Has Wikipedia Broken Faith with Users By Going Dark?
GigaOM, January 18, 2012
By Mathew Ingram
Among the websites and services that went dark to protest the anti-piracy bills that are currently making their way through Congress, one of the more controversial is Wikipedia. A number of critics say the site shouldn't be taking an advocacy position on such an issue, since it's supposed to represent a neutral point of view. But if anything, it could be argued that the internal process that led to that decision is actually a great illustration of how Wikipedia functions.
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