Many thanks for the info Joe

Does anyone have a understanding of what has been discussed on English
Wikipedia? I saw a discussion for a regional banner, but haven't seen
anything about a blackout. I would be very willing to put some time into
plans to do this if anyone is working on something.

Best

On Sat, 16 Mar 2019 at 14:03, Thomas Lohninger <
[email protected]> wrote:

> If there is anything the pledge2019.eu campaign can do to support your
> efforts, let me know.
>
> If you need explainer material, we created this animation video for
> article 13 (cc-by-sa)
> EN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyUh9wOp_Rw
> DE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=651XS0O39bc&t=131s
>
> Best,
> Thomas
>
> On 16.03.2019, at 05:57, Luis Villa <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Good luck, all. We're cheering for you.
>
> On Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 9:48 PM Joseph Seddon <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> As you are aware, the German community has voted in favor of a blackout
>> of German Wikipedia. The blackout is set to take place on March 21st. We
>> have been working closely with the German community to develop a strategy
>> to best support the implementation of this decision. We are currently
>> fine-tuning the text and design for the blackout to ensure the messaging is
>> clear and accurate.
>>
>> A number of other communities are in active discussions some of which
>> appear to be expressing consensus in favor of a banner, a blackout, or a
>> combination of the two. We want to ensure materials including, banners and
>> blackouts are easily accessible and adaptable for use on all languages in
>> the com
>>
>> Those materials we are preparing will be ready in the next few days, but
>> we’d like to take this opportunity to contextualize them by outlining our
>> approach. Our materials aim to do the following:
>>
>> - *Avoid invoking party politics. - *We want the campaign to be clearly
>> and unequivocally about the Directive text, not about particular parties or
>> candidates. We will also avoid linking to any campaigns that encourage the
>> support or opposition of specific candidates
>>
>> - *Focus on the issues.* - We will hone in on the particular articles in
>> the Directive that are causing problems with the text, specifically
>> Articles 11 and 13.
>>
>> - *Contain our own neutral material. *We believe it's imperative to have
>> airtight arguments and intentional framing. While other sites have great
>> initiatives underway, we cannot ensure that external content will remain
>> consistent with our message.
>>
>> - *Have a uniform call to action.* Where we link to content, we will
>> link to fixcopyright.wikimedia.org, which will when updated direct users
>> to contact their MEPs through the European Parliament's website, We believe
>> concerted action will have more effect than disperse, uncoordinated action
>> between communities.
>>
>> - *Communicate in a concise, direct and factual style*, so as to avoid
>> confusing our message.
>>
>> Please distribute this message to your communities as you see fit. We
>> would like the communities voting in favor of an action to know that we are
>> working on the tools and messaging to support their decision.
>>
>> Feel free to contact myself if you have any questions about the
>> implementation of on wiki community actions.
>>
>> Many thanks!
>> Seddon
>>
>> [1]
>> https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meinungsbilder/Protest_gegen_EU-Urheberrechtsreform
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