SOPA strike

[Drunk Clown]

The Wikipedia shutdown was ridiculous.

First of all only the en.wikipedia.org was shut down, so I could still go to the acceptable nl.wikipedia.org.
Secondly you could just use google cache to view Wikipedia.

[Jolt]

The Wikipedia shutdown was ridiculous.

First of all only the en.wikipedia.org was shut down, so I could still go to the acceptable nl.wikipedia.org.
Secondly you could just use google cache to view Wikipedia.

The blackout wasn't about preventing you from going through the wikipedia. Simply shutting down your javascript would allow you to go through english wikipedia normally. They did that to raise world public awareness, and more specifically in the US, to get news headlines, get people talking about the blackout and the law itself, why it's bad and why it needs to be stopped.

[Drunk Clown]

The blackout wasn't about preventing you from going through the wikipedia. Simply shutting down your javascript would allow you to go through english wikipedia normally. They did that to raise world public awareness, and more specifically in the US, to get news headlines, get people talking about the blackout and the law itself, why it's bad and why it needs to be stopped.

Then they could've done it otherwise. Just a notification when you go to en.wikipedia.org which fills the screen and then continue to Wikipedia itself.