Comment by gbelote | Hacker News Reader

Comment by gbelote | Hacker News Reader

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Just sent an email to info-en-o@wikimedia.org:

  Dear Wikipedia,
 
  I admire your stance last month against the Italian wiretapping
  law when you shut down the Italian Wikipedia.
  
  I encourage you to please consider a similar protest against the
  SOPA legislation which threatens many websites, including
  Wikipedia. I believe raising awareness will do a lot of good,
  and Wikipedia has tremendous reach.
  
  https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/10/sopa-hollywood-finally-gets-chance-break-Internet
  
  Thanks for your time!
  Greg

I have low expectations, but if anyone else is interested you're welcome to copy/paste my email.

EDIT: formatting

I received the following response:

We, too, feel that civil liberties are crucial, and by spreading knowledge, the Wikimedia Foundation strives to liberate minds. However, we cannot get involved in matters that do not directly affect our ability to spread such knowledge, as we need to keep an unbiased stance, both within our encyclopedias and in our interaction with society at large. Also, please be aware that Wikimedia is a global endeavour and the English version of Wikipedia is only one of many, and the United States is just of many countries where it is published. As a matter of fact, less than half of the contributions on Wikipedia originate in the US.

I got the same response. At least they heard this message from many of us. Thanks for the template.

"less than half of the contributions on Wikipedia originate in the US." I think they should look at it the other way around: "almost half of the contributions on Wikipedia originate in the US".

I got this response as well. It was worth a try

Just got the same response. Bummer :P

Thanks for the template Greg,

I've written the address a similar please. Good work!

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