Wikipedia is down, Thu 2019/06/27 02:20 BST

[Ambient Sheep]

Well, it is.

It's probably nothing, and will be back soon, but just in case it's something, here's a thread.

[Mister Six]

Back up, apparently.

What an emotional rollercoaster!

[Ambient Sheep]

Hah but more of a rollercoaster than you think as it's still down for both me and that link.

[Zetetic]

Another BGP fuck-up?

[Monsieur Verdoux]

still down for me?

[machotrouts]

Just instinctively googled "BGP" and clicked on the Wikipedia link. Like a fucking cunt

[Monsieur Verdoux]

it's back

[Ambient Sheep]

Yeah it does seem to be now.  For now.

[Monsieur Verdoux]

can finally read about Pauly Shore again

[hillbillyholiday]

Sheesh... wiki's down for an hour and people think the sky's falling in.

That was just a test, next time I'll make it a week.

I confidently predict than within 48 hours, half the Western world will have painted themselves blue and/or started worshipping fire.

[Mister Six]

Hah but more of a rollercoaster than you think as it's still down for both me and that link.

Ah, maybe the US servers are okay but the UK ones aren't?

[Ambient Sheep]

Sheesh... wiki's down for an hour and people think the sky's falling in.

Nah, I didn't think that, as my OP made perfectly clear.  I just thought it was interesting, that's all.  Plus I'm bored.

That was just a test, next time I'll make it a week.

I confidently predict than within 48 hours, half the Western world will have painted themselves blue and/or started worshipping fire.

The other half will just sit there, pleased that we hung onto our dictionaries, Pears' Cyclopaedias, and Halliwell's Film Guides.


I just googled the Pears thing to double-check the spelling, only to find that the 2017-2018 one was the last ever.  Nooooo!  I must buy a copy.

[hillbillyholiday]

Nah, I didn't think that, as my OP made perfectly clear.  I just thought it was interesting, that's all.  Plus I'm bored.

Didn't mean you personally, I was watching twitter and the comments at https://downdetector.com/status/wikipedia

[hillbillyholiday]

Funnily enough, the outage occurred while I was chatting to the rascal responsible for Wikipedia.

https://twitter.com/lsanger/status/1144000016098430978

[Ambient Sheep]

Hah, fair enough then!

[BlodwynPig]

Cookdancbombd is now down

[Bum Flaps]

Shouldn't we start recording the most important wiki-facts here, as a back-up?

[BlodwynPig]

Shouldn't we start recording the most important wiki-facts here, as a back-up?

It doesn't look good for jewhate Jez

[Replies From View]

Hah but more of a rollercoaster than you think as it's still down for both me and that link.

I have never heard of rollercoasters that differ so much from person to person.  Are you sure you're in the same carriage?

[Ambient Sheep]

I have never heard of rollercoasters that differ so much from person to person.  Are you sure you're in the same carriage?

Well no we weren't, that's the whole point... I was at one end and he was at the other, hence our differing experiences.

[Twed]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoot_suit#/media/File:B&w_Reading2016_003.jpg

It's still up for me, which is good news because if I can't look at this picture of Dirty Den and Paul Whitehouse lookalikes in zoot suits talking to a Jo Brand lookalike every single day then it's sadness.

[Replies From View]

Well no we weren't, that's the whole point... I was at one end and he was at the other, hence our differing experiences.

Well go in the same carriage next time

[Cold Meat Platter]

Up for me at the moment lads.

[Glebe]

Over to Biggy...

[Twed]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoot_suit#/media/File:B&w_Reading2016_003.jpg

It's still up for me, which is good news because if I can't look at this picture of Dirty Den and Paul Whitehouse lookalikes in zoot suits talking to a Jo Brand lookalike every single day then it's sadness.

[Glebe]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoot_suit#/media/File:B&w_Reading2016_003.jpg

It's still up for me, which is good news because if I can't look at this picture of teddy boy Christopher Plummer and Paul Whitehouse lookalikes in zoot suits talking to a Jo Brand lookalike every single day then it's sadness.

[Twed]

I appreciate the correction. He's the one I've been struggling with. He's somebody cockney (maybe Alan Ford but not quite) and I can't decide who. I only included a guess at him to fill out the three, but yours is definitely much closer.

I'd like to solve the mystery of who this isn't.