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{{AFC comment|1=Wikipedia '''article''', itself, is not a reliable source, if you want to discuss about things happened on Wikipedia, you may include other kind of source.
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}}On January 18th, 2012, Wikipedia responded to the proposed laws of both [[Stop Online Piracy Act|SOPA]] and [[PROTECT IP Act|PIPA]] by blacking out the site. Wikipedia's co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]] along with voters among the [[Wikipedia community]] agreed the SOPA and PIPA legislations would threaten the free encyclopedia that is Wikipedia and so decided to act upon it.
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The decision to protest may have been influenced by the [[Google Doodle|Google doodle]] among others, as well as a similar incident with a [[DDL intercettazioni|short lived Italian law]] that they had troubles with once.
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On January 18th, 2012, Wikipedia responded to the proposed laws of both [[Stop Online Piracy Act|SOPA]] and [[PROTECT IP Act|PIPA]] by blacking out the site. Wikipedia's co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]] along with voters among the [[Wikipedia community]] agreed the SOPA and PIPA legislations would threaten the free encyclopedia that is Wikipedia and so decided to act upon it.

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The decision to protest was influenced by the [[Google Doodle|Google doodle]] among others, as well as a similar incident with a [[DDL intercettazioni|short lived Italian law]] that they had troubles with once.


== Beginning of the Wikipedia protest ==
== Beginning of the Wikipedia protest ==
On December 10th, 2011, Wikipedia's co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]] hosted a meeting with the [[Wikipedia community]] after thinking about the proposed [[Stop Online Piracy Act|SOPA]] and [[PROTECT IP Act|PIPA]] laws the [[United States Congress|U.S Congress]] had made.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sutter |first=John D. |date=2012-01-17 |title=Why Wikipedia went down at midnight {{!}} CNN Business |url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/01/17/tech/web/wikipedia-sopa-blackout-qa/index.html |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>. Jimmy Wales made discussion on if the Wikipedia site should act in protest, in where shortly after the community took a vote. Around 1,800 people were present at the meeting<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sutter |first=John D. |date=2012-01-17 |title=Why Wikipedia went down at midnight {{!}} CNN Business |url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/01/17/tech/web/wikipedia-sopa-blackout-qa/index.html |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>, and the vote results were largely in favor of protesting. A [[DDL intercettazioni|similar incident occurred with Italian Wikipedia]] on a short lived law there<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sutter |first=John D. |date=2012-01-17 |title=Why Wikipedia went down at midnight {{!}} CNN Business |url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/01/17/tech/web/wikipedia-sopa-blackout-qa/index.html |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>, which may have caused the participating voters to vote in favor of protesting.
On December 10th, 2011, Wikipedia's co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]] hosted a meeting with the [[Wikipedia community]] after thinking about the proposed [[Stop Online Piracy Act|SOPA]] and [[PROTECT IP Act|PIPA]] laws the [[United States Congress|U.S Congress]] had made.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |last=Sutter |first=John D. |date=2012-01-17 |title=Why Wikipedia went down at midnight {{!}} CNN Business |url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/01/17/tech/web/wikipedia-sopa-blackout-qa/index.html |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>. Jimmy Wales made discussion on if the Wikipedia site should act in protest, in where shortly after the community took a vote. Around 1,800 people were present at the meeting<ref name="auto"/>, and the vote results were largely in favor of protesting<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sutter |first=John D. |date=2012-01-17 |title=Why Wikipedia went down at midnight {{!}} CNN Business |url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/01/17/tech/web/wikipedia-sopa-blackout-qa/index.html |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>. A [[DDL intercettazioni|similar incident occurred with Italian Wikipedia]] on a short lived law there<ref name="auto"/>, which may have caused the participating voters to vote in favor of protesting.


