Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA
emijrp, 17/01/2012 22:11: The Italian bill was not removed, the vote was just delayed. So, if any, I see a poor effect here after compromising our goals. What do you mean? There's no way to remove a proposed law, here. And it will surely not be approved, like tons of other proposed laws sitting in the archives of the Parliament of Italy. Nemo ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
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2012/1/17 Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com: Wikimedia Serbia also supports English Wikipedians [...] Wikimedia Italia too, see http://www.wikimedia.it Here's the text (in italian): --- Milano, 17 gennaio 2012 Domani, 18 gennaio 2012, l'edizione in lingua inglese di Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org) verrà oscurata tra le 0:00 e le 24:00 (fuso orario di New York, tra le 6:00 del 18 gennaio e le 6.00 del 19 gennaio in Italia) come forma di attenzione e protesta contro due proposte di legge statunitensi, lo Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) e il PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). Tali proposte vengono presentate come iniziative per tutelare il copyright, tuttavia il modo con cui verrebbe esercitata questa tutela porterebbe gravi rischi per la libertà di parola su Internet, oltre a permettere di bloccare l'accesso dagli USA a interi siti stranieri che semplicemente contengano anche un solo collegamento a un sito sospettato di infrangere un copyright protetto negli Stati Uniti. Tutto ciò senza una verifica indipendente dell'eventuale loro coinvolgimento nella presunta violazione. Wikipedia e la Wikimedia Foundation sono in prima linea per quanto riguarda la tutela del diritto d'autore, infatti sulle pagine di Wikipedia e degli altri progetti della Wikimedia Foundation, una qualunque presunta violazione di copyright viene sempre eliminata non appena individuata. La protesta contro SOPA e PIPA è portata avanti poiché rischiano di minacciare la libertà e l'esistenza non solo di Wikipedia, ma dell'intero web. Come ricorda Sue Gardner, direttore esecutivo della Wikimedia Foundation, «Le voci di Wikipedia sono neutrali, ma la sua esistenza no». La comunità che opera su Wikipedia in lingua inglese ha a lungo dibattuto sulla proposta del fondatore di Wikipedia Jimmy Wales di arrivare a una serrata sul modello di quella effettuata dalla Wikipedia in lingua italiana lo scorso ottobre contro il comma 29 del disegno di legge sulle intercettazioni. La proposta che ha alla fine avuto il consenso della comunità è stata quella di unirsi a molti altri siti statunitensi in un'unica giornata di black-out. L'edizione in lingua italiana di Wikipedia non sarà oscurata, ma apparirà un avviso in cima a ogni pagina visualizzata. SOPA e PIPA, infatti, toccano indirettamente anche Wikipedia in lingua italiana, poiché i server che la ospitano sono situati negli Stati Uniti e, se anche la Wikimedia Foundation sopravvivesse agli enormi costi dell'applicazione di una legislazione tanto irragionevole, si potrebbe arrivare all'assurda ipotesi che un utente italiano, cercando su Wikipedia in lingua italiana un'informazione in una voce che riporta un collegamento a un altro sito italiano, potrebbe non trovarla perché negli USA è stato deciso che quest'ultimo viola il copyright, il tutto senza possibilità di difesa. L'intera libertà della rete, che è cosa diversa dall'illegalità, rischia quindi di essere messa in discussione da due provvedimenti statunitensi. Associazione Wikimedia Italia Wikimedia Italia, corrispondente italiana ufficiale di Wikimedia Foundation, Inc, è un'associazione senza fini di lucro che opera nel settore della cultura e del sapere, per la diffusione della conoscenza libera. Nota in Italia principalmente per la sua attività di promozione dei progetti Wikimedia (tra cui il più noto è indubbiamente Wikipedia), organizza e collabora a seminari, eventi ed attività volte a far conoscere e diffondere i contenuti liberi. Ulteriori informazioni Comunicato ufficiale della Wikimedia Foundation http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/English_Wikipedia_to_go_dark Comunicato degli amministratori della Wikipedia in lingua inglese http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Action Posizione di Sue Gardner http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/01/16/wikipedias-community-calls-for-anti-sopa-blackout-january-18/ Wikipedia http://it.wikipedia.org Wikimedia Italia http://www.wikimedia.it/index.php/10_cose_da_sapere Contatti Wikimedia Italia Presidente: Frieda Brioschi · fbrios...@wikimedia.it · +39 328 0731320 Addetto stampa: Maurizio Codogno · mcodo...@wikimedia.it · +39 02 43835926 --- Cristian WM-IT ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
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On Twitter: Wikipedia #WikipediaBlackout and Imagine A World Without Free Knowledge ...have all been trending for the late morning, early afternoon. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
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Oh, damn: regarding the below... I meant to say in the UK. On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 12:58, Bod Notbod bodnot...@gmail.com wrote: On Twitter: Wikipedia #WikipediaBlackout and Imagine A World Without Free Knowledge ...have all been trending for the late morning, early afternoon. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
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AND, I also meant to say #FactsWithoutWikipedia is trending in the UK. This user is cataloguing Wikipedia-related tweets of people that seem to lack basic skills in reading/comprehension (not realising it's just for 24 hours for example)... many tweeting RIP Wikipedia!: https://twitter.com/#!/herpderpedia Anyway, sorry, I've made rather a pig's ear of what was meant to be some light coverage of UK Twitter responses to the blackout. I shall post no more on the subject. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
