Does Wikipedia work for anybody?

FIFA1966 · 17/07/14 - 00:48

All I'm getting is the (Oops Google Chrome could not find en.wikipedia.org).

Any help much appreciated.

diablo · 17/07/14 - 02:10

Works for me in FF and Chrome.

Maybe your IP's DNS server has problems ??

FIFA1966 · 17/07/14 - 04:15

diablo wrote: »

Works for me in FF and Chrome.

Maybe your IP's DNS server has problems ??

I don't think so because all the other websites I visit are working.

Some of the websites that check whether or not if a website is up say that Wikipedia is down.

psionic · 17/07/14 - 07:42

FIFA1966 wrote: »

All I'm getting is the (Oops Google Chrome could not find en.wikipedia.org).

Any help much appreciated.

It's working fine for me.

Have you tried via a different connection, like via a mobile network?

Daedroth · 17/07/14 - 08:19

Try clearing your browsers cache and trying again.

zx50 · 17/07/14 - 09:22

It works absolutely fine for me. No problems accessing Wikipedia's homepage at all. I can also access entries on it as well.

cnbcwatcher · 17/07/14 - 11:25

Working fine for me here.

Zenith · 17/07/14 - 12:15

Not working here either. Tried IE & Firefox.

Firefox says that it cannot find the server. IE says "Windows sent the request to the DNS server and the server responded that the name was unknown".

According to http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ the site is up.

If you need to access Wikipedia, you can still use the mobile version. Just edit the address to put m. after en.

[Deleted User] · 17/07/14 - 12:24

Down here too via sky broadband
But using 3g via vodafone its working fine.

Zenith · 17/07/14 - 12:28

lettice wrote: »

Down here too via sky broadband
But using 3g via vodafone its working fine.

I'm also using Sky broadband (migrated from BE).

FIFA1966..who is your internet provider.

The mobile site appears to be working OK.

[Deleted User] · 17/07/14 - 12:38

It came back for a short while, but down now.

zx50 · 17/07/14 - 12:41

I should have suggested that people who it wasn't working for change their DNS server.....if they knew how to do it. This might have solved the problem.

mac2708 · 17/07/14 - 12:53

Just gone down for me using BT (not Infinity) although it's been fine all morning.
Changing DNS makes no difference

EDIT: 5 minutes later and it's back

[Deleted User] · 17/07/14 - 13:18

Just spoke with neighbours on BT and Virgin and was down for them too.

A few news stories are reporting it down around the world
http://descrier.co.uk/technology/wikipedia-goes-many-users-around-world/

Isitdownrightnow shows many around the world reporting it down too
http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/wikipedia.org.html#commentstop

FIFA1966 · 17/07/14 - 16:21

Zenith wrote: »

I'm also using Sky broadband (migrated from BE).

FIFA1966..who is your internet provider.

The mobile site appears to be working OK.

My Internet Provider is AOL.

FIFA1966 · 17/07/14 - 16:23

I've just checked wikipedia and it's working.

zx50 · 17/07/14 - 19:39

lettice wrote: »

Just spoke with neighbours on BT and Virgin and was down for them too.

A few news stories are reporting it down around the world
http://descrier.co.uk/technology/wikipedia-goes-many-users-around-world/

Isitdownrightnow shows many around the world reporting it down too
http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/wikipedia.org.html#commentstop

Wikipedia must have been down only in some areas. It's been fully accessible for me for the past two days.

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