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Title: Wikipedia black-out
Post by: deSelys on January 18, 2012, 07:59:16 AM

Ok, I understand why they are doing it...

But has anybody else noticed that the pages content is still readable in the HTML source? Le fail!

Title: Re: Wikipedia black-out
Post by: deSelys on January 18, 2012, 08:01:02 AM

Oh, just noticed that they intended it to be that way.


Le fail for my OP.  :o

Carry on...

Title: Re: Wikipedia black-out
Post by: RTHolmes on January 18, 2012, 08:22:18 AM

what I'd like to know is why they have done a global blackout of the English language pages when its US-only legislation they are protesting. makes no sense.

Title: Re: Wikipedia black-out
Post by: PuppetZ on January 18, 2012, 08:39:53 AM

See Rule #14

Title: Re: Wikipedia black-out
Post by: Delirium on January 18, 2012, 09:17:32 AM

Good, maybe now we will less stupid wishes on the AH forums with data that is completely erroneous.

Title: Re: Wikipedia black-out
Post by: Saxman on January 18, 2012, 10:50:56 AM

Only for today.

Title: Re: Wikipedia black-out
Post by: icepac on January 18, 2012, 11:19:40 AM

I just hit escape before the black appears and use Wikipedia as normal.

Embrace and exploit technology to get what you want.

Title: Re: Wikipedia black-out
Post by: Mar on January 18, 2012, 12:08:23 PM

 :D (NoScript) :D

I love how it says the English Wikipedia is locked while I'm using it.

Title: Re: Wikipedia black-out
Post by: Flench on January 18, 2012, 12:24:06 PM

Happy happy joy joy ,That's so stupid .

Title: Re: Wikipedia black-out
Post by: Mar on January 18, 2012, 12:35:12 PM

Just saying that they did a very poor job of locking the site. It was a simple redirect that is easily stopped.

Title: Re: Wikipedia black-out
Post by: Babalonian on January 18, 2012, 02:54:42 PM

Quote from: deSelys on January 18, 2012, 07:59:16 AM

Ok, I understand why they are doing it...

But has anybody else noticed that the pages content is still readable in the HTML source? Le fail!

Shhh, this is for those who don't know how the interwebs work.

Title: Re: Wikipedia black-out
Post by: Spikes on January 18, 2012, 02:57:39 PM

Quote from: Mar on January 18, 2012, 12:35:12 PM

Just saying that they did a very poor job of locking the site. It was a simple redirect that is easily stopped.

I don't really think the point was to lock the site completely. Read into the point of the blackout a little bit more before jumping to conclusions.

Title: Re: Wikipedia black-out
Post by: Flipperk on January 18, 2012, 05:44:14 PM

It says right on wikipedia that they did not shut it down entirely, they say you access wikipedia still once you shut off Java. (or work around it)

Title: Re: Wikipedia black-out
Post by: nrshida on January 18, 2012, 06:20:39 PM

Try this:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page?banner=none

Title: Re: Wikipedia black-out
Post by: Butcher on January 18, 2012, 06:36:14 PM

Quote from: nrshida on January 18, 2012, 06:20:39 PM

Try this:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page?banner=none

Simply add "?banner=none" to the end of each page and you can see it fine.

i.e

wikipedia.org/wiki/p51/?banner=none

Title: Re: Wikipedia black-out
Post by: nrshida on January 18, 2012, 06:36:51 PM

Yes.

Title: Re: Wikipedia black-out
Post by: Mar on January 19, 2012, 02:58:11 AM

In that case, disregard.