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On 18 January 2012 13:46, Bod Notbod bodnot...@gmail.com wrote: Anyway, sorry, I've made rather a pig's ear of what was meant to be some light coverage of UK Twitter responses to the blackout. I shall post no more on the subject. Heck no, this is useful :-) - d. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
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Top trending topic on Twitter right now: #DayWithoutWikipedia https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23DayWithoutWikipedia Regards, -- Orionist On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 8:18 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 18 January 2012 13:46, Bod Notbod bodnot...@gmail.com wrote: Anyway, sorry, I've made rather a pig's ear of what was meant to be some light coverage of UK Twitter responses to the blackout. I shall post no more on the subject. Heck no, this is useful :-) - d. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
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On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 4:22 AM, Liam Wyatt liamwy...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for this announcement Jay, and everyone involved in the planning of this unprecedented action. For what it's worth, I want to particularly thank the Italian Community, for showing us with their own blackout what power Wikipedia can unleash to fight for freedom. Cheers, Delphine -- @notafish NB. This gmail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails will get lost. Intercultural musings: Ceci n'est pas une endive - http://blog.notanendive.org Photos with simple eyes: notaphoto - http://photo.notafish.org ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
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2012/1/17 Delphine Ménard notafi...@gmail.com: On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 4:22 AM, Liam Wyatt liamwy...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for this announcement Jay, and everyone involved in the planning of this unprecedented action. For what it's worth, I want to particularly thank the Italian Community, for showing us with their own blackout what power Wikipedia can unleash to fight for freedom. We will always love you, Delphine! Marco (Cruccone on it.wp) ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA
*English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA * San Francisco -- January 16, 2012 -- On January 18, 2012, in an unprecedented decision, the Wikipedia community has chosen to blackout the English version of Wikipedia for 24 hours, in protest against proposed legislation in the United States — the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and PROTECTIP (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate. If passed, this legislation will harm the free and open Internet and bring about new tools for censorship of international websites inside the United States. Wikipedia administrators confirmed this decision Monday afternoon (PST) in a public statement ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Action#Summary_and_conclusion ): Over the course of the past 72 hours, over 1800 Wikipedians have joined together to discuss proposed actions that the community might wish to take against SOPA and PIPA. This is by far the largest level of participation in a community discussion ever seen on Wikipedia, which illustrates the level of concern that Wikipedians feel about this proposed legislation. The overwhelming majority of participants support community action to encourage greater public action in response to these two bills. Of the proposals considered by Wikipedians, those that would result in a blackout of the English Wikipedia, in concert with similar blackouts on other websites opposed to SOPA and PIPA, received the strongest support. “Today Wikipedians from around the world have spoken about their opposition to this destructive legislation, said Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia. This is an extraordinary action for our community to take - and while we regret having to prevent the world from having access to Wikipedia for even a second, we simply cannot ignore the fact that SOPA and PIPA endanger free speech both in the United States and abroad, and set a frightening precedent of Internet censorship for the world. We urge Wikipedia readers to make your voices heard. If you live in the United States, find your elected representative in Washington ( https://www.eff.org/sopacall). If you live outside the United States, contact your State Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs or similar branch of government. Tell them you oppose SOPA and PIPA, and want the internet to remain open and free. *About the Wikimedia Foundation *http://wikimediafoundation.org http://blog.wikimedia.org The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore Media Metrix, Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation receive more than 474 million unique visitors per month, making them the fifth-most popular web property world-wide (comScore, November 2011). Available in 282 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 20 million articles contributed by a global volunteer community of more than 100,000 people. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. *Media Contact: * Jay Walsh Head of Communications Wikimedia Foundation Tel. +1 415 839 6885 x 6609 jwa...@wikimedia.org (To be removed from this mailing list, please reply with 'unsubscribe' in the subject line) ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Foundation-L, the public mailing list about the Wikimedia Foundation and its projects. For more information about Foundation-L: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA
