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Well, that's interesting. All the content is still there, but then an overlay is placed on the page using JS once the page loads. How long until someone puts

by daeken 15y ago

Well, that's interesting. All the content is still there, but then an overlay is placed on the page using JS once the page loads. How long until someone puts up a greasemonkey script to unblackout WP?

burgerbrain 15y ago
The mobile site is also still available, by design. "Is it still possible to access Wikipedia in any way? The Wikipedia community, as part of their request to the Wikimedia Foundation to carry out this protest, asked us to ensure that we make English Wikipedia accessible in some way during an emergency. The English Wikipedia will be accessible on mobile devices and smart phones. Because the protest message is powered by JavaScript, it's also possible to view Wikipedia by completely disabling JavaScript in your browser."
- gojomo 15y ago
  Well that's a silver lining from my perspective: a lot of people will learn how to disable Javascript in their browsers.
  - pclark 15y ago
    and then forget to re-enable it and be baffled as to why their browser is utterly deprecated.
    - jarek 15y ago
      and wonder what makes the few well-designed websites that don't need javascript to be read that special ... or so I can dream.
      - redthrowaway 15y ago
        The internet isn't a static thing, these days. You can get by without js, but you can't do much in the way of interesting dynamic content
        sebphfx 15y ago
        Well with the direction CSS is taking, Javascript isn't only for 'cool and moving things' anymore. I use Cufon for fonts, since it's better and cleaner than font-face.
        jarek 15y ago
        A lot of sites these days seem to be skipping right over the "interesting" part and going straight to the static/dynamic distinction.
  - rplnt 15y ago
    Not people that are targeted by this blackout.
the-cakeboss 15y ago
Using AdBlockPlus I've just added the rule to block everything from meta.wikimedia.org which is the domain that loads the script to blackout the site. ||meta.wikimedia.org Seems to be working so far.
- aslewofmice 15y ago
  Blocking http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:BannerController http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:BannerCont... is a better match
fretlessjazz 15y ago
It's pretty smart, actually. They don't want to ruin their SEO.
- joering1 15y ago
  um, im sure that Google had no idea about Wikipedia's plans and let their spider autocrawl the domain without manually overwriting its settings. I would rather find it in Google's best interest to keep Wiki pages high up in results, btw. Further, Google spider can "apply" CSS and "see" which elements of the page cover other content with divs.
cookiecaper 15y ago
Quite simple to toggle it with NoScript.
Hrundi 15y ago
Here goes a "small" bookmarklet: javascript:(function(){document.getElementById("mw-page-base").style.display="block"; document.getElementById("mw-head-base").style.display="block"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; document.getElementById("mw-head").style.display="block"; document.getElementById("mw-panel").style.display="block"; document.getElementById("footer").style.display="block"; document.getElementById("mw-sopaOverlay").style.display="none";})()
- Stevenup7002 15y ago
  I somehow feel bad about being able to access it now :).
  - tlb 15y ago
    I voted for the blackout, so I feel obliged to let myself be inconvenienced by it. 3 times already in the first 40 minutes.
  - steve-howard 15y ago
    I think Wikipedia still gets to make its point if you have to pepper in some JavaScript or CSS to get back to it. Much more work than your standard interstitial.
    - dhimes 15y ago
      This is the best point to make: the SOPA will only stop people who don't know how to get around it, just like the Wiki blackout. That is precisely to point to be made here.
  - Natsu 15y ago
    Tell people that this is what it will be like to access information online if anything like SOPA passes. I wonder if a lot of people are going to be searching for "how to access wikipedia" now? Pity it will be too late by tomorrow, or you could inform them yet again. Oh well.
- teeray 15y ago
robgibbons 15y ago
Just disable JavaScript. An extension is overkill! ;)
- unabridged 15y ago
  I was sitting here trying to figure out if it started yet because all the pages kept loading. This is good though, almost anyone who has javascript disabled is probably aware of the issue and against it.
  - icebraining 15y ago
    It still shows "The English Wikipedia is currently locked for the SOPA/PIPA blackout" on the main page.
bad_user 15y ago
You can also just, you know, disable Javascript.
mixmasteralan 15y ago
103 characters with native js: d=document;f='getElementById';d[f]('mw-sopaOverlay').innerHTML='';d[f]('content').style.display='block'
- mixmasteralan 15y ago
  In 42 characters! l=location;l.href=l.href.replace("en","m")
  - mixmasteralan 15y ago
    In 35 characters! location.hostname="m.wikipedia.org"
zbowling 15y ago
I documented a ton of ways here to get around it: https://gist.github.com/1631355 https://gist.github.com/1631355
deleted 15y ago
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qpleple 15y ago
Or just hit Escape key before the page has finished loading.
eliben 15y ago
I think the idea is to draw attention of the non-technical crowd. Those who can "put up a greasemonkey script" are probably well aware of SOPA already.

