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Does Wikipedia work for anybody?

FIFA1966FIFA1966 Posts: 1,101
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All I'm getting is the (Oops Google Chrome could not find en.wikipedia.org).


Any help much appreciated.

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    diablodiablo Posts: 8,300
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    Works for me in FF and Chrome.

    Maybe your IP's DNS server has problems ??
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    FIFA1966FIFA1966 Posts: 1,101
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    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.
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    psionicpsionic Posts: 20,188
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    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?
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    DaedrothDaedroth Posts: 3,065
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    Try clearing your browsers cache and trying again.
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    zx50zx50 Posts: 91,272
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    It works absolutely fine for me. No problems accessing Wikipedia's homepage at all. I can also access entries on it as well.
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    cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    Working fine for me here.
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    ZenithZenith Posts: 3,874
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    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.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
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    Down here too via sky broadband
    But using 3g via vodafone its working fine.
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    ZenithZenith Posts: 3,874
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    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.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
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    It came back for a short while, but down now.
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    zx50zx50 Posts: 91,272
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    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.
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    mac2708mac2708 Posts: 3,349
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    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
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
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    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
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    FIFA1966FIFA1966 Posts: 1,101
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    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.
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    FIFA1966FIFA1966 Posts: 1,101
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    I've just checked wikipedia and it's working.
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    zx50zx50 Posts: 91,272
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    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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