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Wikipedia is down

19 points by wcarss 14y ago

wcarss 14y ago
From #wikipedia-overflow on irc.freenode.net: 09:29EST <@RD> Wikipedia is currently down - network issues (that is all that we know at the moment) - http://status.wikimedia.org http://status.wikimedia.org
Intermernet 14y ago
From #wikipedia on irc.freenode.net Wikipedia is currently down due to networking issues in the Tampa Datacenter. No ETA is known at the moment. To see current Wikipedia status go to http://status.wikimedia.org http://status.wikimedia.org. If you want to browse the wiki, please try other tools such as Archive.org and Google Cache.
fluxon 14y ago
From IRC: "Status: Down - routing issues to Tampa" (edit: removed conjecture)
droctopu5 14y ago
Oh no, I forgot to donate! Sorry, Jimmy!
zachinglis 14y ago
Why does anyone care? These posts are getting increasingly popular. It seems like reputation-bait to me and really detracts from coming here to do what we do - read articles.
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- wcarss 14y ago
  I made the post informationally -- it seemed worth it for anyone who runs into a problem and is looking for validation from the community that "it isn't just them". I was using wikipedia at the time and went to IRC to find out what's up, but not everyone will go that far or think to look at the status page. I don't know what downforeveryoneorjustme would return in this case -- I did not think to check the headers being returned. If there were a karma-donation mechanism, I'd give you the 20 points or so I've gotten out of this for making a good point. :)
  - eslachance 14y ago
    It's called www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com Why would anyone go on hackernews to check if a website is down? That doesn't make much sense, there are so many mechanisms out there to deal with this kind of thing....
wd7 14y ago
I think the panic occurring already over Wikipedia being down for less than an hour reflects on just how reliable the site usually is - especially for one relying exclusively on donations.
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_delirium 14y ago
And it's back up now. :)

19 points by wcarss 14y ago

From #wikipedia-overflow on irc.freenode.net: 09:29EST <@RD> Wikipedia is currently down - network issues (that is all that we know at the moment) - http://status.wikimedia.org http://status.wikimedia.org

Intermernet 14y ago

From #wikipedia on irc.freenode.net Wikipedia is currently down due to networking issues in the Tampa Datacenter. No ETA is known at the moment. To see current Wikipedia status go to http://status.wikimedia.org http://status.wikimedia.org. If you want to browse the wiki, please try other tools such as Archive.org and Google Cache.

fluxon 14y ago

From IRC: "Status: Down - routing issues to Tampa" (edit: removed conjecture)

droctopu5 14y ago

Oh no, I forgot to donate! Sorry, Jimmy!

zachinglis 14y ago

Why does anyone care? These posts are getting increasingly popular. It seems like reputation-bait to me and really detracts from coming here to do what we do - read articles.

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wcarss 14y ago
I made the post informationally -- it seemed worth it for anyone who runs into a problem and is looking for validation from the community that "it isn't just them". I was using wikipedia at the time and went to IRC to find out what's up, but not everyone will go that far or think to look at the status page. I don't know what downforeveryoneorjustme would return in this case -- I did not think to check the headers being returned. If there were a karma-donation mechanism, I'd give you the 20 points or so I've gotten out of this for making a good point. :)
- eslachance 14y ago
  It's called www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com Why would anyone go on hackernews to check if a website is down? That doesn't make much sense, there are so many mechanisms out there to deal with this kind of thing....

wd7 14y ago

I think the panic occurring already over Wikipedia being down for less than an hour reflects on just how reliable the site usually is - especially for one relying exclusively on donations.

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_delirium 14y ago

And it's back up now. :)