Technical Difficulties: Wikimedia Foundation Server Issue

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The Wikimedia Foundation is currently facing technical difficulties due to power and network issues at their Florida data center. The situation is expected to be temporary, with some servers already coming back online. Users are encouraged to check the #wikipedia channel on the Freenode IRC network for updates and can access Google's cached version of Wikipedia in the meantime. As Wikipedia continues to grow in traffic, the Wikimedia Foundation is in constant need of new hardware, and donations are welcomed to support this effort.
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The Wikimedia Foundation servers are currently experiencing technical difficulties.

The problem is most likely temporary and will hopefully be fixed soon. Please check back in a few minutes.

For further information, you can visit the #wikipedia channel on the Freenode IRC network.

In the meantime, you may be able to view Google's cached version of this page.

Wikipedia is now one of the most visited sites on the Internet by traffic and continues to grow, and as a result the Wikimedia Foundation has a constant need to purchase new hardware. If you would like to help, please donate.

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The issue:

"Power/network problems at the Florida colo. They're being worked on. Some servers coming back online."

You can get more info on their IRC channel.
 
NOOOOOOOO!
I have reserch paper due tommorw and there gone!It is end of the world.
 
Where's ZapperZ to gloat? :smile:

I guess they caught the same technical glitch that PF's server had. :biggrin:
 
Astronuc said:
I guess they caught the same technical glitch that PF's server had. :biggrin:
Get rid of links to Wikipedia from PF we can't offrad losing wikipedia
 
Wikipedia is back!:approve:
for now...
 
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