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Original story (published on Dec 30, 2019) follows:

Just in case you’re trying to get your head around why Wikipedia isn’t working for you, find solace in the fact that you aren’t the only one facing issues lately.

A quick look at micro-blogging site Twitter conveys there are many others affected by the same issue. As per reports, while some say the service isn’t working or broken for them, others say it throws an error stating “Our servers are currently under maintenance or experiencing a technical problem.”

For a quick glance, here’s how some of the complainants word the problem:

wikipedia is down so I gotta find something else to do between 3-5am
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And now Wikipedia has been down for a few minutes — is it just a coincidence, or was the new @KoonooHan page so popular that it immediately took down the Wikimedia servers? ?
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the moment i need wikipedia for pressing information it’s down
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Here’s what users get to see:

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Down detector – a popular service that gives information about live outages – also conveys that Wikipedia is indeed going through a glitch as can be seen in the image below:

Any official word on the matter? Negative, as yet. We’re yet to locate a word from the official service channels or their social media handles.

Rest assured, we’re keeping a continuous tab on all related developments, and will update this page with relevant info as and when we come across any. So in case you’re encountering the problem discussed here, stay hooked for updates.

Update 1 (July 24)

Wikipedia is down and not working as per the reports on Microblogging site Twitter and Downdetector also conveys the same. Following are some of the reports:

Wikipedia is down.
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