[Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikipedia is considering going dark to protest SOPA and PIPA

[Yaroslav M. Blanter]

On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:58:41 +0000, Tom Morris <tom at tommorris.org> wrote:
> I think the concern will be dependent on whether Commons is covered in
> the blackout (and whether the 'full' shutdown goes ahead or the
> 'pop-up plus banners' that seems to be getting most traction on
> enwiki).
> 
> I'm seeing a rough consensus for action on English Wikipedia, and
> German Wikipedians seem to be up for acting in solidarity, but, as
> I've said on the page on enwiki, I don't see how enwiki consensus for
> a SOPA action ought to bind other proejcts including Commons and the
> English sister projects.
> 

Commons most likely will only run a banner. There is currently a straw
poll abut it. The blackout has not even been seriously discussed. (And I
personally think it will not be a good idea because many hotlinks to
Commons files would just disappear without any explanation in case of the
blackout - not something which add us much credibility).

Cheers
Yaroslav