[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

[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 opposit