I'm trying to dig up elder Scrolls lore information from the Elder Scrolls wiki, but, believe it or not, it is being blocked by S.O.P.A. A big splash screen greets me with a graphic which states that the website has been blocked to Americans by the US Government. No joke, is anyone else seeing this? Is it for real, or someone hacking the site?

I got it too!

Edit: I think it's actually wiki going dark to protest...it's the 18th

SOPA has been indefinitely put on hold. So no, it's not SOPA, it's the wikis shutting down their sites in protest to SOPA.

Also, shame on you for using wikis as sources of lore. http://www.imperial-library.info/ and read. Also, the link on my sig is where all beginners should start when it comes to mythology in TES. And from what I've seen (and I've seen a lot of it), wikis tend to be abysmal sources for lore. Stick with the in-game books for now.

I didn't get a splash screen.

You can try using this site instead: http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Main_Page

OH! A big thanks to you for the link to the Imperial Library. I didn't even know that existed! YAY!

Yeah, that's the OTHER Elder Scrolls wiki. I never did understand the difference between the two different wikis.

UESP has been running much longer, and it's a good gameplay source.

Rank o' stuff to use for lore:

TIL>UESP>>>Wikia.


(Assuming, of course, that you're using the wikis as wikis rather than to look up books. Find books wherever you want, its the summaries that you should be wary of).

I'm curious as to where T0 ranks in your scale...

I'm not getting a splash screen... wonder if noscript is blocking a redirect or something.

Avast, mateys! That there SOPA bill should be keelhauled fer censorin' our bloody right to free speech and what have you, I reckon!

How slanderous! I think I shall write a letter to Steny Hoyer advising him to duel the personnel responsible for putting such a false veneer on their refusal to serve Americans.

Citizen, you have been pre-judged guilty of dissent & dissemination of terroristic threats. Please remain seated while our agents remove you from the Citizenry’s collective memory. You may experience a tingling sensation and/or mild pangs of existential dread.

Doesn't rank anywhere. T0 is where you go after you know the lore, understand it, are perhaps kind of bored of talking about it, and want something fresh.

Google is doing it too, sort of. And I'm glad. It's sort of insane how so many people don't know about it.

By the way, there are several threads on this already.

Please use http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1334164-sopa-shelved-until-consensus-is-found/ for discussing SOPA (including the wikipedia protest).

Presumably with the Imperial Library and UESP links this discussion had pretty much run its course anyway.