Wikipedia set for full blackout Wednesday

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Submission + - Wikipedia set for full blackout Wednesday (twitter.com)

Submitted by symbolset on Monday January 16, 2012 @04:43PM

symbolset writes: Jimmy Wales confirms that the entire English language Wikipedia will be on blackout January 18th from midnite to midnite, Eastern Standard Time. The site's 25 million daily users will redirected to an education page with a call to action. Votes are still being taken on the exact implementation.

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