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

Tue Jan 17 21:11:37 UTC 2012

The Italian bill was not removed, the vote was just delayed. So, if any, I
see a poor effect here after compromising our goals.

2012/1/17 Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com>

> 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
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