...Oops, seems my reply is about 24 hours too late. ;) On 19 January 2016 at 11:48, Joe Sutherland <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > -- *Joe Sutherland* Communications Intern [remote] joesutherland.rocks | @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | +44 (0) 7722 916 433
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