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{{ombox|image=]|text=This is a page that was used to brainstorm possible participation in ], a protest held on 11 February 2014. Various ideas were discussed but none matured into a proposal. Many editors felt that ideas discussed here amounted to engaging in political ] and thus were against the core values of Misplaced Pages. <br/><br/>Participants in the discussion ultimately decided to focus on improving Misplaced Pages's overall coverage of mass surveillance-related topics at '''{{nowrap|]}}'''.}} |
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| text = This is a '''Rough Draft''' that may or may not mature into a proposal. The draft is in development. |
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'''Surveillance awareness day''' is a proposal for the English Misplaced Pages to take special steps to promote awareness of global surveillance on February 11, 2014. That date is chosen to coincide with ] being taken by organizations such as ], ], and the ]. |
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If this proposal reaches completion, it will be presented to the entire community for approval, via a ] or a sitenotice shown to logged-in users. |
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This proposal attempted to implement the following suggestion: |
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<blockquote style="font-size: 120%;"> |
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"'''A message is most effective when it matches the format of the media. We're an encyclopedia. On Feb 11, I suggest we fill our front page with articles, blurbs and news about mass spying and privacy. That will send a strong message, and help educate people. It's sort of like what we do on April 1, except serious instead of foolish.'''" |
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</blockquote> |
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See ]. <!-- See also ] of this proposal. --> |
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