User blog comment:Craiglpalmer/SOPA and PIPA Situation Summary/@comment-10018276-20120118043721/@comment-4625146-20120118044815

No one's shutting down Wikipedia (yet—'tis an open question if the bills are passed). These protests are voluntary actions by the websites themselves. Wikipedia's blackout was decided by input from around 1,800 of Wikipedia's contributors (including myself).