During the conversation, the members of the meeting wondered if content should still be accessible, until it was ruled a 24 hour blackout would be initiated, and that English Wikipedia would be blacked out, and that the other language variants of Wikipedia could decide whether to protest or not, under the approval and backing of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=Wikipedia co-founder defends shut down |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-16605951 |access-date=2024-11-28 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>. The Wikipedia blackout banner was purposefully not complete, and could be accessed via browser addons or timed refreshing of the page<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-01-17 |title=Surviving the Wikipedia blackout: Mirrors, caches, alternatives, apps, and more |url=https://www.extremetech.com/internet/114233-surviving-the-wikipedia-blackout-mirrors-caches-alternatives-apps-and-more |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=ExtremeTech |language=en}}</ref>.
During the conversation, the members of the meeting wondered if content should still be accessible, until it was ruled a 24 hour blackout would be initiated, and that English Wikipedia would be blacked out, and that the other language variants of Wikipedia could decide whether to protest or not, under the approval and backing of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sutter |first=John D. |date=2012-01-17 |title=Why Wikipedia went down at midnight {{!}} CNN Business |url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/01/17/tech/web/wikipedia-sopa-blackout-qa/index.html |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>. The Wikipedia blackout banner was purposefully not complete, and could be accessed via browser addons or timed refreshing of the page<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-01-17 |title=Surviving the Wikipedia blackout: Mirrors, caches, alternatives, apps, and more |url=https://www.extremetech.com/internet/114233-surviving-the-wikipedia-blackout-mirrors-caches-alternatives-apps-and-more |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=ExtremeTech |language=en}}</ref>


After the vote was ruled in favor of protest, Jimmy Wales set up a warning to show on January 18th, 2012. He opened an area for the Wikipedia community to submit blackout banners for the shutdown where it would show on January 18th, 2012.
After the vote was ruled in favor of protest, Jimmy Wales set up a warning to show on January 18th, 2012, as well as the blackout banner.


== Start of the Wikipedia protest ==
== Start of the Wikipedia protest ==
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{{Infobox protest
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On the morning of January 18th, 2012, the warning for the Wikipedia blackout was posted on the page telling users of the incoming midnight blackout. This got Wikipedia users wondering why Wikipedia would black out, and causing some to worry about the proposed laws when they looked into it, which would cause some to act in protest.


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On the morning of January 18th, 2012, the warning for the Wikipedia blackout was posted on the page telling users of the incoming midnight blackout. This got Wikipedia users wondering why Wikipedia would black out, and causing some to worry about the proposed laws when they looked into it, which would cause some to act in protest.
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On 12:00 EST, Wikipedia went into blackout<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sutter |first=John D. |date=2012-01-17 |title=Why Wikipedia went down at midnight {{!}} CNN Business |url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/01/17/tech/web/wikipedia-sopa-blackout-qa/index.html |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>. There was just a black background with the Wikipedia logo and some text and a button to act in protest against the proposed SOPA and PIPA legislations. The text on the blackout banner read,

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On 12:00 EST, Wikipedia went into blackout<ref name="auto"/>. There was just a black background with the Wikipedia logo and some text and a button to act in protest against the proposed SOPA and PIPA legislations. The text on the blackout banner read,
{{Infobox
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| title = Wikipedia's 2012 blackout screen
| title = Wikipedia's 2012 blackout screen
| image = [[File:Wikipedia SOPA Blackout Design-2012-18-01.png|thumb|Wikipedia SOPA Blackout Design-2012-18-01]]
| image = [[File:Wikipedia SOPA Blackout Design-2012-18-01.png|thumb|Wikipedia SOPA Blackout Design-2012-18-01]]
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| image = [[File:Wikimedia Foundation Wikipedia Blackout SOPA January 18, 2012.theora.ogv|thumb|Wikimedia Foundation Wikipedia Blackout SOPA January 18, 2012.theora]]
| caption = Wikimedia Foundation staff when the blackout was initiated
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On January 17th, 2012, Wikipedia's co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]] affirmed the results of the community's decision and that it was backed and supported by the [[Wikimedia Foundation]]. He called for a "public uprising" with the goal of defeating the proposed [[Stop Online Piracy Act|SOPA]] and [[PROTECT IP Act|PIPA]] laws, which critics would fear would threaten free speech. He also added that funding and donations were not apart of the protest, but that the matter had arisen in a "principled stand" and, in his view, "our best long term prospect for Wikipedia in terms of our survival... depends on us being principled"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Jerome |date=2012-01-17 |title=Why I want to bring down the internet - for a day |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/why-i-want-to-bring-down-the-internet-for-a-day-6290703.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616043050/https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/why-i-want-to-bring-down-the-internet-for-a-day-6290703.html |archive-date=2024-06-16 |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=Independent TV}}</ref>
On January 17th, 2012, Wikipedia's co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]] affirmed the results of the community's decision and that it was backed and supported by the [[Wikimedia Foundation]]. He called for a "public uprising" with the goal of defeating the proposed [[Stop Online Piracy Act|SOPA]] and [[PROTECT IP Act|PIPA]] laws, which critics would fear would threaten free speech. He also added that funding and donations were not apart of the protest, but that the matter had arisen in a "principled stand" and, in his view, "our best long term prospect for Wikipedia in terms of our survival... depends on us being principled"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Jerome |date=2012-01-17 |title=Why I want to bring down the internet - for a day |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/why-i-want-to-bring-down-the-internet-for-a-day-6290703.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616043050/https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/why-i-want-to-bring-down-the-internet-for-a-day-6290703.html |archive-date=2024-06-16 |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=Independent TV}}</ref>


