# An Oddity--Darth Maul/Web blockers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 14, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-oddity-darth-maul-web-blockers/585492 "2011-06-14T21:57:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-oddity-darth-maul-web-blockers/585492/1 "2011-06-14T21:57:20Z")
During my lunch break at work, I was scanning Wookiepedia, the Star Wars Wiki. I tried to open the Darth Maul page…and the system’s blocking software wouldn’t permit it. How odd. It never blocked anything on Wookiepedia before. Checking the page at home, I am baffled. I can’t grasp why. ---
**Author:** ![Ura-Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/51bf81/32.png) [@Ura-Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ura-Maru)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-oddity-darth-maul-web-blockers/585492/2 "2011-06-14T23:53:00Z")
Clearly the ad-block software was written by a D&D player who hates the stupid ‘double weapons,’ and is trying to erase them from cultural awareness. Check if [Galtar and he Golden Lance](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPLiSrKRWrg) is blocked. I have nothing actually helpful to contribute . . . unless all the ‘red hot double-ended lightsaber action’ jokes were parsed into a different type of double-ended action. That seems unlikely. But amusing if true. – The double flail is just stupid, but the double sword is stupid AND OVERPOWERED. It’s like you’re being bribed to be a twink. At least it’s better than the pointy shovel . . .