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[Wikizine] - Year: 2012 Week: 4 Number: 132
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=== The EN Wikipedia goes offline for 24 hours ===
The community of the English language Wikipedia has decided to
"blackout" the English Wikipedia for 24 hours. A sort of strike thus.
The blackout goes in to effect from 05:00 UTC on Wednesday, January
18. The blackout is a protest against the proposed law of the United
States of America "Stop Online Piracy Act" (SOPA).
The protest is there because the proposed law is could harm the
operation of community driven website like Wikipedia.
The decision of the Community of the English language Wikipedia is
supported by the Wikimedia Foundation. This in the first time the
English Wikipedia - the oldest and most popular of all Wikipedias -
does something like this. The Italian language Wikipedia did this a
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