Wikipedia DOWN: Users React On Twitter

Wikipedia Experiences Downtime

Having trouble accessing Wikipedia? You aren't the only one.

On Thursday at around noon EST, Wikipedia began greeting users with an error page stating "Our servers are currently experiencing a technical problem. This is probably temporary and should be fixed soon."

Wikipedia reported on their main Twitter account, "Wikipedia and sister sites are having technical difficulties. Our tech team is on it and it should be resolved shortly."

Users began reacting to the downtime on Twitter.

"#Wikipedia is down? Apparently I use it like 10 times an hour...this is a problem." said @AdAstraMKTG.

"Whoa Wikipedia is down? Haven't seen this in awhile #wikipediafail" said @futureofmedia

One user diagnosed the problem.

"Problem seems the exeption logs. #Wikimedia #Wikipedia #Down" said @BenutzerConny.

The site tells users to "please try again in a few minutes."

For more information, Wikipedia tells users to visit the #wikipedia channel on the Freenode IRC network.

Update 12:36 EST:

Wikipedia is back up. Wikipedia reported on their main Twitter account, "... And we're back! All Wikimedia sites should be recovering now. Thank you for your patience!"

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