Hong Kong and London were the strongest contenders,
>and decided to focus on these two as the finalists. After further
>e-mail enquiries, and considering evaluation by Wikimedia Foundation
>staff, a final, private meeting was held to reach a final decision.
>
>The Jury was pleased by the high quality in both the final bids, and
>required over three hours' discussion to reach the final verdict. We
>considered each bid according to the criteria[3], focussing on
>following factors: Venue, Program, Geo-location & Logistics, Local
>Opportunities, Accommodations, Team & Chapter, and Budget & Finances.
>We found consensus that the Hong Kong bid was the stronger, especially
>because of their strong advance planning; solid support by the local
>Wikimedia Chapter, the community, local government, and a partner
>organisation that is experienced in planning conferences; and their
>good combination of venue and accommodation.
>
>The Jury has confidence that the Hong Kong bidding team will pull off
>a magnificent Wikimania, and we are pleased for our global community
>to return to Asia once again. With a motivated group of volunteers who
>have experience in organizing smaller Wikimedia activities, and a
>partner with experience in organizing larger-scale events, they have
>found a good mix to create a successful conference. The Jury did also
>identify some weaker points in each the bids, and will be happy to
>share those privately with the teams so that the Hong Kong team can
>use that to their advantage in organizing Wikimania 2013, and the
>other teams can use the feedback to improve their bids for a future
>year.
>
>We thank all candidate teams - the process is gruelling and requires a
>very substantial time investment. They are all to be commended for
>their submissions.
>
>To use this soap-box for a moment, as Moderator I would like to remind
>the community that we hope that this time was the last that we use
>this ad-hoc process to decide on the Wikimania venue, and encourage
>everyone to engage with the discussion on Meta[4] about how we might
>select Wikimania 2014 and beyond in a more open, community-led way.
>Please, do join in the discussions.
>
>Yours,
>
>James Forrester
>Moderator, Wikimania 2013 Jury
>For the Wikimania 2013 Jury
>
>[0] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013
>[1] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_jury
>[2] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_bids
>[3] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_judging_criteria
>[4] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Advisory_Group
>--
>James D. Forrester
>jdforrester(a)wikimedia.org | jdforrester(a)gmail.com
>[[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]]
>
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