Wikipedia Blackout

[xxMATTGxx]

Thread about it in current affairs. Wiki and other sites are going dark to show awareness and to protest against SOPA and PIPA.
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[GirlNextDoor15]

NOW LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF WIKIPEDIA..
WAS WIKIPEDING SOME KNOWLEDGE AND URGHHHHHH

[Grig]

fun ways to get around the wikipedia blackout:

1) use google cache
2) press escape as the page loads
3) turn off javascript
4) use the mobile version http://en.m.wikipedia.org/

The point isn't to make wikipedia unavailable, it's to make people talk. so far so good

Google blacked themselves out for a bit too .

[Chris]

fun ways to get around the wikipedia blackout:

1) use google cache
2) press escape as the page loads
3) turn off javascript
4) use the mobile version http://en.m.wikipedia.org/

The point isn't to make wikipedia unavailable, it's to make people talk. so far so good

Google blacked themselves out for a bit too .

I noticed the second method of this today. I think I rely on wikipedia too much!

[triston220]

Disable Javascript to circumvent the blackout.

[Eric]

Some other sites are shutting down too. It's a 24 hour blackout.

[Shar]

[redtom]

Reddits completely out
You can just hit the stop loading button on wiki to avoid the blackout.

[J0SH]

Let me check on Wikipedia why Wikipedia has downtime..

[Shar]

if you click "Learn More" it shows the page explaining why haha