[Klug-general] Internet Shutdown Wednesday 18th

Karl Buckland buckland.karl at gmail.com
Tue Jan 17 08:00:42 UTC 2012


It looks like they're 'Going dark' for the day. I assume that means
the entire site will go down and be replaced by a message?

http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/English_Wikipedia_to_go_dark

Karl


On 17 January 2012 07:51, David Halliday <david.halliday at gmail.com> wrote:
> If they do then that will make people stop and think. It will also give them
> something to make a fuss about next time they have a funding drive.
>
> Do you think Wikipedia being off will stir more conversation and active
> discussion than if they had a sort of holding page to explain what is
> happening?
>
> On Jan 17, 2012 7:40 AM, "Karl Buckland" <buckland.karl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Amazingly, Wikipedia is doing the same thing. If that doesn't make
>> headlines then I'm not sure what will.
>>
>> Karl
>>
>> On Jan 17, 2012 1:04 AM, "David Halliday" <david.halliday at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I think that turning off the servers is not going to do much, many people
>>> are just going to assume a site is broken (not something you might want to
>>> promote).
>>>
>>> I think a more practical approach would be to replace a site with a
>>> single page explaining what is happening. Taking a site offline will in most
>>> cases inconvenience users more than raise awareness and understanding.
>>> Perhaps a server configuration to give everyone an information page.
>>> Short sweet and to the point with a "more information" link and a "continue
>>> to site as normal" link.
>>> Don't byte the hand that clicks your links ;-)
>>>
>>> But when it comes to internet and politics, what do I know? Surely
>>> nowhere near as much as the people at digg and redit. Two sites the absence
>>> of which is going to cripple the internet and inspire articles about the
>>> billions the economy has lost in productivity!
>>>
>>> On Jan 16, 2012 11:00 PM, "James Morris" <jwm.art.net at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> apparently it's been shelved.... at least sopa has, but not pipa.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.neowin.net/news/internet-wins-a-victory-as-sopa-is-shelved
>>>>
>>>> i've been thinking about blacking out my site - not that i get much
>>>> traffic either.
>>>>
>>>> James.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 16 January 2012 02:05, nic dan <dungeons88 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > Yes, I agree - shut the site
>>>> > I'm having my own 'no internet' day as my own protest, [ and that's
>>>> > hard,
>>>> > I'm an absolute addict] and have been publicising info about SOPA on
>>>> > PuppyLinux forums
>>>> > Bl**dy corporatism laws!!
>>>> >
>>>> > Aitch :)
>>>> >
>>>> > ________________________________
>>>> > Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:45:13 +0000
>>>> > From: pchilds at bcs.org
>>>> > To: kent at mailman.lug.org.uk
>>>> > Subject: [Klug-general] Internet Shutdown Wednesday 18th
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Are we shutting down the Kent Lug website on Wednesday?
>>>> >
>>>> > In short large parts of the Internet will shutdown for 12 hours
>>>> > Wednesday
>>>> > afternoon.
>>>> >
>>>> > http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/533
>>>> >
>>>> > My thought is that we probably ought to
>>>> >
>>>> > Comments?
>>>> >
>>>> > Peter.
>>>> >
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