# Help me retrieve a Wikipedia homepage

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-retrieve-a-wikipedia-homepage/467500>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 11, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-retrieve-a-wikipedia-homepage/467500 "2008-10-11T19:31:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-retrieve-a-wikipedia-homepage/467500/1 "2008-10-11T19:31:51Z")

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I mean the one with the large globe with the main languages disposed around it, and many other languages listed at the bottom of the page.

I’ve lost it somehow and spent hours trying to get it back.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-retrieve-a-wikipedia-homepage/467500/2 "2008-10-11T19:33:35Z")

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It’s still there at [http://wikipedia.org](http://wikipedia.org). Where are you looking?

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**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-retrieve-a-wikipedia-homepage/467500/3 "2008-10-11T20:28:49Z")

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> [@KneadToKnow](#):
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> It’s still there at [http://wikipedia.org](http://wikipedia.org). Where are you looking?

That’s the one ! Thank you very much **KneadToKnow** for the quick answer. I marked it.

I googled and clicked on “Wikipedia”, “[Wikipedia.org](http://Wikipedia.org)” etc. but couldn’t get it. I even tried Google desktop and what not…

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-retrieve-a-wikipedia-homepage/467500/4 "2008-10-11T20:30:31Z")

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Happy to help.