# Wiki is down, at least for the moment **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 24, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-is-down-at-least-for-the-moment/533661 "2010-03-24T19:30:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-is-down-at-least-for-the-moment/533661/1 "2010-03-24T19:30:29Z")
That’s OK, I didn’t have any grad school research paper due this afternoon… [http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/24/wikipedia-down-after-server-meltdown/?hpt=T2](http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/24/wikipedia-down-after-server-meltdown/?hpt=T2) ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-is-down-at-least-for-the-moment/533661/2 "2010-03-24T19:33:50Z")
It’s working fine for me (though I’m in France right now). ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-is-down-at-least-for-the-moment/533661/3 "2010-03-24T19:35:32Z")
Working fine for me in Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-is-down-at-least-for-the-moment/533661/4 "2010-03-24T19:44:22Z")
Whups, it is here in Cleveland now, as well. Crisis over. Whew! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-is-down-at-least-for-the-moment/533661/5 "2010-03-24T19:44:28Z")
It’s down here in Michigan. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-is-down-at-least-for-the-moment/533661/6 "2010-03-24T19:50:05Z")
I’m in Chicago and it’s been going offline then back online, then back offline since about noon CDT ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-is-down-at-least-for-the-moment/533661/7 "2010-03-24T19:52:14Z")
Working in California. (Did you know that during the Battles of Wenden (1577–1578), 300 people blew themselves up in Wenden Castle to escape capture?) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-is-down-at-least-for-the-moment/533661/8 "2010-03-24T19:52:16Z")
Good thing I didn’t ask a mod to close the thread. Let’s see how this goes… ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-is-down-at-least-for-the-moment/533661/9 "2010-03-24T19:54:57Z")
I was wondering - it’s been down for me. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-is-down-at-least-for-the-moment/533661/10 "2010-03-24T19:55:24Z")
I’ve noticed for the last half hour that pages usually don’t load on the first (or even 2nd) try. Keep hitting that reload button. ---
**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-is-down-at-least-for-the-moment/533661/11 "2010-03-24T19:57:12Z")
The pics aren’t loading but I can see the text just fine. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-is-down-at-least-for-the-moment/533661/12 "2010-03-24T19:57:43Z")
It’s sort of working for me - all text, no graphics. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-is-down-at-least-for-the-moment/533661/13 "2010-03-24T20:06:09Z")
Still zippo for us in Michigan. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-is-down-at-least-for-the-moment/533661/14 "2010-03-24T20:08:37Z")
Just in case anyone here doesn’t know this site: > **[Is it down? Check at Down for Everyone or Just Me](https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/)** > > Check if a website or service is down or having problems and report your problems! Click now to check/report problems! Wikipedia is up for ATL routed through corporate HQ in Chicago, Illinois. Trace route shows Atlanta to Chicago to Dallas to Tampa (where I assume Wiki has a server farm). ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-is-down-at-least-for-the-moment/533661/15 "2010-03-24T20:13:52Z")
That site says it’s just me, but it clearly isn’t. Wiki is still down from Columbus, Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-is-down-at-least-for-the-moment/533661/16 "2010-03-24T20:22:59Z")
I’m in Atlanta, it’s down for me. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-is-down-at-least-for-the-moment/533661/17 "2010-03-24T20:25:52Z")
.. [QUOTE=wiki tech blog] Due to an overheating problem in our European data center many of our servers turned off to protect themselves. As this impacted all Wikipedia and other projects access from European users, we were forced to move all user traffic to our Florida cluster, for which we have a standard quick failover procedure in place, that changes our DNS entries. However, shortly after we did this failover switch, it turned out that this failover mechanism was now broken, causing the DNS resolution of Wikimedia sites to stop working globally. This problem was quickly resolved, but unfortunately it may take up to an hour before access is restored for everyone, due to caching effects. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-is-down-at-least-for-the-moment/533661/18 "2010-03-24T20:27:09Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > That site says it’s just me, but it clearly isn’t. > > Wiki is still down from Columbus, Ohio. downforeveryoneorjustme isn’t very reliable for DNS errors. I can’t connect to wikipedia using my Verizon connection, but my Charter connection works fine. ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-is-down-at-least-for-the-moment/533661/19 "2010-03-24T20:28:26Z")
I get the opposite. The site says it’s down, but it’s fine for me. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-is-down-at-least-for-the-moment/533661/20 "2010-03-24T20:41:39Z")
It was down for me earlier, and now it’s working. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-is-down-at-least-for-the-moment/533661.md?page=2)