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  • noam
    Confirmed User
    • Jul 2004
    • 730
    #1

    Wikipedia is DOWN

    Originally posted by en.wikipedia.org
    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.
    I bet they will get high $xx,xxx in donations from the downtime.
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    • Manowar
      jellyfish  
      • Dec 2003
      • 71528
      #2
      I keep hitting it looking for info on different stuff and remembering it is FUBAR

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        • Deej
          I make pixels work
          • Jun 2005
          • 24386
          #3
          shut down for a few, score some scratch, hot idea.... wikipedia knows everything

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            • noam
              Confirmed User
              • Jul 2004
              • 730
              #4
              Originally posted by Manowar
              I keep hitting it looking for info on different stuff and remembering it is FUBAR
              Do you realise you've made an average of 65 posts/day in the last two years?

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                • crake
                  Registered User
                  • Feb 2006
                  • 96
                  #5
                  Oh, it may not be a ploy...
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                    • Nicky
                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                      • Mar 2003
                      • 30071
                      #6
                      Originally posted by noam
                      Do you realise you've made an average of 65 posts/day in the last two years?
                      wow, thats an achivement right?

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                        • Young
                          Bland for life
                          • Nov 2004
                          • 10468
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Manowar
                          I keep hitting it looking for info on different stuff and remembering it is FUBAR
                          congrats to the winners.
                          ★★★

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                            • edgeprod
                              Permanently Gone
                              • Mar 2004
                              • 10019
                              #8
                              In the meantime, try a mirror. Exploding Produce, for instance:

                              http://www.explodingproduce.com

                              Got everything but the images.

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                                • sniperwolf
                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                  • Mar 2005
                                  • 17743
                                  #9
                                  yep.. it's still down at this hour
                                  ~Accepting design works~

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                                    • Drake
                                      Hello world!
                                      • Mar 2003
                                      • 12508
                                      #10
                                      It's such a cool site

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                                        • edgeprod
                                          Permanently Gone
                                          • Mar 2004
                                          • 10019
                                          #11
                                          It's definitely cool.

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                                            • fris
                                              I have to go potty
                                              • Aug 2002
                                              • 55751
                                              #12
                                              they mentioned a while back they might be starting advertising on the site, you will be able to advertise on certain pages
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                                                • edgeprod
                                                  Permanently Gone
                                                  • Mar 2004
                                                  • 10019
                                                  #13
                                                  Neat. Personally, I just started my OWN Wikipedia clone, using their content (under the GDFL), and Google AdSense. Works nicely.

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                                                    • woj
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                                                      • Jul 2002
                                                      • 47880
                                                      #14
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                                                        • noam
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Jul 2004
                                                          • 730
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by edgeprod
                                                          Neat. Personally, I just started my OWN Wikipedia clone, using their content (under the GDFL), and Google AdSense. Works nicely.
                                                          Seems pretty hard to get search engine traffic for duplicate content.

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                                                            • edgeprod
                                                              Permanently Gone
                                                              • Mar 2004
                                                              • 10019
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by noam
                                                              Seems pretty hard to get search engine traffic for duplicate content.
                                                              Yup, if you're a moron. The Wikipedia acknowledges that "duplicate content" sites, in some cases, now rank higher than the Wikipedia itself.

                                                              I have so many GFDL-licensed Wikipedia pages, it's sick. They make nice AdSense money. In every case, I've linked back to the Wikipedia, so that users can have the "freshest" version. It's not a competition thing -- you're bringing users in through SEO that the Wikipedia itself may not have gotten. On the way through, sometimes they click some ads. Everyone wins.

                                                              With some of my "full" Wikipedia mirrors, I have had people add "custom" content in specific areas, which helps a ton with traffic as well.

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