...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
>>
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