Wikimedia Serbia also supports English Wikipedians [1] (English grammar fixes are welcome :) ): Wikimedia Serbia wants to express solidarity with English Wikipedians in protest against the proposed laws -- SOPA and PIPA --, which undermine the freedom of information on Internet. Unlike the laws in other countries of the world, laws in the United States of America affect the whole world, as the main Internet institutions are US based organizations. However, general behavior of the authorities of United States have much wider consequences: Freedom of expression in many parts of the world heavily depends on hard stance of US authorities in favor of them. Laws like SOPA and PIPA would create devastating consequences in many parts of the world, where freedom of expression is still fragile. [1] http://rs.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stav_1/2012 On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 02:09, Jay Walsh jwa...@wikimedia.org wrote: *English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA * San Francisco -- January 16, 2012 -- On January 18, 2012, in an unprecedented decision, the Wikipedia community has chosen to blackout the English version of Wikipedia for 24 hours, in protest against proposed legislation in the United States — the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and PROTECTIP (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate. If passed, this legislation will harm the free and open Internet and bring about new tools for censorship of international websites inside the United States. Wikipedia administrators confirmed this decision Monday afternoon (PST) in a public statement ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Action#Summary_and_conclusion ): Over the course of the past 72 hours, over 1800 Wikipedians have joined together to discuss proposed actions that the community might wish to take against SOPA and PIPA. This is by far the largest level of participation in a community discussion ever seen on Wikipedia, which illustrates the level of concern that Wikipedians feel about this proposed legislation. The overwhelming majority of participants support community action to encourage greater public action in response to these two bills. Of the proposals considered by Wikipedians, those that would result in a blackout of the English Wikipedia, in concert with similar blackouts on other websites opposed to SOPA and PIPA, received the strongest support. “Today Wikipedians from around the world have spoken about their opposition to this destructive legislation, said Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia. This is an extraordinary action for our community to take - and while we regret having to prevent the world from having access to Wikipedia for even a second, we simply cannot ignore the fact that SOPA and PIPA endanger free speech both in the United States and abroad, and set a frightening precedent of Internet censorship for the world. We urge Wikipedia readers to make your voices heard. If you live in the United States, find your elected representative in Washington ( https://www.eff.org/sopacall). If you live outside the United States, contact your State Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs or similar branch of government. Tell them you oppose SOPA and PIPA, and want the internet to remain open and free. *About the Wikimedia Foundation *http://wikimediafoundation.org http://blog.wikimedia.org The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore Media Metrix, Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation receive more than 474 million unique visitors per month, making them the fifth-most popular web property world-wide (comScore, November 2011). Available in 282 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 20 million articles contributed by a global volunteer community of more than 100,000 people. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. *Media Contact: * Jay Walsh Head of Communications Wikimedia Foundation Tel. +1 415 839 6885 x 6609 jwa...@wikimedia.org (To be removed from this mailing list, please reply with 'unsubscribe' in the subject line) ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Foundation-L, the public mailing list about the Wikimedia Foundation and its projects. For more information about Foundation-L: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
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2012/1/17 Delphine Ménard notafi...@gmail.com On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 4:22 AM, Liam Wyatt liamwy...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for this announcement Jay, and everyone involved in the planning of this unprecedented action. For what it's worth, I want to particularly thank the Italian Community, for showing us with their own blackout what power Wikipedia can unleash to fight for freedom. +1 -- and for reminding us what an impact a focused large-scale community discussion can have on all aspects of running the projects. SJ ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
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The Italian bill was not removed, the vote was just delayed. So, if any, I see a poor effect here after compromising our goals. 2012/1/17 Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com 2012/1/17 Delphine Ménard notafi...@gmail.com On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 4:22 AM, Liam Wyatt liamwy...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for this announcement Jay, and everyone involved in the planning of this unprecedented action. For what it's worth, I want to particularly thank the Italian Community, for showing us with their own blackout what power Wikipedia can unleash to fight for freedom. +1 -- and for reminding us what an impact a focused large-scale community discussion can have on all aspects of running the projects. SJ ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
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Landing page SOPA on Vietnamese Wikipedia: https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ph%E1%BA%A3n_%C4%91%E1%BB%91i_SOPA Based on Catalan Wikipedia. 2012/1/18, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com: http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/the-great-wikipedia-blackout-of-2012-media-try-to-fill-the-void/ #altwiki - a place for various news organizations, including NPR and Washington Post in the U.S., to answer questions for people while en.wp is down. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l -- --Minh Huy (Minata Hatsune) ---volunteer and Vietnamese translation coordinator of the Wikimedia Foundation--- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
