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

[Liam Wyatt]

Relatedly, where is the updated, latest discussion on what Wikimedia's
response (if anything) is going to be?
Presumably there is are several on-wiki debates, but because there are
different potential "levels" of blackout (all project blackout, geo-located
blackout, single-project blackout, protest-banner but not a full blackout,
etc. etc.) where is the central/official discussion taking place to get
community consensus for any action?

FWIW, I'm in favour of some form of protest response, probably an
all-project blackout timed to coencide with the probable blackout of other
major sites. But, if that actually happened, would it be possible for the
community to still log in and use that day as a "housekeeping" day to clear
away lots of behind-the-scenes backlogs?

-Liam

Peace, love & metadata


On 13 January 2012 09:07, Paolo Massa <paolo at gnuband.org> wrote:

> There is a dedicated website too.
> http://www.wikipediablackout.com/
>
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 9:58 AM, emijrp <emijrp at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Forwarding an alarming e-mail for your interest.
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Wade Mollison <info at demandprogress.org>
> > Date: 2012/1/13
> > Subject: Wikipedia
> > To: "\"emijrp\"" <emijrp at gmail.com>
> >
> > Emily,
> >
> > Quick request:  Wikipedia is considering going dark to protest SOPA and
> > PIPA, the Internet censorship bills.
> > *It'd be huge news, jar rank-and-file Internet users out of complacency,
> > and serve as a turning point in the effort to beat these bills.*
> >
> > *Will you encourage Wikipedia to protest censorship by going dark?  Just
> > click here.*
> >
> > And you can use these links to ask your friends to join the cause:
> >
> >
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