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A true blackout would be hellish: I don't know that there's a day that goes by that I don't read something on Wikipedia (which is the point, of course). A simp
by fendrak 15y ago
A true blackout would be hellish: I don't know that there's a day that goes by that I don't read something on Wikipedia (which is the point, of course).
A simple, but effective, solution would be to simply change the site's style to draw all article text with a black background, a la redacted documents.
If this was done, users could still manually highlight using their browsers to view the text (and screen readers would still work just fine), but the effect would be still be striking, to say the least.
- antimatter15 15y agoAccording to some comments on the Jimbo's talk page where the Support/Oppose poll is taking place, the italian wiki had the article's view-source wikitext visible for a few seconds before redirecting to a anti-legislation page.
- pivotal 15y agoI think an action similar to what BoingBoing did on internet censorship day might be good. On the a user's first visit of the day, a popup stops the visit, saying "This site has been blocked. Not really, but under SOPA it could be.", with an OK to continue. The same thing on google would really make a stir. I don't think people really understand the ramifications of the law, and an example that affected them would do wonders for everyday internet users, with a side effect of drumming up needed media attention.
- JoachimSchipper 15y agoJust how many people would figure that out, do you think?
- porterhaney 15y agoThis could be Wikipedia's most effective "personal appeal" they've ever run, just for the above reason. "A true blackout would be hellish: I don't know that there's a day that goes by that I don't read something on Wikipedia (which is the point, of course)." I think a blackout would highlight just how many people rely on Wikipedia and might bring to light that they wouldn't mind donating a few dollars a year to keep it around.
- Joakal 15y agoA similar protest was adopted in Australia against the Internet filter, look up "australia filter blackout". Sadly, it failed as ISPs are now censoring 'voluntarily' by forcing it onto their customers [0][1], and the government is funding them. Amazingly, many Australians don't know that Australia's internet is censored now. [0] http://www.news.com.au/technology/internet-filter/telstra-optus-to-begin-censoring-web-next-month/story-fn5j66db-1226079954138 http://www.news.com.au/technology/internet-filter/telstra-op... [1] http://delimiter.com.au/2011/12/11/isps-wont-talk-about-interpol-filter-support/ http://delimiter.com.au/2011/12/11/isps-wont-talk-about-inte...