How to bypass the Wikipedia Blackout
Posted by Mike Redrobe | Posted in Technology | Posted on 18-01-2012
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How to bypass the Wikipedia blackout
Here is a very simple way that will allow you to bypass the Wikipedia blackout
As you may well have experienced today, Wikipedia has blacked out its English language content in protest of a proposed change in US online copyright laws (see below for Wikipedia’s statement.)
However, there is a very simple way that will allow you to bypass the blackout.
Here’s how you do it.
Simply add ?banner=none to the address in the address bar:
e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy shows the blacked out page:
So we simply type ?banner=none in the address bar at the top and press enter:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy?banner=none returns you to wikipedia’s normal page:
Enjoy !