by daeken 15y ago

burgerbrain 15y ago

The mobile site is also still available, by design. "Is it still possible to access Wikipedia in any way? The Wikipedia community, as part of their request to the Wikimedia Foundation to carry out this protest, asked us to ensure that we make English Wikipedia accessible in some way during an emergency. The English Wikipedia will be accessible on mobile devices and smart phones. Because the protest message is powered by JavaScript, it's also possible to view Wikipedia by completely disabling JavaScript in your browser."

gojomo 15y ago
Well that's a silver lining from my perspective: a lot of people will learn how to disable Javascript in their browsers.
- pclark 15y ago
  and then forget to re-enable it and be baffled as to why their browser is utterly deprecated.
  - jarek 15y ago
    and wonder what makes the few well-designed websites that don't need javascript to be read that special ... or so I can dream.
    - redthrowaway 15y ago
      The internet isn't a static thing, these days. You can get by without js, but you can't do much in the way of interesting dynamic content
      - sebphfx 15y ago
        Well with the direction CSS is taking, Javascript isn't only for 'cool and moving things' anymore. I use Cufon for fonts, since it's better and cleaner than font-face.
      - jarek 15y ago
        A lot of sites these days seem to be skipping right over the "interesting" part and going straight to the static/dynamic distinction.
- rplnt 15y ago
  Not people that are targeted by this blackout.

the-cakeboss 15y ago

Using AdBlockPlus I've just added the rule to block everything from meta.wikimedia.org which is the domain that loads the script to blackout the site. ||meta.wikimedia.org Seems to be working so far.

aslewofmice 15y ago
Blocking http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:BannerController http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:BannerCont... is a better match

fretlessjazz 15y ago

It's pretty smart, actually. They don't want to ruin their SEO.

joering1 15y ago
um, im sure that Google had no idea about Wikipedia's plans and let their spider autocrawl the domain without manually overwriting its settings. I would rather find it in Google's best interest to keep Wiki pages high up in results, btw. Further, Google spider can "apply" CSS and "see" which elements of the page cover other content with divs.

cookiecaper 15y ago

Quite simple to toggle it with NoScript.

Hrundi 15y ago

Here goes a "small" bookmarklet: javascript:(function(){document.getElementById("mw-page-base").style.display="block"; document.getElementById("mw-head-base").style.display="block"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; document.getElementById("mw-head").style.display="block"; document.getElementById("mw-panel").style.display="block"; document.getElementById("footer").style.display="block"; document.getElementById("mw-sopaOverlay").style.display="none";})()

Stevenup7002 15y ago
I somehow feel bad about being able to access it now :).
- tlb 15y ago
  I voted for the blackout, so I feel obliged to let myself be inconvenienced by it. 3 times already in the first 40 minutes.
- steve-howard 15y ago
  I think Wikipedia still gets to make its point if you have to pepper in some JavaScript or CSS to get back to it. Much more work than your standard interstitial.
  - dhimes 15y ago
    This is the best point to make: the SOPA will only stop people who don't know how to get around it, just like the Wiki blackout. That is precisely to point to be made here.
- Natsu 15y ago
  Tell people that this is what it will be like to access information online if anything like SOPA passes. I wonder if a lot of people are going to be searching for "how to access wikipedia" now? Pity it will be too late by tomorrow, or you could inform them yet again. Oh well.
teeray 15y ago

robgibbons 15y ago

Just disable JavaScript. An extension is overkill! ;)

unabridged 15y ago
I was sitting here trying to figure out if it started yet because all the pages kept loading. This is good though, almost anyone who has javascript disabled is probably aware of the issue and against it.
- icebraining 15y ago
  It still shows "The English Wikipedia is currently locked for the SOPA/PIPA blackout" on the main page.

bad_user 15y ago

You can also just, you know, disable Javascript.

mixmasteralan 15y ago

103 characters with native js: d=document;f='getElementById';d[f]('mw-sopaOverlay').innerHTML='';d[f]('content').style.display='block'

mixmasteralan 15y ago
In 42 characters! l=location;l.href=l.href.replace("en","m")
- mixmasteralan 15y ago
  In 35 characters! location.hostname="m.wikipedia.org"

zbowling 15y ago

I documented a ton of ways here to get around it: https://gist.github.com/1631355 https://gist.github.com/1631355

deleted 15y ago

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qpleple 15y ago

Or just hit Escape key before the page has finished loading.

eliben 15y ago

I think the idea is to draw attention of the non-technical crowd. Those who can "put up a greasemonkey script" are probably well aware of SOPA already.