The Amazing Discussion That Led to the Wikipedia Blackout

By Megan Garber – The debate started with a straw poll Jimmy Wales sent out to the community back in December, looking at the success of an October blackout protest in Italy and asking whether, in the U.S., the same self-inflicted boycott could make an effective protest against SOPA. The replies to that request reflected the community’s desire to explore a blackout in a more structured way,...