[SOLVED] Emergency -- Wikipedia Down

[LaRoza]

Can't get there, or to anything related. Neither can someone on IRC.

I don't know what to do...

[PmDematagoda]

Same here. I wonder what's going on.

[wasing]

removed

[klange]

I can confirm. The world's greatest source of collaborative knowledge is down.

[uberlube]

What no wiki?!? PANIC!!!!! :shock:

[jviscosi]

I noticed this a little while ago but figured it was just me. Ars Technica is really slow for me, too.

Not that this will help anybody, but:



Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

H:\>tracert wikipedia.com

Tracing route to wikipedia.com [208.80.152.2]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms adsl-70-234-28-22.dsl.sndg02.sbcglobal.net [70.234.28.22]
2 11 ms 14 ms 11 ms bras4-l0.sndgca.sbcglobal.net [151.164.184.146]
3 66 ms 108 ms 105 ms dist2-vlan60.sndg02.pbi.net [63.200.206.195]
4 13 ms 12 ms 33 ms 151.164.94.4
5 24 ms 24 ms 23 ms ex1-p10-0.pxpaca.sbcglobal.net [151.164.190.82]
6 24 ms 24 ms 24 ms asn2828-XO.pxpaca.sbcglobal.net [151.164.249.102]
7 24 ms 24 ms 26 ms te-4-0-0.rar3.sanjose-ca.us.xo.net [207.88.12.61]
8 57 ms 57 ms 57 ms te-3-0-0.rar3.la-ca.us.xo.net [207.88.12.62]
9 61 ms 57 ms 58 ms te-11-4-0.rar3.dallas-tx.us.xo.net [207.88.14.41]
10 89 ms 87 ms 87 ms 207.88.14.42.ptr.us.xo.net [207.88.14.42]
11 94 ms 101 ms 95 ms w006.z207088246.xo.cnc.net [207.88.246.6]
12 * * * Request timed out.
13 * 95 ms 97 ms rr.pmtpa.wikimedia.org [208.80.152.2]

Trace complete.

H:\>
(Yes, Windows ... I'm at work. Shhhh.)

[wasing]

removed

[-grubby]

Oh Noes!!! :cry:

[bruce89]

i bet you its something random like the palestines or some other random arab nation tried to block wikipedia from its countrys ISP's and some how managed to put all of wikipedia offline like they did with youtube.

Palestine is a long way from Pakistan.


What no wiki?!? PANIC!!!!! :shock:

Wikipedia is down, not all wikis.

[jflaker]

........RUNS TO THE NEAREST CAVE. Waits for a sign!

The oracle is missing, the oracle is missing!

[klange]

I'm declaring a...


http://random.ogunderground.com/code_red.png


... CODE RED: INTERNET EMERGENCY!

[wasing]

removed

[jviscosi]

I'm declaring a...


http://random.ogunderground.com/code_red.png


... CODE RED: INTERNET EMERGENCY!

But I rely on Wikipedia to tell me where my safe house is!

[init1]

It's the end of the Internet as we know it! How will we know anything without Wikipedia?

[AmericasCup222]

I also cant access it. Repent! The End Is Near!! [dramaticchord/][/n]

[|{urse]

O Chit!

[Buffalo Soldier]

In Malaysia and currently Wikipedia and Arstechnica still accessible to me. Maybe it's another problem with those under ocean cables ?

[SpenceMakesSense]

I'de panic but wikipedia told me how to. maybe in this certain case there is a www.wikipanic.org

[|{urse]

http://jeremy.zawodny.com/i/pony.jpg

im sure many geeks will feel like this tomorrow when they need to fixxor things

[AmericasCup222]

It has just come to my attention that they are undergoing a server update, so dont get your panties up in a bunch.

[klange]

I'de panic but wikipedia told me how to. maybe in this certain case there is a www.wikipanic.org
Nope, but I am so totally going to register that domain with my GoDaddy account right now... Nah... j/k...

[jflaker]

gets a sign that the wiki is getting a server update!

<Comes out of his cave>

[LaRoza]

I got a page!

/me sighs with relief.

In the time it was down, I tried to go there five times for different things.

[jviscosi]

It has just come to my attention that they are undergoing a server update, so dont get your panties up in a bunch.

A server update? On a Monday afternoon? That's what 2am on Sunday morning is for! ;-)

[bruce89]

sry was just think off the top of my head i knew it was in the middle east and it started with a P.

Pakistan is in the Far East.


A server update? On a Monday afternoon? That's what 2am on Sunday morning is for! ;-)

It is 1am on a Tuesday. It's the perfect time.

[p_quarles]

I'm still getting a server timeout. Not ready to emerge from my cave just yet.

[klange]

Wikipedia's primary servers are in the US, aren't they? As is the bulk of their traffic (mostly because we're idiots who use Wikipedia for everything), so that would make it, for them, afternoon/evening on a Monday. Which is a bad time. Don't they know high school English reports are always due on Tuesdays? [/lulz]

[saxuntu]

Wow it just took forever to load.

[hhhhhx]

i can get on wikipedia :)

[jflaker]

http://random.ogunderground.com/code_red.png



Stand down......Please stand down.......

Catastrophe averted.

[proalan]

Its all working for me, I bet the college/university plagerists are relieved.

[init1]

w00t it's back! Emergency adverted :D

[LaRoza]

/me goes to make some sacrifices to prevent future problems.

[jviscosi]

It is 1am on a Tuesday. It's the perfect time.

What on earth are you doing up at 1am on a Tuesday? Are you patching a server? Go get some sleep!

[klange]

I too can confirm that we are now back to a code green. Wikipedia is back up. Still makes me wonder why there weren't any notices out there about this before hand.