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Re:What Is the Fediverse? by Nasreddin_Hodja on Saturday April 30, 2022 @01:49PM (#31217775)
Wikipedia is just someone's server. Owner may turn it down without asking authors of its content. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/post/wikipe...
Re:What Is the Fediverse? by M2Ys4U on Saturday April 30, 2022 @06:06PM (#31219843)
The English edition of Wikipedia blacked out, but IIRC other language editions did not.

Plus there was a huge community discussion - and vote - that was held in the days before the blackout. It wasn't the WMF making a unilateral decision to do anything.