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 >> _______________________________________________ >> Publicpolicy mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy >> > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy > > > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy >
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