Wikipedia is DOWN

[korzon]

The Wikimedia Foundation servers are currently experiencing technical difficulties.

The problem is most likely temporary and will hopefully be fixed soon. Please check back in a few minutes.

For further information, you can visit the #wikipedia channel on the Freenode IRC network.

In the meantime, you may be able to view Google's cached version of this page.

Wikipedia is now one of the most visited sites on the Internet by traffic and continues to grow, and as a result the Wikimedia Foundation has a constant need to purchase new hardware. If you would like to help, please donate.

I bet they will get high $xx,xxx in donations from the downtime.

 

[RTM.net]

Still down as of 1903 EDT from a connection in Canada... this is the first time I've heard of such a lengthy downtime for a site such as Wikipedia...

:S

Rob

 

[ChrisJP]

Still down at 00:15 in the UK. Also the first time I've ever seen such a lengthy downtime of a major website.

 

[jdk]

Back up

 

[falco85]

it is currently up for me... (from italy)

 

[OgieOgalthorpe]

back up for me

 

[topnotchdomains]

its back up for me rite now