[Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia goes on strike

[Yaroslav M. Blanter]

On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:21:26 +0200, Milos Rancic wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Yaroslav M. Blanter
> <putevod at mccme.ru> wrote:
>> Milos, do you have any evidence that what you have written is 
>> correct? Just
>> a single fact? So far the law was accepted in the second reading 
>> basically
>> unchanged, and is currently undergoing the third reading (which is 
>> also
>> expected to pass unchanged). The minister already expressed full 
>> support of
>> the law and disapproved the action of Russian Wikipedia. What are 
>> your
>> statements based on? On opinions of WM-Russia who failed to take any 
>> action
>> after the law passed the first reading on July 6 but were of course 
>> happy to
>> issue a statement after the decision was taken on July 9?
>
> As written above:
>
> "Communication Minister Nikolai Nikiforov was also negative about the
> current version of the bill, but was more relaxed about the possible
> outcomes. “I don’t support Wiki’s contention that it would be closed
> down. But this step is an important reaction by society, a sign that
> the legislation needs to be improved,” he tweeted on Tuesday 
> morning."
> [1]
>
> -- which means that you should just remind him at the right time,
> before the third reading. (By closing Wikipedia again, of course.)
>
> [1] http://themoscownews.com/russia/20120710/189942195.html

The third reading will be TODAY 17:00 Moscow time (in two and a half 
hours). It was just a figure of speach.

Cheers
Yaroslav