[Foundation-l] Discussion duration and the SOPA shutdown

Erik Moeller erik at wikimedia.org
Thu Jan 19 02:34:42 UTC 2012


On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 6:30 PM, Mono <monomium at gmail.com> wrote:
> I do agree that this kind of action must be severely limited. We cannot go
> on like this; we've used up our shutdown for about five years. The shutdown
> makes waves, but its effect will diminish with overuse. This is the kind of
> thing we should not repeat for a long while.

+1 (personal opinion). This is an extraordinary measure and should be
used extremely judiciously. I believe it has been, here.

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Erik Möller
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