Wikipedia?

What's happened to Wikipedia? Have they gone bust? If you try to go to
it now the browser hangs or you get a blank page.

wrote:
What's happened to Wikipedia? Have they gone bust? If you try to go to
it now the browser hangs or you get a blank page.

No problem here - use it a few times a day. Sounds like a fault your end
or just perhaps with your ISP.

wrote:

What's happened to Wikipedia? Have they gone bust? If you try to go to
it now the browser hangs or you get a blank page.

No all still working for me, they have had a donations campaign for ther
past few days, with Jimmy Wales' fizzog leering at you after a few
seconds ..

" gurgled
happily, sounding much like they were saying:

What's happened to Wikipedia? Have they gone bust? If you try to go to
it now the browser hangs or you get a blank page.

I've just tried to look something up, and it was about as slow as a slug
with a broken leg trying to wade through treacle.

On 15/11/2010 19:51, Adrian wrote:
was about as slow as a slug
with a broken leg trying to wade through treacle.

I just tried the same wikipedia.org page from two ISPs, one worked one
didn't. My fixed connection, Plus.net, failed but my mobile connection,
Three, worked fine.

Everything else I've tried today through plus.net seems ok so I don't
know why wikipedia is having problems.

Adrian wrote:

I've just tried to look something up, and it was about as slow as

Actually yes, the search function does seem to be slow at the moment,
but the actual articles are quick to retrieve.

Andy Burns gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying:

I've just tried to look something up, and it was about as slow as

Actually yes, the search function does seem to be slow at the moment,
but the actual articles are quick to retrieve.

I searched through Google, then just clicked the link direct to a wiki
URL...

On Nov 15, 7:43*pm, "
wrote:
What's happened to Wikipedia? Have they gone bust? If you try to go to
it now the browser hangs or you get a blank page.

Good.

Perhaps people will stop quoting it in here and do some real research.

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Nick

On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:19:40 -0800 (PST), D7666
wrote:

On Nov 15, 7:43*pm, "
wrote:
What's happened to Wikipedia? Have they gone bust? If you try to go to
it now the browser hangs or you get a blank page.

Good.

Perhaps people will stop quoting it in here and do some real research.

People are always making a joke of Wikipedia, but I don't know
why. I'm usually impressed by the quality of the pages there.
It's pretty reliable for articles on mathematics, and, as far
as I can tell, for other subjects, too. Are there some famous
examples of bad pages, which might explain this widespread
notion that it is unreliable? (Yes, of course I know that any-
one can edit it, so that it can never have final authority.)
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Angus Rodgers

On 15/11/2010 20:27, Angus Rodgers wrote:
n't know
why. I'm usually impressed by the quality of the pages there.
It's pretty reliable for articles on mathematics, and, as far
as I can tell, for other subjects, too.

I agree, it has some very useful articles and the scientific stuff is
usually good.

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal...l/438900a.html.

"Jimmy Wales' Wikipedia comes close to Britannica in terms of the
accuracy of its science entries, a Nature investigation finds. "

Are there some famous
examples of bad pages, which might explain this widespread
notion that it is unreliable? (Yes, of course I know that any-
one can edit it, so that it can never have final authority.)

Yes there are. I can't find any references but there was a case where a
famous person (but not so famous that I can remember who it was) was
incorrectly linked to the assassination of JFK for a joke and things
like that.