Wikipedia not actually blacking out its pages

1 point·teemi··5 comments

Wikipedia didn't do too well in "blacking out" the pages, a simple bookmarklet like this can show the contents:

javascript:function%20showArticle(){$("body%20div:hidden").show();$("#mw-sopaOverlay").hide();};%20showArticle();

Of course, the point was to spread knowledge about SOPA and its problems, but I would have hoped a real blackout, not serving the content hidden.

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Considering that the point of the blackout is to raise attention, hiding is already enough. Anyone who gets to the content will be aware of the SOPA this way. I guess anyone can just use non-US proxy to get to the content anyway.

non-US proxy doesn't do the trick. The en.wikipedia.org pages are blacked out. I'm from Macedonia and when browsing the English pages get the blackout page too.

You seem to be right, I only checked the main-page and Finnish pages and they were open, so I thought all of them were.

I'm sure there will be many non-US people wondering why their page is blocked just because there is some upcoming law in the US. Its not like they can pick up the phone and call their representative to affect the matter in any way.

And all the people releasing workarounds are not helping the cause at all.

What about people who have already signed the petition and want to continue using a great service?

What about the people outside the US that can't sign the petition?

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