The photo has a real "war room" feel about it that works really well.
Disclaimer: I was (and still am, really) opposed to blacking out the site
for political reasons. But I do think it's a major event in our history
that we could reshare.
On 18 January 2016 at 10:47, James Alexander <jalexander(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 6:53 AM, Victor Grigas
<vgrigas(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Witness me in the upper right hand corner of the screen when "it" happens
not looking up at all (and not doing so for the next 20-30 minutes) because
we had lots of bugs (such as accidentally blacking out Simple English
Wikipedia as well which hadn't voted to black out + other problems). As
usual, you don't find everything until you go live ;).
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_-_blackout_in_…
As I shot them both. The top one was a media of the day. The bottom one
was just hours before launch.
Personally I'd lean towards using the photo rather then the video. The
video has a bit of a "celebration" feel that turns some off (we're
celebrating shutting down our site etc.) including both staff and community
from the time. While that feeling is certainly not universal (many still
feel it was a celebratory moment) I'd lean away from it if possible.
James Alexander
Manager
Trust & Safety
Wikimedia Foundation
(415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
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