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Wikipedia Still Set For Full Blackout Wednesday

Posted by Unknown on from the sopa-never-forget-never-relent dept.

symbolset writes "Jimmy Wales confirms that the entire English language Wikipedia will be on blackout January 18th from midnight to midnight, Eastern Standard Time. The site's 25 million daily users will redirected to an education page with a call to action. Votes are still being taken on the exact implementation." Despite a small victory against SOPA in the House, Wikipedia still feels the blackout is necessary due to the looming Senate vote on PROTECT IP, and as a deterrent to future attempts to revive a similar law under a new name.

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  1. A Personal Appeal From Jimmy Wales by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sorry, I couldn't resist.

    1. Re:A Personal Appeal From Jimmy Wales by Ihmhi · · Score: 4, Funny

      Oh, there's so many ways to have fun with those things.

      --
      Random Thoughts From A Diseased Mind (Not For Dummies)
  2. Re:I wonder... by jcreus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't think so. Beginning at 04:50 AM, thousands of millions of people (mostly students) will be reloading the Wikipedia main page at a rate of 60 times per minute, 25 million people. Kind of Slashdot effect!

  3. Better print it out by shoppa · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm going to start printing out Wikipedia today.

    I figure I'll be done by Tuesday night.

    If anyone needs something looked up on Wednesday, give me a call.

  4. a whole 24 hours? by Fippy+Darkpaw · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's a lot of time where I could have been deleting other people's efforts. :( - A Proud Wikipedia Editor