The photo has a real "war room" feel about it that works really well.
Disclaimer: I was (and still am, really) opposed to blacking out the site for political reasons. But I do think it's a major event in our history that we could reshare. On 18 January 2016 at 10:47, James Alexander <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 6:53 AM, Victor Grigas <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Jeff- >> >> You can share both this >> >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_Wikipedia_Blackout_SOPA_January_18,_2012.theora.ogv >> > > Witness me in the upper right hand corner of the screen when "it" happens > not looking up at all (and not doing so for the next 20-30 minutes) because > we had lots of bugs (such as accidentally blacking out Simple English > Wikipedia as well which hadn't voted to black out + other problems). As > usual, you don't find everything until you go live ;). > > >> >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_-_blackout_in_progress.jpg >> >> As I shot them both. The top one was a media of the day. The bottom one >> was just hours before launch. >> > > > Personally I'd lean towards using the photo rather then the video. The > video has a bit of a "celebration" feel that turns some off (we're > celebrating shutting down our site etc.) including both staff and community > from the time. While that feeling is certainly not universal (many still > feel it was a celebratory moment) I'd lean away from it if possible. > > James Alexander > Manager > Trust & Safety > Wikimedia Foundation > (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur > > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- *Joe Sutherland* Communications Intern [remote] joesutherland.rocks | @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | +44 (0) 7722 916 433
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