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Italian Wikipedia

Italian-language edition of Wikipedia

The Italian Wikipedia (Italian: Wikipedia in italiano) is the Italian-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was started on 11 May 2001[1] and has over 1,894,000 articles.[2] It is currently the 9th largest edition by article count.[3]

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2011 mass blanking protest

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From 4 to 6 October 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[4] before the Italian Parliament. The proposal was from 4 to 6 October 2011. During this time, all of the site's articles were hidden. Wikipedia's administrators blocked the website[5] which was being debated at the time in the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Parliament.[6]

This was the first time that a Wikipedia had blanked all its content to protest.[7][8][9] The Wikimedia Foundation released a statement on 4 October. The Foundation Board officially supported the short closing of Italian Wikipedia.[6] In October 2011, the manifesto, which replaced the Italian Wikipedia, had been viewed approximately 19 million times.[10] On 6 October 2011, the website content was put back. Wikipedia added a banner across the top of each page explaining the reason for the protest.[11]

Italian newspaper Il Tempo journalist Alberto Di Majo described the closure of the Italian-language Wikipedia as an "unexpected merit" of the proposed law.[12] Some people questioned whether a non-profit United States foundation should try to change laws written in Italy.[13]

References

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  1. ↑ New language wikis, Wikipedia-l mailing list.
  2. ↑ Statistics at Italian Wikipedia
  3. ↑ "List of Wikipedias". Meta-Wiki. Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  4. ↑ Paragraph 29 of the DDL intercettazioni (Wiretapping Bill)
  5. ↑ "Camera dei Deputati: disegno di legge N. 1415-B". camera.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Wikimedia blog » Blog Archive » Regarding recent events on Italian Wikipedia". Blog.wikimedia.org. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  7. ↑ Official announcement (English version); permanent link: http://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Comunicato_4_ottobre_2011&oldid=43934170.
  8. ↑ "Intercettazioni, Wikipedia protesta – Homepage in bianco: "Inaccettabile ddl"". la Repubblica (in Italian). 4 October 2011. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2011.()
  9. ↑ "Wikipedia Hides Italian Language Edition to Protest New Law | PCWorld Business Center". Pcworld.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  10. ↑ "Wikipedia article traffic statistics". Stats.grok.se. Archived from the original on 19 July 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.()
  11. ↑ "Wikipedia in Italian reopens after media law protest". Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  12. ↑ Wikipedia protesta? Meglio, c'è la Treccani Archived 7 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine - Il Tempo, 5 October 2011 (in Italian)
  13. ↑ Ngo, Don (4 October 2011). "Italian-language Wikipedia hidden, may shut down". Cnet. Retrieved 19 November 2011.

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