QUOTE(carbuncle @ Mon 19th December 2011, 4:17pm)
So users of WP with US IP addresses will see a banner for up to a week and black page, once, on the day of the "blackout"? That's it? That'll show 'em not to mess with WP!
Knowing how popular that mess is, just denying a Googler looking for quick info, once, is all they need to do. I would not be surprised if the single blank page causes a shitstorm of publicity, 4chan threads, hackers trying to break things, etc. to "punish" Wikipedia for not being there. Every time WP goes down,
even for one hour, the squawking starts.