Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout notice errors (English Wikipedia)

2012-01-18 Thread Erik Moeller
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:35 PM, David Levy lifeisunf...@gmail.com wrote: internet - Internet zip code - ZIP code Should be fixed. -- Erik Möller VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout notice errors (English Wikipedia)

2012-01-18 Thread David Levy
Erik Moeller wrote: Should be fixed. Yep, I got someone's attention via the #wikimedia IRC channel. Thanks! (And my apologies again for the duplicate posts. There appears to have been a significant delay.) David Levy ___ foundation-l mailing list

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout notice errors (English Wikipedia)

2012-01-18 Thread Peter Gervai
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 06:35, David Levy lifeisunf...@gmail.com wrote: Can someone please correct the following errors in the English Wikipedia's blackout notice? Just a foreigner sidenote: we got the notice about SOPA and PIPA which does not start by defining, or even linking to what SOPA and

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout notice errors (English Wikipedia)

2012-01-18 Thread David Gerard
On 18 January 2012 08:03, Peter Gervai grin...@gmail.com wrote: Just a foreigner sidenote: we got the notice about SOPA and PIPA which does not start by defining, or even linking to what SOPA and PIPA is, what they are shorthand for, and background if anoone wants. It could be (should be)

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout notice errors (English Wikipedia)

2012-01-18 Thread Zugravu Gheorghe
Hi, apparently if you disable java in your browser - you have normal access to en:wp! the best, /gheorghe On 18.01.2012 11:06, David Levy wrote: David Gerard wrote: Yeah, the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more should link to those two articles (which

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout notice errors (English Wikipedia)

2012-01-18 Thread David Gerard
On 18 January 2012 09:16, Zugravu Gheorghe zugravu.gheor...@gmail.com wrote: apparently if you disable java in your browser - you have normal access to en:wp! JavaScript, not Java :-) It's not a hard, secure block. Basically it's a black, full-page ad banner. Think of Wikipedia Blackout as

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout notice errors (English Wikipedia)

2012-01-18 Thread Bastien Guerry
Zugravu Gheorghe zugravu.gheor...@gmail.com writes: apparently if you disable java in your browser - you have normal access to en:wp! Or if you click on the stop loading button of your browser soon enough: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_-Rf-VKHY8 Funny darwinian selection: only the

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout notice errors (English Wikipedia)

2012-01-18 Thread C F
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 12:35 AM, David Levy lifeisunf...@gmail.com wrote: [crossposted to Foundation-l and WikiEN-l] Can someone please correct the following errors in the English Wikipedia's blackout notice? internet - Internet zip code - ZIP code Nah, for those politicians it was meant

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout notice errors (English Wikipedia)

2012-01-18 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Bastien Guerry, 18/01/2012 10:23: Zugravu Gheorghezugravu.gheor...@gmail.com writes: apparently if you disable java in your browser - you have normal access to en:wp! Or if you click on the stop loading button of your browser soon enough: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_-Rf-VKHY8

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout notice errors (English Wikipedia)

2012-01-18 Thread Keegan Peterzell
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 1:24 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.comwrote: Or those with a slower CPU hence loading of the page. Nemo Or a slower modem, like Liam linked to six months ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9dpXHnJXaE -- ~Keegan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan

[Foundation-l] Blackout notice errors (English Wikipedia)

2012-01-17 Thread David Levy
[crossposted to Foundation-l and WikiEN-l] Can someone please correct the following errors in the English Wikipedia's blackout notice? internet - Internet zip code - ZIP code Thanks! (I apologize if this message appears twice. My fist attempt appeared unsuccessful.) David Levy