Wikipedia closed for the day

[Eighteeteewhy]

In protest against Internet censorship, Wikipedia is blanking their pages from 5am. Still seems to be working for me though?

Edited by Eighteeteewhy on Wednesday 18th January 07:06

[Special K]

Just tried it and it's closed now

[Papa Hotel]

aholes.

[ZOLLAR]

Strange, working for me on safari browser and wiki app?.

[Robb F]

Papa Hotel said:

aholes.

who?

[Papa Hotel]

Robb F said:

who?

These idiots who think they're making a difference by switching off their websites. Who are they inconveniencing? Not the US gobbermint, they don't give a st. No, they're inconveniencing normal people, like every ill-conceived strike.

[Papa Hotel]

ZOLLAR said:

Strange, working for me on safari browser and wiki app?.

Not for me, I'm getting a curious picture of an android eating an apple.

[jimslops]

Working fine here

[Papa Hotel]

jimslops said:

Working fine here

I'll bet it's not.

Edit: it bloody is working! WTF is the point of this supposed shutdown?

[williamp]

Papa Hotel said:

Robb F said:

who?

These idiots who think they're making a difference by switching off their websites. Who are they inconveniencing? Not the US gobbermint, they don't give a st. No, they're inconveniencing normal people, like every ill-conceived strike.

Sounds like you use it regularly .Time for some old fashionned proper research, utilising different forms of media (books?? Library??) and reading and deciding between different sources of conflicting evidence.

[Eighteeteewhy]

Still working fine here. (safari)

[Papa Hotel]

williamp said:

Sounds like you use it regularly .Time for some old fashionned proper research, utilising different forms of media (books?? Library??) and reading and deciding between different sources of conflicting evidence.

No, I use it to while away the time when the wife won't let me have the remote control cos some st cookery competition "just gets tougher".

[ZOLLAR]

For anybody who really needs to access possibly inaccurate information or whether to see if a celebrity is dead here's a link that helps you get wiki on "blackout day"

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/how-to-access-wikipedia...

[Lord Pikey]

It is still working here. I found the page i wanted using google and then hit the stop button a few times to stop to forwarding to the "closed" page.

[ZOLLAR]

Ok It's stopped working now!.
Seems to change every few minutes.

[mikef]

Or using Firebug or similar, inspect the page and set styles:

1. #mw-sopaOverlay - add display: none
2. #content - remove display: none
3. content (element style) - remove display: none

a bit of a pain...

[jimslops]

Papa Hotel said:

I'll bet it's not.

Edit: it bloody is working! WTF is the point of this supposed shutdown?

It was working when I posted

Edit: still working

Edited by jimslops on Wednesday 18th January 08:09

[jingars]

Not for me. I suspect it depends upon whether your ISP has a locally cached version of the page you are seeking to access.

[The Beaver King]

Papa Hotel said:

These idiots who think they're making a difference by switching off their websites. Who are they inconveniencing? Not the US gobbermint, they don't give a st. No, they're inconveniencing normal people, like every ill-conceived strike.

I take it you don't agree with their actions then?

Personally, I am completely in support of it. If the SOPA is passed, it will give record labels, movie studios etc the ability to force Google, Paypal, Yahoo etc to remove the offending website from their service. The stupid thing is that all it takes is a letter that states the site must be taken down within 5 days. No proof is required, no courts, no trial. It is a complete contradiction of 'innocent until proven guilty'.

It's the beginnings of internet censorship and I am glad Wikipedia and others are taking a stand against it.

[ZOLLAR]

The Beaver King said:

Papa Hotel said:

These idiots who think they're making a difference by switching off their websites. Who are they inconveniencing? Not the US gobbermint, they don't give a st. No, they're inconveniencing normal people, like every ill-conceived strike.

I take it you don't agree with their actions then?

Personally, I am completely in support of it. If the SOPA is passed, it will give record labels, movie studios etc the ability to force Google, Paypal, Yahoo etc to remove the offending website from their service. The stupid thing is that all it takes is a letter that states the site must be taken down within 5 days. No proof is required, no courts, no trial. It is a complete contradiction of 'innocent until proven guilty'.

It's the beginnings of internet censorship and I am glad Wikipedia and others are taking a stand against it.

I've just been reading the thread in the new,politics forum and I'm inclined to agree with you.