Italian Wikipedia

From October 4 to October 6, 2011, all pages on the Italian Wikipedia project were redirected to this one-page Manifesto.

Volunteers on the Italian Wikipedia decided they did not like a proposed law[3] before the Italian Parliament. The proposal was from October 4 to October 6 2011. During this time, all of the site's articles were hidden. Wikipedia's administrators blocked the website[4] which was being debated at the time in the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian parliament.[5]

This was the first time that a Wikipedia had blanked all its content to protest.[6][7][8] The Wikimedia Foundation released a statement on October 4. The Foundation Board officially supported the short closing of Italian Wikipedia.[5] In October 2011, the manifesto, which replaced the Italian Wikipedia, had been viewed approximately 19 million times.[9] On October 6, 2011, the website content was put back. Wikipedia added a banner across the top of each page explaining the reason for the protest.[10]

Italian newspaper Il Tempo journalist Alberto Di Majo described the closure of the Italian-language Wikipedia as an "unexpected merit" of the proposed law.[11] Some people questioned whether a non-profit United States foundation should try to change laws written in Italy.[12]

1. Statistics at Italian Wikipedia
2. "List of Wikipedias". Meta-Wiki. Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
3. paragraph 29 of the DDL intercettazioni (Wiretapping Bill)
4. "Camera dei Deputati: disegno di legge N. 1415-B". camera.it (in Italian). Retrieved October 4, 2011.
5. "Wikimedia blog » Blog Archive » Regarding recent events on Italian Wikipedia". Blog.wikimedia.org. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
6. Official announcement (English version); permanent link: http://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Comunicato_4_ottobre_2011&oldid=43934170.
7. "Intercettazioni, Wikipedia protesta – Homepage in bianco: "Inaccettabile ddl"". la Repubblica (in Italian). October 4, 2011. Archived from the original on October 4, 2011. Retrieved October 4, 2011.()
8. "Wikipedia Hides Italian Language Edition to Protest New Law | PCWorld Business Center". Pcworld.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-29. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
9. "Wikipedia article traffic statistics". Stats.grok.se. Archived from the original on 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2013-07-19.()
10. "Wikipedia in Italian reopens after media law protest". Archived from the original on 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
11. Wikipedia protesta? Meglio, c'è la Treccani Archived 2011-11-07 at the Wayback Machine - Il Tempo, October 5, 2011 (in Italian)
12. Ngo, Don (October 4, 2011). "Italian-language Wikipedia hidden, may shut down". Cnet. Retrieved November 19, 2011.

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