On January 18th, 2012, Jimmy Wales defended the 24 hour shutdown by stating to Newsnight that he agrees with with protecting copyright content but not in the way it was being preformed, and how he also stated the laws were "really badly written" and that they do not address the problem correctly<ref>{{Cite news |title=Wikipedia co-founder defends shut down |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-16605951 |access-date=2024-11-28 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>.
On January 18th, 2012, Jimmy Wales defended the 24 hour shutdown by stating to [[Newsnight]] that he agrees with with protecting copyright content but not in the way it was being preformed, and how he also stated the laws were "really badly written" and that they do not address the problem correctly.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite news |title=Wikipedia co-founder defends shut down |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-16605951 |access-date=2024-11-28 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== Aftermath of the Wikipedia protest ==
== Aftermath of the Wikipedia protest ==
After the Wikipedia protest, the proposed [[Stop Online Piracy Act|SOPA]] and [[PROTECT IP Act|PIPA]] legislations were defeated on the actions of protest. Wikipedia in the protest played a role in getting the [[United States Congress|U.S Congress]] to shoot down the proposed law. Wikipedia, along with multiple other platforms and people, won shooting down the proposed laws of both SOPA and PIPA.
After the Wikipedia protest, the proposed [[Stop Online Piracy Act|SOPA]] and [[PROTECT IP Act|PIPA]] legislations were defeated on the actions of protest. Wikipedia in the protest played a role in getting the [[United States Congress|U.S Congress]] to shoot down the proposed law. Wikipedia, along with multiple other platforms and people, won shooting down the proposed laws of both SOPA and PIPA<ref>{{Cite web |last=Downes |first=Larry |title=Who Really Stopped SOPA, and Why? |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/larrydownes/2012/01/25/who-really-stopped-sopa-and-why/ |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 22:39, 28 November 2024

  • Comment: Wikipedia article, itself, is not a reliable source, if you want to discuss about things happened on Wikipedia, you may include other kind of source.
    All based on CNN, you need more source for your article. -Lemonaka 03:43, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

For more information on the SOPA and PIPA protests, visit Protests against SOPA and PIPA

Mock design for the Wikipedia blackout screen
Wikipedia SOPA Blackout Design

On January 18th, 2012, Wikipedia responded to the proposed laws of both SOPA and PIPA by blacking out the site. Wikipedia's co-founder Jimmy Wales along with voters among the Wikipedia community agreed the SOPA and PIPA legislations would threaten the free encyclopedia that is Wikipedia and so decided to act upon it.

The decision to protest may have been influenced by the Google doodle among others, as well as a similar incident with a short lived Italian law that they had troubles with once.

