In an attempt to protest SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act; H.R. 3261) and PIPA (Protect IP Act; S. 968), Wikipedia's English site went black.
If you want to access Wikipedia just go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page?banner=none. If you want to search go to the blackout screen and paste this code at the end of the URL ?banner=none
add '?banner=no' to the end of the URL (without the quotes)
Their blackout is only supposed to last 24 hours - see the related link listed below for more information:
WikiAnswers didn't! It was the English version of Wikipedia that was blacked out in protest. It was done as a demonstration against legislation that's being proposed in the US which would force certain restrictions on some of the content of Wikipedia.
Do you mean the north-east blackout of August 2003? There is a long Wikipedia article on this event, the official report was published 2004. If you mean a different event put in the question again with more precise definition.
Easy!Search topic in google, choose best wikipedia result.Wait until article loads, pre-blackout.Hit stop button in browser uncontrollably until it actually stops. (only once for Mac users!)trial & error, unless you're slow it should take 1-2 tries.If you fail and get the blackout, simply refresh and hit stop button.
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The Blackout is from the Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.
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