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The Learn More link at en.wp is blocked too. On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Minh Huy (WMF) minhhuyw...@gmail.comwrote: Landing page SOPA on Vietnamese Wikipedia: https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ph%E1%BA%A3n_%C4%91%E1%BB%91i_SOPA Based on Catalan Wikipedia. 2012/1/18, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com: http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/the-great-wikipedia-blackout-of-2012-media-try-to-fill-the-void/ #altwiki - a place for various news organizations, including NPR and Washington Post in the U.S., to answer questions for people while en.wp is down. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l -- --Minh Huy (Minata Hatsune) ---volunteer and Vietnamese translation coordinator of the Wikimedia Foundation--- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA
Please also see the related blog post, http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/01/16/wikipedias-community-calls-for-anti-sopa-blackout-january-18/ The release is posted here: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/English_Wikipedia_to_go_dark *English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA * San Francisco -- January 16, 2012 -- On January 18, 2012, in an unprecedented decision, the Wikipedia community has chosen to blackout the English version of Wikipedia for 24 hours, in protest against proposed legislation in the United States — the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and PROTECTIP (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate. If passed, this legislation will harm the free and open Internet and bring about new tools for censorship of international websites inside the United States. Wikipedia administrators confirmed this decision Monday afternoon (PST) in a public statement ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Action#Summary_and_conclusion ): Over the course of the past 72 hours, over 1800 Wikipedians have joined together to discuss proposed actions that the community might wish to take against SOPA and PIPA. This is by far the largest level of participation in a community discussion ever seen on Wikipedia, which illustrates the level of concern that Wikipedians feel about this proposed legislation. The overwhelming majority of participants support community action to encourage greater public action in response to these two bills. Of the proposals considered by Wikipedians, those that would result in a blackout of the English Wikipedia, in concert with similar blackouts on other websites opposed to SOPA and PIPA, received the strongest support. “Today Wikipedians from around the world have spoken about their opposition to this destructive legislation, said Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia. This is an extraordinary action for our community to take - and while we regret having to prevent the world from having access to Wikipedia for even a second, we simply cannot ignore the fact that SOPA and PIPA endanger free speech both in the United States and abroad, and set a frightening precedent of Internet censorship for the world. We urge Wikipedia readers to make your voices heard. If you live in the United States, find your elected representative in Washington ( https://www.eff.org/sopacall). If you live outside the United States, contact your State Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs or similar branch of government. Tell them you oppose SOPA and PIPA, and want the internet to remain open and free. *About the Wikimedia Foundation *http://wikimediafoundation.org http://blog.wikimedia.org The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore Media Metrix, Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation receive more than 474 million unique visitors per month, making them the fifth-most popular web property world-wide (comScore, November 2011). Available in 282 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 20 million articles contributed by a global volunteer community of more than 100,000 people. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. *Media Contact: * Jay Walsh Head of Communications Wikimedia Foundation Tel. +1 415 839 6885 x 6609 jwa...@wikimedia.org ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Foundation-L, the public mailing list about the Wikimedia Foundation and its projects. For more information about Foundation-L: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
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As far as we know, it's 0500 UTC On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Liam Wyatt liamwy...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for this announcement Jay, and everyone involved in the planning of this unprecedented action. Quick clarification: What time, precisely, will this be occurring? The on-wiki summary states ...for 24 hours starting at 05:00 UTC on January 18, 2012, or at another time as determined by the Wikimedia Foundation. could you just confirm what time this will happen, thanks. -Liam On Tuesday, 17 January 2012, Jay Walsh jwa...