Extension:Blackout

Description
This will be the home for an extension specifically designed for the SOPA/PIPA blackouts planned for Wednesday, January 18th.

Important notes
Please note all of this can be copied from Test Wiki's central notice.

You should also visit bawolff's notes on blackout banners if you cannot wait for this extension's completion or cannot use extensions.

Roadmap
Planned features in initial release for 1/18:
 * Full page blackout
 * Instructions on disabling editing

Possible features for 1/18 release:
 * Integration with congressional candidates lookup

Plans for post-1/18 release:
 * Ability to set start/end timestamps

Requirements
The following requirements must be satisfied for the Blackout extension to work.
 * MediaWiki 1.17 or newer (due to usage of ResourceLoader)

Credits
This extension and page was pulled together by User:Varnent utilizing work by these folks - they should receive any and all credit:
 * jorm
 * Mike Sofaer
 * bawolff
 * Kaldari
 * NeilK
 * This is not yet an expansive or inclusive list - please add missing names

Resources

 * http://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Centralnotice-template-blackout
 * http://test.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:NoticeTemplate/view&template=blackout
 * User:Bawolff/how to use MikeSofaer's anti-SOPA js with MediaWiki

Release notes

 * 1.0.20120717
 * Initial BETA release