[Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA

Tue Jan 17 20:39:53 UTC 2012

2012/1/17 Delphine Ménard <notafishz at gmail.com>

> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 4:22 AM, Liam Wyatt <liamwyatt at 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