Fixed: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Code/MediaWiki/109359
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 8:19 AM, Sue Gardner <sgard...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hey folks, > > I'm not sure where to send this, so I'll send it here. Could someone > please change the Congress Lookup page text, as per the note below? > Essentially, it is changing two instances of "will" to "would" and > adding one new "would" -- that's all. No formatting changes, just the > three words. > > Thanks, > Sue > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CongressLookup <<<<< This page > > -- > > Call your elected officials. > > Tell them you are their constituent, and you oppose SOPA and PIPA. > > Why? > > SOPA and PIPA put the burden on website owners to police > user-contributed material and call for the unnecessary blocking of > entire sites. Small sites won't have sufficient resources to defend > themselves. Big media companies may seek to cut off funding sources > for their foreign competitors, even if copyright isn't being > infringed. Foreign sites will be blacklisted, which means they won't > show up in major search engines. SOPA and PIPA build a framework for > future restrictions and suppression. > > In a world in which politicians regulate the Internet based on the > influence of big money, Wikipedia — and sites like it — cannot > survive. > > Congress says it's trying to protect the rights of copyright owners, > but the "cure" that SOPA and PIPA represent is worse than the disease. > SOPA and PIPA are not the answer: they will fatally damage the free > and open Internet. > > CHANGE TO THIS > > Call your elected officials. > > Tell them you are their constituent, and you oppose SOPA and PIPA. > > Why? > > SOPA and PIPA would put the burden on website owners to police > user-contributed material and call for the unnecessary blocking of > entire sites. Small sites won't have sufficient resources to defend > themselves. Big media companies may seek to cut off funding sources > for their foreign competitors, even if copyright isn't being > infringed. Foreign sites will be blacklisted, which means they won't > show up in major search engines. SOPA and PIPA would build a framework > for future restrictions and suppression. > > In a world in which politicians regulate the Internet based on the > influence of big money, Wikipedia — and sites like it — cannot > survive. > > Congress says it's trying to protect the rights of copyright owners, > but the "cure" that SOPA and PIPA represent is worse than the disease. > SOPA and PIPA are not the answer: they would fatally damage the free > and open Internet. > > -- > > In other words............. > > SOPA and PIPA put the burden >>> SOPA and PIPA would put the burden > SOPA and PIPA build a framework >>> SOPA and PIPA would build a framework > they will fatally damage >>> they would fatally damage > > -- > > Sue Gardner > Executive Director > Wikimedia Foundation > > 415 839 6885 office > 415 816 9967 cell > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l -- John _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
