

Protect IP Act / Stop Online Piracy Act (PIPA / SOPA)


Protect IP Act / Stop Online Piracy Act (PIPA / SOPA)


Protect IP Act / Stop Online Piracy Act (PIPA / SOPA)


Protect IP Act / Stop Online Piracy Act (PIPA / SOPA)


Protect IP Act / Stop Online Piracy Act (PIPA / SOPA)


Protect IP Act / Stop Online Piracy Act (PIPA / SOPA)


Protect IP Act / Stop Online Piracy Act (PIPA / SOPA)


Protect IP Act / Stop Online Piracy Act (PIPA / SOPA)


Protect IP Act / Stop Online Piracy Act (PIPA / SOPA)


Protect IP Act / Stop Online Piracy Act (PIPA / SOPA)


Protect IP Act / Stop Online Piracy Act (PIPA / SOPA)
![Request for Comment: SOPA and a strike [edit] An editor has requested comment from other editors for this discussion. This page has been added to the Unsorted list. When discussion has ended, remove this tag and it will be removed from the list. If this page is on additional lists, they will be noted below Please consider joining the Feedback Request Service. (Please help me publicize this widely.) A few months ago, the Italian Wikipedia community made a decision to blank all of Italian Wikipedia for a short period in order to protest a law which would infringe on their editorial independence. The Italian Parliament backed down immediately. As Wikipedians may or may not be aware, a much worse law going under the misleading title of "Stop Online Piracy Act' is working its way through Congress on a bit of a fast track. I may be attending a meeting at the White House on Monday (pending confirmation on a couple of fronts) along with executives from many other top Internet firms, and I thought this would be a good time to take a quick reading of the community feeling on this issue. My own view is that a community strike was very powerful and successful in Italy and could be even more powerful in this case. There are obviously many questions about whether the strike should be geotargetted (US-only), etc. (One possible view is that because the law would seriously impact the functioning of Wikipedia for everyone, a global strike of at least the English Wikipedia would put the maximum pressure on the US government.) At the same time, it's of course a very very big deal to do something like this, it is unprecedented for English Wikipedia. - Preceding unsigned comment added by Jimbo Wales (talk contribs) 07:42, 10 December 2011 (note: I added the request for comment tag and signature for the bot Crazynas 09:22, 10 December 2011 (UTC)) So, this is a straw poll. Please lvote either support' or 'oppose' with a reason, and try to keep wide-ranging discussion to the section below the poll To be clear, this is NOT a vote on whether or not to have a strike. This is merely a straw poll to indicate overall interest. If this poll is firmly opposed' then I'll know that now. But even if this poll is firmly in 'support' we'd obviously go through a much longer process to get some kind of consensus around parameters, triggers, and timing Before answering at Poll, perhaps read below, #Discussion.-Wikid77 05:39, 12 December 2011 (UTC)](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/216/567/c15.png)
![Request for Comment: SOPA and a strike [edit] An editor has requested comment from other editors for this discussion. This page has been added to the Unsorted list. When discussion has ended, remove this tag and it will be removed from the list. If this page is on additional lists, they will be noted below Please consider joining the Feedback Request Service. (Please help me publicize this widely.) A few months ago, the Italian Wikipedia community made a decision to blank all of Italian Wikipedia for a short period in order to protest a law which would infringe on their editorial independence. The Italian Parliament backed down immediately. As Wikipedians may or may not be aware, a much worse law going under the misleading title of "Stop Online Piracy Act' is working its way through Congress on a bit of a fast track. I may be attending a meeting at the White House on Monday (pending confirmation on a couple of fronts) along with executives from many other top Internet firms, and I thought this would be a good time to take a quick reading of the community feeling on this issue. My own view is that a community strike was very powerful and successful in Italy and could be even more powerful in this case. There are obviously many questions about whether the strike should be geotargetted (US-only), etc. (One possible view is that because the law would seriously impact the functioning of Wikipedia for everyone, a global strike of at least the English Wikipedia would put the maximum pressure on the US government.) At the same time, it's of course a very very big deal to do something like this, it is unprecedented for English Wikipedia. - Preceding unsigned comment added by Jimbo Wales (talk contribs) 07:42, 10 December 2011 (note: I added the request for comment tag and signature for the bot Crazynas 09:22, 10 December 2011 (UTC)) So, this is a straw poll. Please lvote either support' or 'oppose' with a reason, and try to keep wide-ranging discussion to the section below the poll To be clear, this is NOT a vote on whether or not to have a strike. This is merely a straw poll to indicate overall interest. If this poll is firmly opposed' then I'll know that now. But even if this poll is firmly in 'support' we'd obviously go through a much longer process to get some kind of consensus around parameters, triggers, and timing Before answering at Poll, perhaps read below, #Discussion.-Wikid77 05:39, 12 December 2011 (UTC)](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/216/567/c15.png)
Protect IP Act / Stop Online Piracy Act (PIPA / SOPA)


Protect IP Act / Stop Online Piracy Act (PIPA / SOPA)


Protect IP Act / Stop Online Piracy Act (PIPA / SOPA)


Protect IP Act / Stop Online Piracy Act (PIPA / SOPA)


Protect IP Act / Stop Online Piracy Act (PIPA / SOPA)