[NetBehaviour] wikipedia blackout

[Zugravu Gheorghe]

aswer below:

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout notice errors (English Wikipedia)
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:21:30 +0000
From: David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com>
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org>

On 18 January 2012 09:16, Zugravu Gheorghe <zugravu.gheorghe at gmail.com>
wrote:

> apparently if you disable java in your browser - you have normal access
> to en:wp!


JavaScript, not Java :-)

It's not a hard, secure block. Basically it's a black, full-page ad
banner. Think of "Wikipedia Blackout" as the event's name, a proper
noun, rather than an accurate description.

- d.

On 18.01.2012 11:32, James Morris wrote:
> 
> i see now. their blackout works by javascript and the javascript is
> hosted on wikimedia.org which was blocked by the noscript plugin in my
> browser. mobiles without js enabled can also get content.
> 
> james.
> 
> 
> On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:18:45 +0000
> James Morris <james at jwm-art.net> wrote:
> 
>> Nope. No luck. I still can read all sorts of very interesting
>> articles :-(
>>
>> james.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:12:45 +1100
>> mez breeze <netwurker at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> try looking up a link - redirection 2:
>>>
>>> "Imagine a World
>>> Without Free Knowledge
>>>
>>> For over a decade, we have spent millions of hours building the
>>> largest encyclopedia in human history. Right now, the U.S. Congress
>>> is considering legislation that could fatally damage the free and
>>> open Internet. For 24 hours, to raise awareness, we are blacking out
>>> Wikipedia. Learn
>>> more.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more>
>>> "
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 8:04 PM, James Morris <james at jwm-art.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> does wikipedia.org look business as usual to anyone else? thought
>>>> it was supposed to be blacked out? or have i visited in the wrong
>>>> 12 hours? rather disappointed.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> james.
>>>>
>>>>
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