Forum:Anti-SOPA campaign

So, Wikipedia has decided to go dark on Wednesday for 12 hours. Shall we follow suit?

It is unlikely that it will hurt the wiki's traffic, given that there is little update on the Halo franchise. Then again, our presence in the internet is fairly small compared to other sites, but some effort is better than no effort.

If a total blackout seems excessive, then maybe stick a giant Anti-SOPA logo in the landing page/main page for a day to show our support of the campaign? — subtank  18:46, 16 January 2012 (EST)

- The government of the United States of America needs to get their heads straight as to what that stupid bill will do.

- not that it's any of my business, not being a resident of the US (who am I kidding, this is going to have international consequences), but given Bungie's own recent announcement that they too oppose it, it would be extremely appropriate. A total blackout does seem a bit much, but perhaps the logo on the main/landing page, and a small, unobtrusive but noticable icon linking to an anti-SOPA site on other pages? --  Specops306   Autocrat     Qur'a 'Morhek   22:42, 16 January 2012 (EST)

— Not like I do jack shit around here anyways. :P

- Oh those wacky politicians. "Politics... How tiresome." — Prophet of Truth :P — S331 (COM • Mission Log • Profile) 03:32, 17 January 2012 (EST)

- 12 hour blackout or an anti-SOPA logo, I have no objections to either. -  Nìcmávr  ( Tálk  ) 09:53, 17 January 2012 (EST)

- I posted my protesting of the SOPA and PIPA bill on Twitter, and I think I may do the same on Facebook, so no objections. Only that it may be a bit of a hassle for me, because working on Halopedia is all I really do since I don't have a job now, and I'll also have to set a timer so I know when to get back on. Vegerot, if you're reading any of this, when this thing goes down, let's make an iChat talk date and we'll go from there. Speaking of which, when is this thing going to be put into effect? --Xamikaze330 11:13, 17 January 2012 (EST)Xamikaze330

- I'd probably go for the anti-SOPA logo myself, but either way it's getting the message out. This bill will hurt everybody one way or another, and I doubt any website is safe from it. Whatever we do to get the message out, I say do it. Whatever it takes to force Capitol Hill to recognize the crime this bill is committing.262VigilantGuardian 12:27, 17 January 2012 (EST)

- As per what everyone else, both here and on Bungie, Wikipedia, etc, has said. I'd be fine with taking down the whole site for 24 hours, but less drastic measures would be okay too :/ Alex T Snow 17:34, 17 January 2012 (EST)

Comments
Since there is no opposition to this idea, I would also suggest the Uncyclopedia approach: apply a censor-style text decoration on popular contents (e.g. John-117, games articles, Covenant). SpecOps' suggestion is also one we need to apply.

If possible, we should implement this by midnight (PST) or 8am those in GMT ±0.— subtank  11:28, 17 January 2012 (EST)
 * Great, even here in Europe we are all being afraid of that stupid "SOPA"-bill... Hope someon's gonna notice it.--Bdgroot-117 16:40, 17 January 2012 (EST)


 * Woot, nice censorship. This should teach the stupid bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. to get their heads straight. (Crap like this is what makes me want to leave the USA.--
 * Not that I'm agreeing with you entirely, but I too kinda feel like I want to leave the USA. My faith in the US government has been severely shaken. My grandpa has said in the past that the US government seems to have gone socialist; they make it very hard for a guy or girl to start a new company! Congress has gone too far this time, they need to be stopped at all costs, short of starting a civil war, or even another World War, this time the US is the bad guys! War is a long shot, but worldwide riots is most certainly a danger. Political bureaucratic fools! --Xamikaze330 17:51, 17 January 2012 (EST)Xamikaze330


 * Fixed to note that the citizens and state of Washington don't approve of SOPA. :P