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Wikipedia Was Down for Many — Here's What We Know About the Outage

Downdetector reports fell back to zero after the Wikimedia Foundation said emergency maintenance was underway and the outage appeared to last about an hour.

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Thousands of Wikipedia users reported that the site was down for them today—here's what we know about the outage.

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Users around the world have experienced disruptions in the application and website of the popular Wikipedia Internet encyclopedia, which began in the area of 6:00 ms. Users have experienced difficulties in opening a website and app, as well as complaints about problems in entering a record, transmits RIA News with reference to the Downdetector platform. The largest number of complaints comes from the United States, from which almost 2,000 hits h…

Internet encyclopedia users around the world have experienced disruptions in their work, based on data on the Downgetator platform, which... ♪ 21.10.2026, PRIM ♪

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Tech Radar broke the news in Bath, United Kingdom on Wednesday, October 21, 2026.
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