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A 2014 trend analysis published in The Economist stated that "The number of editors for the English-language version has fallen by a third in seven years." [25] The attrition rate for active editors in English Wikipedia was described by The Economist as substantially higher than in other (non-English Wikipedias).
On 16 January, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales announced that the English Wikipedia would shut down for 24 hours on 18 January as part of a protest meant to call public attention to the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act and PROTECT IP Act, two anti-piracy laws under debate in the United States Congress.
The Day of Many Improbable Events - In one day, Hell freezes over, the Cubs win the World Series, the United States adopts the metric system, The Simpsons gets cancelled, and many other improbable events occur, including Wikipedia being shut down, which is caused by the zombie of William Howard Taft. Psycho Kirby 22:45, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Study some deep wisdom on Wikipedia; Worship the founder; Hang out at the Teahouse; Edit this page; If that is not enough, Wikipedia is written by volunteer editors and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other volunteer projects:
The purges also extend to the media, with television channels, newspapers and other media outlets that were seen as critical of the government being shut down, critical journalists being arrested and Wikipedia being blocked, from April 2017 to January 2020.
When Wikipedia ran on the HTTP protocol, governments were able to block specific articles. However, in 2011, Wikipedia began also running on HTTPS, and in 2015, switched over to solely HTTPS. [1] Since then, the only censorship options have been to block one of the entire list of Wikipedias for a particular language or prosecute editors. The ...
Films may not be completed for several reasons, with some being shelved during different stages of the production. Some films have been shut down days into production. Other unfinished films have been shot in their entirety but have not completed post-production where the film is edited and sound and score added.
It was nationalised by the Batavian Republic in 1796 but nevertheless closed down at the end of 1799. Overend, Gurney & Co: United Kingdom: June 1866: Banking: After Samuel Gurney's retirement, the bank invested heavily in railway stocks. It went public in 1865, but was badly affected by a general fall in stock prices.