@wikimedia.org wrote: Please also see the related blog post, http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/01/16/wikipedias-community-calls-for-anti-sopa-blackout-january-18/ The release is posted here: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/English_Wikipedia_to_go_dark *English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA * San Francisco -- January 16, 2012 -- On January 18, 2012, in an unprecedented decision, the Wikipedia community has chosen to blackout the English version of Wikipedia for 24 hours, in protest against proposed legislation in the United States — the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and PROTECTIP (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate. If passed, this legislation will harm the free and open Internet and bring about new tools for censorship of international websites inside the United States. Wikipedia administrators confirmed this decision Monday afternoon (PST) in a public statement ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Action#Summary_and_conclusion ): Over the course of the past 72 hours, over 1800 Wikipedians have joined together to discuss proposed actions that the community might wish to take against SOPA and PIPA. This is by far the largest level of participation in a community discussion ever seen on Wikipedia, which illustrates the level of concern that Wikipedians feel about this proposed legislation. The overwhelming majority of participants support community action to encourage greater public action in response to these two bills. Of the proposals considered by Wikipedians, those that would result in a blackout of the English Wikipedia, in concert with similar blackouts on other websites opposed to SOPA and PIPA, received the strongest support. “Today Wikipedians from around the world have spoken about their opposition to this destructive legislation, said Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia. This is an extraordinary action for our community to take - and while we regret having to prevent the world from having access to Wikipedia for even a second, we simply cannot ignore the fact that SOPA and PIPA endanger free speech both in the United States and abroad, and set a frightening precedent of Internet censorship for the world. We urge Wikipedia readers to make your voices heard. If you live in the United States, find your elected representative in Washington ( https://www.eff.org/sopacall). If you live outside the United States, contact your State Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs or similar branch of government. Tell them you oppose SOPA and PIPA, and want the internet to remain open and free. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l -- Peace, love metadata ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l -- Jay Walsh Head of Communications WikimediaFoundation.org blog.wikimedia.org +1 (415) 839 6885 x 6609, @jansonw ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA
Thanks, Jay and everyone both involved and concerned. I tried to give an input but page was too edited and thus cause edit conflict, and perhaps I'd not be alone :D I hope everyone who happened to miss the opportunity to submit their own voices to the wiki page, they however are pleased to the process and result community consensus. On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Liam Wyatt liamwy...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for this announcement Jay, and everyone involved in the planning of this unprecedented action. Quick clarification: What time, precisely, will this be occurring? The on-wiki summary states ...for 24 hours starting at 05:00 UTC on January 18, 2012, or at another time as determined by the Wikimedia Foundation. could you just confirm what time this will happen, thanks. Same clarification of the exact hour is highly appreciated. Reuters say it'll begin at Jan 18, 2012, EST, 0:00, but I don't know their source. If the given hour is incorrect, the sooner collection, the better. Cheers, -Liam On Tuesday, 17 January 2012, Jay Walsh jwa...@wikimedia.org wrote: Please also see the related blog post, http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/01/16/wikipedias-community-calls-for-anti-sopa-blackout-january-18/ The release is posted here: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/English_Wikipedia_to_go_dark *English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA * San Francisco -- January 16, 2012 -- On January 18, 2012, in an unprecedented decision, the Wikipedia community has chosen to blackout the English version of Wikipedia for 24 hours, in protest against proposed legislation in the United States ― the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and PROTECTIP (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate. If passed, this legislation will harm the free and open Internet and bring about new tools for censorship of international websites inside the United States. Wikipedia administrators confirmed this decision Monday afternoon (PST) in a public statement ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Action#Summary_and_conclusion ): Over the course of the past 72 hours, over 1800 Wikipedians have joined together to discuss proposed actions that the community might wish to take against SOPA and PIPA. This is by far the largest level of participation in a community discussion ever seen on Wikipedia, which illustrates the level of concern that Wikipedians feel about this proposed legislation. The overwhelming majority of participants support community action to encourage greater public action in response to these two bills. Of the proposals considered by Wikipedians, those that would result in a blackout of the English Wikipedia, in concert with similar blackouts on other websites opposed to SOPA and PIPA, received the strongest support. “Today Wikipedians from around the world have spoken about their opposition to this destructive legislation, said Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia. This is an extraordinary action for our community to take - and while we regret having to prevent the world from having access to Wikipedia for even a second, we simply cannot ignore the fact that SOPA and PIPA endanger free speech both in the United States and abroad, and set a frightening precedent of Internet censorship for the world. We urge Wikipedia readers to make your voices heard. If you live in the United States, find your elected representative in Washington ( https://www.eff.org/sopacall). If you live outside the United States, contact your State Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs or similar branch of government. Tell them you oppose SOPA and PIPA, and want the internet to remain open and free. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l -- Peace, love metadata ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l -- KIZU Naoko / 木津尚子 member of Wikimedians in Kansai / 関西ウィキメディアユーザ会 http://kansai.wikimedia.jp ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
