NEW YORK — Can the world live without Wikipedia for a day? The shutdown of one of the Internet's most-visited sites is not sitting well with some of its volunteer editors, who say the protest of anti-piracy legislation could threaten the credibility of their work. (Also see some background on the shutdown and a post about other sites such as Google that have adjusted their homepages.)
Wikipedia editors question English site's first 24-hour blackout
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 | 8:24 a.m. CST;
updated 9:49 a.m. CST, Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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