I think this is an excellent idea. One quick edit, it was just the “English-language Wikipedia” that did the blackout and not “Wikipedias”. Other projects and languages posted banners, but only enWP went full black out for 24 hours.
I think it would be great to get this tweeted from WP and retweeted from WM and WM-PublicPolicy (although I’m not sure who controls that account). -greg > On Jan 18, 2016, at 2:10 AM, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> wrote: > > Monday marks four years (hard to believe) since the PIPA protests. Should we > post the attached photo with the straight-forward verbiage: > > Facebook: > > On this day in 2012, English-language Wikipedia sites joined other Internet > sites in protesting the PIPA and SOPA legislation by staging a "blackout" of > service for 24 hours. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_IP_Act#Companies_and_organizations > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_IP_Act#Companies_and_organizations> > > Twitter: > > On this day in 2012, English-language Wikipedia sites blacked out for 24 > hours to protest PIPA and SOPA legislation. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_IP_Act#Companies_and_organizations > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_IP_Act#Companies_and_organizations> > > Welcome your thoughts. It seems to me its an important part of our history, > but I wasn't here. (At Storify we stayed up because many wanted our service > to help chronicle the protests.) > > Jeff Elder > Digital communications manager > Wikimedia Foundation > 704-650-4130 <tel:704-650-4130> > @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder> > @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia> > The Wikimedia blog > <https://blog.wikimedia.org/><1024px-Wikipedia_Blackout_Screen.jpg>_______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
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