I created draft of the article about the case <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Wikimedia_v._NSA>in English Wikipedia. I'm not sure it's not too soon to move this draft to the main namespace. Please add content and then move it to main ns when you think it's ready.
Best On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 4:31 PM, ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) <vp2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Greatly done! > This is not just news. It is a mark that will be recorded in bold letters > in the history of human's quest for knowledge. > > > -user:ViswaPrabha > https://ml.wikipedia.org > > > On 10 March 2015 at 18:15, Tomasz Ganicz <polime...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > https is generaly increasing privacy of the users. http can be "listen" > by > > anyone. It is like using walkie-talkie - anyone with radio-scanner can > > listen :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > 2015-03-10 13:26 GMT+01:00 Comet styles <cometsty...@gmail.com>: > > > > > for an organization taking on the NSA for "spying"..why are we using > > > https? doesn't that show that we are already scared of them and > > > running with our tail between our legs? > > > > > > On 3/10/15, Dariusz Jemielniak <dar...@alk.edu.pl> wrote: > > > > this sounds exactly as a thing we, as a movement, need institutional > > > > support of WMF for. Thanks for doing that. > > > > > > > > dariusz "pundit" > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Michelle Paulson < > > > mpaul...@wikimedia.org> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> Hi All, > > > >> > > > >> I’m writing to let you know that today the Wikimedia Foundation[1] > is > > > >> filing suit against the National Security Agency > > > >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency>, the > > > Department > > > >> of > > > >> Justice < > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice > > > >> >, > > > >> and the U.S. Attorney General > > > >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General>[2] > in > > > order > > > >> to challenge certain mass surveillance practices carried out by the > > U.S. > > > >> government. We believe these practices are impinging the freedom to > > > learn, > > > >> inquire, and explore on Wikimedia sites. > > > >> > > > >> Since the 2013 mass surveillance disclosures, we’ve heard concerns > > from > > > >> the > > > >> community about privacy on Wikipedia. This lawsuit is a step towards > > > >> addressing the community's justified concerns. We believe that the > > > >> surveillance methods being employed by the NSA under the authority > of > > > the > > > >> FISA > > > >> Amendments Act > > > >> < > > > >> > > > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Act_of_1978_Amendments_Act_of_2008 > > > >> > > > > >> negatively impact our users' ability and willingness to participate > in > > > our > > > >> projects. Today, we fight back. > > > >> > > > >> An op-ed > > > >> < > > > >> > > > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/opinion/stop-spying-on-wikipedia-users.html?_r=0 > > > >> > > > > >> by Lila and Jimmy about the lawsuit, and Wikimedia's stance on > > > government > > > >> surveillance, appeared in The New York Times this morning. > > Additionally, > > > >> we > > > >> just published a blog post > > > >> <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/10/wikimedia-v-nsa/> with more > > > >> information about the suit. (The post will also up on Meta for > > > >> translation). > > > >> > > > >> Best, > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Michelle Paulson > > > >> > > > >> Senior Legal Counsel > > > >> > > > >> Wikimedia Foundation > > > >> > > > >> mpaul...@wikimedia.org > > > >> > > > >> [1] We are being represented by the American Civil Liberties Union > > > >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union> > > (ACLU). > > > >> Other plaintiffs include The National Association of Criminal > Defense > > > >> Lawyers <http://www.nacdl.org/>, Human Rights Watch > > > >> <http://www.hrw.org/>, Amnesty > > > >> International USA <http://www.amnestyusa.org/>, Pen American Center > > > >> <https://www.pen.org/>, Global Fund for Women > > > >> <http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/>, The Nation Magazine > > > >> <http://www.thenation.com/>, The Rutherford Institute > > > >> <https://www.rutherford.org/>, and Washington Office on Latin > America > > > >> <http://www.wola.org/>. > > > >> > > > >> [2] Other named defendants include: Michael Rogers > > > >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_S._Rogers>, in his official > > > >> capacity > > > >> as Director of the National Security Agency > > > >> < > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director_of_the_National_Security_Agency > > > > > > > >> and Chief of the Central Security Service; Office of the Director of > > > >> National Intelligence > > > >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director_of_National_Intelligence>; > > > James > > > >> Clapper <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Clapper>, in his > > > official > > > >> capacity as Director of National Intelligence; and Eric Holder > > > >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Holder>, in his official > capacity > > > >> as Attorney > > > >> General < > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General > > > > > > of > > > >> the United States. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> *NOTICE: This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If > > you > > > >> have received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about > > the > > > >> mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation and for > > > legal/ethical > > > >> reasons, I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, > > > >> community > > > >> members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. > For > > > more > > > >> on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer > > > >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>.* > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > >> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > >> Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > , > > > >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > ?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > __________________________ > > > > prof. dr hab. Dariusz Jemielniak > > > > kierownik katedry Zarządzania Międzynarodowego > > > > i centrum badawczego CROW > > > > Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego > > > > http://www.crow.alk.edu.pl > > > > > > > > członek Akademii Młodych Uczonych Polskiej Akademii Nauk > > > > członek Komitetu Polityki Naukowej MNiSW > > > > > > > > Wyszła pierwsza na świecie etnografia Wikipedii "Common Knowledge? An > > > > Ethnography of Wikipedia" (2014, Stanford University Press) mojego > > > > autorstwa http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=24010 > > > > > > > > Recenzje > > > > Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml > > > > Pacific Standard: > > > > > > > > > > http://www.psmag.com/navigation/books-and-culture/killed-wikipedia-93777/ > > > > Motherboard: > > > http://motherboard.vice.com/read/an-ethnography-of-wikipedia > > > > The Wikipedian: > > > > > > http://thewikipedian.net/2014/10/10/dariusz-jemielniak-common-knowledge > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Cometstyles > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Tomek "Polimerek" Ganicz > > http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Polimerek > > http://www.ganicz.pl/poli/ > > http://www.cbmm.lodz.pl/work.php?id=29&title=tomasz-ganicz > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- Amir _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
