On 14 January 2012 12:20, Yaroslav M. Blanter <pute...@mccme.ru> wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:58:41 +0000, Tom Morris <t...@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). Is there talk about blackout on the files or just the pages? I don't think a blackout on Commons would have the effect you described. 'Hotlinked images' from Commons would continue to work as normal. Including images in a blackout is usually a bit more work than usual (Apache rewrite rules, etc.), while pages can simply be caught with a quick and dirty MW-extension (or even just JavaScript). _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
