Wikipedia:SOPA initiative/Blackout screen testing

January 17, 2012, 19:30pm UTC: While texts and links have yet to be finalized, we can test the basic functionality.

January 18, 2012, 5:00am UTC: Scheduled launch

How to test
The blackout is expected to go live on the English Wikipedia at 4am UTC, 18 January 2012.

Before the blackout goes live, you can test these features on any page on TestWiki, by invoking the banner directly with "?banner=blackout". Here's a sample link. TestWiki main page with blackout banner enabled

Please add your results to, even if you found no problems.

Exceptions to blackout
The blackout is not expected to show:
 * For users who have disabled JavaScript on their browser
 * For users accessing the mobile site (they will likely be directed there if using a mobile device).
 * On pages in the set of.

Objection to javascript-only blackout
There is absolutely no consensus to have a javascript-only blackout in the community discussion that took place by 1860 Wikipedians up to the time of page protection on SOPA_initiative.

The javascript-enabled blackout looks good on firefox-3.5.16.

The javascript-disabled blackout on firefox-3.5.16 makes the Wikipedia community look like a laughing stock. The only effect is that the Wikipedia icon is black. It doesn't even link to a SOPA related page.

Quote:


 * Full blackout


 * Not only present an information click-through page, but close off editing and reading of the entire site.

Maybe this is just a problem with the way the information in this page is written, but it sounds like the plan is keep editing and reading open in contradiction with what people supported. Please urgently clarify what the tech plan is.

IMHO it should be consistent with what the community chose: close off editing and reading of the entire site. Sorry for the bold, but we're barely an hour from the start time. Boud (talk) 03:57, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

Expected behaviour for all other cases

 * A flash of the content of that wiki page, lasting no more than a few seconds.
 * The page is then replaced with something that looks like this (exact layout may change)



Contact your congressional representatives
If the user is located in the USA or any territory with USA zip codes (such as Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Northern Marianas Islands, American Samoa) the user should see a section with a form for them to enter a zip code to contact their political representatives.
 * Entering a zip code and pressing "Look up" should take them to the CongressLookup page for that zip code.
 * Clicking on "Enter your zip code" should focus input on the zip code field.
 * Note problems here: SOPA initiative/Congress data

Make your voice heard
All users regardless of location should see the links for social media.
 * Hovering over a social media link:
 * Should show an HTTPS url to that social sharing site.
 * Should turn the icon white (from light grey, so this may be hard to see on some monitors).
 * Clicking on the link should pop up a small 500x300 window in the center of the page which allows the user to share content on that social sharing site. The content is slightly different for each social sharing site.
 * Opening a new tab with the link should still work (exact command to do this varies, try right-clicking and selecting "Open in New Tab").

Learn More

 * When the user hovers the "Learn More" link, the link should turn white, along with the triangle at the side.
 * Clicking on the Learn More link takes the user to a page explaining more about the SOPA action (probably a blog post)

Excluded pages
These pages should not show the blackout screen. More may be added later (see http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/SopaTechPad)

Testwiki links are for testing before the actual blackout, enwiki links for during the blackout.


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Cross browser testing
General bugs:
 * If user is not logged into FB, bad experience - unresizable window. Probably same for Twitter. May not be for Google Plus, that was the reason we opened small windows in the first place.