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Workaround the Blackout: Accessing Wikipedia content despite the blackout

While Wikipedia has announced a blackout for 24 hours against the recent US legislative actions, it has left adequate room for someone in desperate need of accessing the articles.
The trick is to stop loading of the page before the redirection happens.
As this article, http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/18/wikipedia-blackout-workaround/, points out the easiest way to do that would be to hit the escape key. The timing is important here though. Nevertheless you can always reload the page and give a second try. 

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