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The Wikipedia block doesn't work

DonZabuDonZabu
edited 2012-01-18 00:30:00 in General

All you have to do is press the stop button before the page finishes loading. Bam, readable article.


Can't they make the block appear before the page starts loading? Or have all links automatically redirect to the block page?

Comments

  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!

    They've deliberately made holes in it so people can, for example, check if that spider that bit them was poisonous.

  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!

    Too bad Peter Parker didn't have Wikipedia.

  • vandrovandro
    He who laments and can't let go of the past is forever doomed to solitude.

    What would the wikipedia search get to? You were bitten by a common house spider? Unless radiation is readily apparent...

  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!

    I dunno, that was just a random example. The point was apparently for emergency situations.

  • DonZabuDonZabu

    As opposed to WebMD or Mayo Clinic?


    Seems more like a cop-out to me.

  • FirebertFirebert

    They knew students would need them.

  • Central AvenueCentral Avenue

    ...Emergency situations? Are there really "emergencies" in which access to Wikipedia is necessary?


    Having easy-to-find loopholes in it sorta cheapens the protest. The whole point is that if the thing passes, you might really have no access to Wikipedia.

  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    Having easy-to-find loopholes in it sorta cheapens the protest. The whole point is that if the thing passes, you might really have no access to Wikipedia.



    I believe the point is to raise awareness of SOPA.


    And yes, there are emergencies in which access to Wikipedia can help. Not even life-threatening ones in which Wikipedia is the fastest way to find information, but for like, students who need it for assignments, so on.

  • CountryPumpkinCountryPumpkin
    I clench my fists and yell "anime" towards an uncaring, absent God, and swear solemnly to press my thumbs into Chocolate America's eyeballs until he is blinded, to directly emasculate sporting figures, to beat the shit out of tumblr users with baseball bats, and to quietly appreciate what Waylon Smithers being gay means to me.
    You Can also get around it by using the mobile site.
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    Or disabling Javascript

  • IaculusIaculus

    In fact, they're helpful enough to link instructions on how to disable Javascript there.

  • GhilzGhilz

    Or use one of the non-english versions.

  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.

    That's assuming you know a language that isn't English.

  • MrWMrW

    The thing is, the blackout screen is Javascript-based, so if you disable Javascript, you'll be able to work freely.

  • 707ruz707ruz
    "I will grant you two wishes; one for each testicle."

    Or add "?banner==none" to the end of the URL.

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