http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/10/04/regarding-recent-events-on-italian-wikipedia/ The Wikimedia Foundation stands with our volunteers in Italy who are challenging the recently drafted “*DDL intercettazioni*” (or Wiretapping Bill) bill in Italy.
Quatar On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) <[email protected]>wrote: > La WMF non si oppone affatto alla protesta. > > Nemo > > -------- Messaggio originale -------- > Oggetto: Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia > Data: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 13:58:51 -0700 > Mittente: Sue Gardner <[email protected]> > Rispondi-a: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List > <[email protected]> > A: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <[email protected]> > > The Wikimedia Foundation first heard about this a few hours ago: we don't > have a lot of details yet. Jay is gathering information and working on a > statement now. > > It seems obvious though that the proposed law would hurt freedom of > expression in Italy, and therefore it's entirely reasonable for the Italian > Wikipedians to oppose it. The Wikimedia Foundation will support their > position. > > The question of whether blocking access to Wikipedia is the best possible > way to draw people's attention to this issue is of course open for debate > and reasonable people can disagree. My understanding is that the decision > was taken via a good community process. Regardless, what's done is done, > for > the moment. > > Thanks, > Sue > > _______________________________________________ > WikiIT-l mailing list > [email protected] > Pagina per iscriversi/disiscriversi: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiit-l > _______________________________________________ WikiIT-l mailing list [email protected] Pagina per iscriversi/disiscriversi: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiit-l
