[Foundation-l] How SOPA will hurt the free web and Wikipedia

Wed Dec 14 21:20:08 UTC 2011

>
> *At some point of time we'll have to articulate ourselves politically.*
>

If we decide to be honest with ourselves we must remember that we crossed
that line when it.wiki got off-line for a very similar reason.

And WMF also participated in Internet Censorship Day. not only participated
- organized it -  look at the bottom of this page:
http://americancensorship.org/

So is not a question of IF we will be political or apolitical, is a
question of if this is a case for it (and at least WMF seems to think it
is.)
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On 14 December 2011 21:05, Milos Rancic <millosh em gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 21:38, Mateus Nobre <mateus.nobre em live.co.uk>
> wrote:
> > It's complex, Milos.
> >
> > We are not activists. Being a volunteer in Wikimedia do not torn
> ourselves activists.
> >
> > It could be, but the option to be a volunteer in Wikipedia is just a
> option to share the free knowledge, not about political issues.
> >
> > I totally agree to fight against censorships in Internet and in real
> life, I agree with that. And I fight against that. We can, as people and
> citizens; But Wikimedia Foundation can't, cause we can't force the
> volunteers to agree that visions.
>
> I know that it's complex, of course. And I know that it was necessary
> to see that our bunker is on the front line to realize that it's
> better to help others before.
>
> > We're not a political party (yet?)
>
> At some point of time we'll have to articulate ourselves politically.
> There is relatively clear set of values behind our movement and there
> are clear benefits which all humans are getting thanks to our work.
> Pretending that we are apolitical makes our position worse and
> inevitably leads to the crisis, like this one is.
>
> Leadership inside of one network, no matter how loose the connections
> are inside of that network, has responsibility to raise and articulate
> relevant political issues, as well. And I am glad to see that Jimmy
> has taken at least the articulation role in this case.
>
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