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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > There is a dedicated website too. > > http://www.wikipediablackout.com/ > > > > On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 9:58 AM, emijrp <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Forwarding an alarming e-mail for your interest. > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > From: Wade Mollison <[email protected]> > > > Date: 2012/1/13 > > > Subject: Wikipedia > > > To: "\"emijrp\"" <[email protected]> > > > > > > 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! > > > > > > Demand Progress > > > > > > > > > Paid for by Demand Progress (DemandProgress.org< > > http://demandprogress.org/>) > > > and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. > > Contributions > > > are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax > > > purposes. > > > > > > *One last thing -- Demand Progress's small, dedicated, under-paid staff > > > relies exclusively on the generosity of members like you to support our > > > work. Will you click here to chip in $5 or $10? Or you can become a > > Demand > > > Progress monthly sustainer by clicking here. Thank you!* > > > > > > > > > You can unsubscribe from this mailing list at any time. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > foundation-l mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > > > > -- > > -- > > Paolo Massa > > Email: paolo AT gnuband DOT org > > Blog: http://gnuband.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Maggie Dennis Community Liaison WikimediaFoundation.org _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
