Jan 18 2012
So Wikipedia is Going To Be Blacked Out Today?
Wikipedia will black out the English language version of its website Wednesday to protest anti-piracy legislation under consideration in Congress, the foundation behind the popular community-based online encyclopedia said in a statement Monday night. The website will go dark for 24 hours in an unprecedented move that brings added muscle to a growing base of critics of the legislation. Wikipedia is considered one of the Internet’s most popular websites, with millions of visitors daily. The Stop Online Piracy Act in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Protect Intellectual Property Act under consideration in the Senate are designed to crack down on sales of pirated U.S. products overseas.
Leave it to Wikipedia to lay the wood. There’s some bullsh$t legislation about to go down in Congress, and Wikipedia isn’t feeling it. This is a good time for everyone to take a second and think about how often they use Wikipedia. I actually use it more than I thought. If Wikipedia goes down, there could be detrimental effects on knowledge. This is going to be awesome though.. I want everyone to tell us what the last thing they looked up on Wikipedia was… I’ll go first; I saw a rerun of Entourage the other night, and I was looking up the 3 porn stars who made up “Pussy Patrol” in the episode when they were at ComiCon. Wikipedia had me covered; Jesse Jane, Devon, and Teagan Presley. God Bless Wikipedia.
































