As far as we know, it's 0500 UTC On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Liam Wyatt <liamwy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for this announcement Jay, and everyone involved in the planning of > this unprecedented action. > > Quick clarification: > What time, precisely, will this be occurring? > The on-wiki summary states "...for 24 hours starting at 05:00 UTC on > January 18, 2012, or at another time as determined by the Wikimedia > Foundation." could you just confirm what time this will happen, thanks. > > -Liam > > On Tuesday, 17 January 2012, Jay Walsh <jwa...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > Please also see the related blog post, > > > > http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/01/16/wikipedias-community-calls-for-anti-sopa-blackout-january-18/ > > > > The release is posted here: > > > > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/English_Wikipedia_to_go_dark > > > > *English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA > > * > > San Francisco -- January 16, 2012 -- On January 18, 2012, in an > > unprecedented decision, the Wikipedia community has chosen to blackout > the > > English version of Wikipedia for 24 hours, in protest against proposed > > legislation in the United States — the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in > the > > U.S. House of Representatives, and PROTECTIP (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate. > If > > passed, this legislation will harm the free and open Internet and bring > > about new tools for censorship of international websites inside the > United > > States. > > > > Wikipedia administrators confirmed this decision Monday afternoon (PST) > in > > a public statement ( > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Action#Summary_and_conclusion > > ): > > > > Over the course of the past 72 hours, over 1800 Wikipedians have joined > > together to discuss proposed actions that the community might wish to > take > > against SOPA and PIPA. This is by far the largest level of participation > in > > a community discussion ever seen on Wikipedia, which illustrates the > level > > of concern that Wikipedians feel about this proposed legislation. The > > overwhelming majority of participants support community action to > encourage > > greater public action in response to these two bills. Of the proposals > > considered by Wikipedians, those that would result in a "blackout" of the > > English Wikipedia, in concert with similar blackouts on other websites > > opposed to SOPA and PIPA, received the strongest support. > > > > “Today Wikipedians from around the world have spoken about their > opposition > > to this destructive legislation," said Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia. > > "This is an extraordinary action for our community to take - and while we > > regret having to prevent the world from having access to Wikipedia for > even > > a second, we simply cannot ignore the fact that SOPA and PIPA endanger > free > > speech both in the United States and abroad, and set a frightening > > precedent of Internet censorship for the world." > > > > We urge Wikipedia readers to make your voices heard. If you live in the > > United States, find your elected representative in Washington ( > > https://www.eff.org/sopacall). If you live outside the United States, > > contact your State Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs or similar > > branch of government. Tell them you oppose SOPA and PIPA, and want the > > internet to remain open and free. > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > -- > Peace, love & metadata > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Jay Walsh Head of Communications WikimediaFoundation.org blog.wikimedia.org +1 (415) 839 6885 x 6609, @jansonw _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
