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

[Maggie Dennis]

Just a quick note that it was the subject of yesterday's office hours,
which includes several links to on-Wiki discussions:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours/Office_hours_2012-01-12

Maggie

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 4:21 AM, Liam Wyatt <liamwyatt at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
> > >
> > >
> > > If you're already on *Facebook*, click here to share with your friends.
> > > If you're already on *Twitter*, click here to tweet about the campaign:
> > > Tweet
> > >
> > >  Thanks!
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Maggie Dennis
Community Liaison
WikimediaFoundation.org