Beginning of the Wikipedia protest

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On December 10th, 2011, Wikipedia's co-founder Jimmy Wales hosted a meeting with the Wikipedia community after thinking about the proposed SOPA and PIPA laws the U.S Congress had made.[1]. Jimmy Wales made discussion on if the Wikipedia site should act in protest, in where shortly after the community took a vote. Around 1,800 people were present at the meeting[1], and the vote results were largely in favor of protesting[2]. A similar incident occurred with Italian Wikipedia on a short lived law there[1], which may have caused the participating voters to vote in favor of protesting.

During the conversation, the members of the meeting wondered if content should still be accessible, until it was ruled a 24 hour blackout would be initiated, and that English Wikipedia would be blacked out, and that the other language variants of Wikipedia could decide whether to protest or not, under the approval and backing of the Wikimedia Foundation[3]. The Wikipedia blackout banner was purposefully not complete, and could be accessed via browser addons or timed refreshing of the page[4]

After the vote was ruled in favor of protest, Jimmy Wales set up a warning to show on January 18th, 2012, as well as the blackout banner.

Start of the Wikipedia protest

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Wikipedia Warning banner
Ja + nl

On the morning of January 18th, 2012, the warning for the Wikipedia blackout was posted on the page telling users of the incoming midnight blackout. This got Wikipedia users wondering why Wikipedia would black out, and causing some to worry about the proposed laws when they looked into it, which would cause some to act in protest.

On 12:00 EST, Wikipedia went into blackout[1]. There was just a black background with the Wikipedia logo and some text and a button to act in protest against the proposed SOPA and PIPA legislations. The text on the blackout banner read,

Wikipedia's 2012 blackout screen
Wikipedia SOPA Blackout Design-2012-18-01
Wikimedia Foundation Wikipedia Blackout SOPA January 18, 2012.theora
Wikimedia Foundation staff when the blackout was initiated

'For over a decade, we have spent millions of hours building the largest encyclopedia in human history. Right now, the U.S Congress is considering legislation that could fatally damage the free and open Internet. For 24 hours, to raise awareness, we are blacking out Wikipedia.'

This caused some to act immediately and use the 'Make your voice heard' options on the listed social media platforms and raise further awareness on the subject.

On January 17th, 2012, Wikipedia's co-founder Jimmy Wales affirmed the results of the community's decision and that it was backed and supported by the Wikimedia Foundation. He called for a "public uprising" with the goal of defeating the proposed SOPA and PIPA laws, which critics would fear would threaten free speech. He also added that funding and donations were not apart of the protest, but that the matter had arisen in a "principled stand" and, in his view, "our best long term prospect for Wikipedia in terms of our survival... depends on us being principled"[5]

On January 18th, 2012, Jimmy Wales defended the 24 hour shutdown by stating to Newsnight that he agrees with with protecting copyright content but not in the way it was being preformed, and how he also stated the laws were "really badly written" and that they do not address the problem correctly.[6]

Aftermath of the Wikipedia protest

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After the Wikipedia protest, the proposed SOPA and PIPA legislations were defeated on the actions of protest. Wikipedia in the protest played a role in getting the U.S Congress to shoot down the proposed law. Wikipedia, along with multiple other platforms and people, won shooting down the proposed laws of both SOPA and PIPA[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Sutter, John D. (2012-01-17). "Why Wikipedia went down at midnight | CNN Business". CNN. Retrieved 2024-11-27.
  2. ^ Sutter, John D. (2012-01-17). "Why Wikipedia went down at midnight | CNN Business". CNN. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
  3. ^ Sutter, John D. (2012-01-17). "Why Wikipedia went down at midnight | CNN Business". CNN. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
  4. ^ "Surviving the Wikipedia blackout: Mirrors, caches, alternatives, apps, and more". ExtremeTech. 2012-01-17. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
  5. ^ Taylor, Jerome (2012-01-17). "Why I want to bring down the internet - for a day". Independent TV. Archived from the original on 2024-06-16. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
  6. ^ "Wikipedia co-founder defends shut down". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
  7. ^ Downes, Larry. "Who Really Stopped SOPA, and Why?". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
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