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Wikipedia blackout

Not all english speakers are US citizens. What do you gain by depriving the people of Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and others of your service when they have no power to influence the legislation you object to. Englishman.

78.146.167.106 (talk)14:38, 18 January 2012

With minor rewording (to remove the assertion of opinion at the end), that would have made a great question to ask in the interview. Coming up with good questions for an interview is really difficult.

Pi zero (talk)14:59, 18 January 2012
 

Disclaimer: I've created and painstakingly edited hundreds of high quality technical articles on WP. But it was quite a shock when in response to a routine WP inquiry, I was redirected to what appears to be a poorly designed and HIGHLY INTRUSIVE advertising page. Needless to say, not only had I not participated in "largest-ever community discussion on English Wikipedia" (pat yourself on the back 3 more times, Sue), I was utterly unaware of the action and have wasted quite a bit of time just trying to figure out what has happened. So the work of hundreds of thousands of people donated with the understanding that it would be freely available to everyone, all the time, has been hijacked by a small group of vocal users. (The ultimate irony: one cannot even review the discussion while the "blackout" is in place.) As usual, bureaucrats take over and corrupt a great volunteer project once it grows beyond a certain size and starts to make impact. What contribution to the content of Wikipedia have you made, Sue, and why are you so arrogant?

129.3.16.131 (talk)02:39, 19 January 2012

The advert you're complaining about linked to easy instructions on disabling the blackout notice.

Brian McNeil / talk09:01, 19 January 2012