Forum:SOPA protest on Wikia?

It appears like Wikia is not participating in the wikipedia protests of SOPA by blocking out their site for one day.

For those who are not aware:

Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (Pipa) are two bills being debated by Congress which many feel will curtail freedom of speech on the internet.

Even though wikia is not participating. I am interested how individual sites plan to protest SOPA? Any wikia sites planning to black out their site on Wedensday January 18? If so how?

Wikipedia statement

Wikipedia discusion (closed)

There was a little mention of SOPA in earlier forum


 * The Call of Duty Wiki is planning a blackout tomorrow. 1358  (Talk)  16:17, January 17, 2012 (UTC)
 * can you explain how they plan on blacking out the site, from a technical perspective, and add a link? Thank you very much for the information. Wikiasmikia 16:19, January 17, 2012 (UTC)
 * here is a link: http://callofduty.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:SOPA/PIPA_blackout now to figure out how to technically black out a site for a day. Wikiasmikia 16:27, January 17, 2012 (UTC)
 * Javascript. 1358  (Talk)  16:34, January 17, 2012 (UTC)
 * I really apprecaite your comments 1358, but if you have time, can you please give me more details exactly how? Wikiasmikia 19:13, January 17, 2012 (UTC)
 * StrikeAgainstSopa gives you a few methods..Seshat. 19:18, January 17, 2012 (UTC)

Thank you so much Seshat. I added the javascript to MediaWiki:Common.js to a non-wikia wiki to test this:
 * var a=new Date;if(18==a.getDate&&0==a.getMonth&&2012==a.getFullYear)window.location="http://sopastrike.com/strike";

Testing this, I changed the 18 to a 17 (today's date). So now the BIG question, how in the world do I undue this edit now? :) Wikiasmikia 19:48, January 17, 2012 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately, directing you to that page was as far as I could hep you; I'm not that versed in coding. I'm asuming that it's some sort of self-limiting thing that'll run itself out in 24 hours, which is how long the strike will run tomorrow. .Seshat. 19:55, January 17, 2012 (UTC)


 * if(18==a.getDate&&0==a.getMonth&&2012==a.getFullYear) is a check. That piece of code tests the current time to see if it is the 18th of January, 2012. If that is true, it redirects the site to that SOPA site. On the 19th, it is no longer true, so it no longer redirects.--
 * thank you Seshat and Godisme. So there is no way to turn this off today? I have to wait until the 18th to turn of the 17th test I just did? Maybe some how change the wikis clock, tricking my wiki into thinking it is the 18th? My wiki that I tested this on initially, I have root access but it is a hosted wiki. Wikiasmikia 20:04, January 17, 2012 (UTC)
 * update: disabling javascript on my browser will probably disable the redirect. Thanks guys! Wikiasmikia 22:06, January 17, 2012 (UTC)
 * So if I just copy that above code and paste it in my wikia's MediaWiki, it will be blocked out for a day? Darkcloud1111  ~Fastest Hero Alive  22:24, January 17, 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi guys, we are doing something for SOPA &mdash; take a look at Craig's post SOPA and PIPA Situation Summary :) --Meighan http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 22:36, January 17, 2012 (UTC)

The Elder Scrolls Wiki is also going to join the COD wiki for the duration of the blackout :) (I've spoken with the main editors on there, and they all believe we should join it. (Since a lot of our site has images that, although uploaded using Creative Common's Fair use policy, would likely see our site shut down. I have the code to use and upload, if anyone wants it :) Timeoin•Say G'Day•View my work•Skyrim To-Do List 22:55, January 17, 2012 (UTC)