Wikipedia service status
Check whether the provider lists a problem with the feature you use. Look at the update time and any affected regions.
Live Domain Check
Is Wikipedia Down? Check wikipedia.org Status and Outages
Run a live reachability check for wikipedia.org. Compare the regional responses with the problem you see in Wikipedia.
Find Wikipedia help and reporting links, specific checks, and step-by-step guidance below the live result.
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Understanding Wikipedia connection and service problems
The wikipedia.org portal links to separate language editions. Reading an article, signing in and saving an edit are different operations; a portal response does not verify them all.
The checker above requests wikipedia.org from eight configured locations and shows the responses and measurement times. Compare those observations with the actual Wikipedia action that failed. A homepage response alone cannot verify an account, app workflow or transaction.
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Wikipedia status information and official help
Wikipedia help and reporting
Use Wikimedia Status for major service incidents. The help portal separates technical questions from software bug reporting; an article-content dispute is not a service outage.
Open wikipedia.org
Open the website in your browser and compare it with the result above.
Where to report problems with Wikipedia
Open Wikipedia help / reporting. Use the provider's customer-service or account-help route for the affected product. Sign-in may be required for private account questions.
Details to include in your report
Language edition, affected article URL, browser version, error text, time and time zone, and minimal steps showing expected versus actual behavior. Remove session tokens and personal details from public reports.
Attach the checker’s downloaded JSON if it helps show the hostname, regional responses and original timestamps. Describe what happened in your browser or app as well. A report sent to WebsiteDown.org is not automatically forwarded to Wikipedia.
What to check when Wikipedia is not working
These are troubleshooting comparisons, not claims that Wikipedia is currently experiencing a particular incident.
Start with the action that failed
Record the exact language hostname and action that failed. Open another article on the same edition, then compare the main portal without resubmitting an unsaved edit.
Narrow down the affected service
Compare the same page in a private browser session to help isolate account gadgets or scripts. Preserve your draft, check Wikimedia Status, and distinguish a protected-page or edit-conflict message from a connection failure.
Read the actual checker response
A 403 Forbidden or 429 Too Many Requests means the host answered but refused or limited that request. A timeout gives no HTTP response. Keep those outcomes separate and check the available-region count before treating the result as broad evidence.
How to check if Wikipedia is down
- Save the error. Note what you were doing and when it failed. Save unfinished work before refreshing.
- Run the wikipedia.org check. Look at the regional results and when they were checked. Checking again may return a cached result.
- Check for a service notice. Open Wikipedia status and check whether the named service and incident time fit your error.
- Try another browser or network. Use the specific checks above to narrow down the problem. If it continues, send the error and time through the official help link.
If Wikipedia Is Not Working Only For You, Start Here
Use these local troubleshooting steps after the down-check workflow when Wikipedia seems broken only for you. This section focuses on app, browser, account, and network fixes.
1. Compare browser sessions
Open wikipedia.org in your current browser, then test in a private window or second browser. If only one session fails, compare its account, cookie and extension context before assuming the entire service is unavailable.
2. Preserve a working account session
Keep an existing working session and preserve unsaved work. For a sign-in failure, use the official account-help route. Avoid repeated password or security resets until you confirm this is not a broader Wikipedia issue.
3. Try another network
If possible, compare Wi-Fi with mobile data and note which one fails. Leave any required work VPN or security settings in place.
4. Capture support-ready evidence
Save timestamp, device, network type, exact error, final URL, and status code. Use the check workflow above before contacting Wikipedia support.
Frequently asked questions about Wikipedia problems
Is Wikipedia down, or is the problem limited to one feature?
Run the wikipedia.org check and compare its original timestamps and responses with your actual error. The wikipedia.org portal links to separate language editions. Reading an article, signing in and saving an edit are different operations; a portal response does not verify them all.
Where can I report a problem with Wikipedia?
Use the community buttons on this page to share whether the service works for you. For help from Wikipedia, use the official help/reporting resource linked above. Use Wikimedia Status for major service incidents. The help portal separates technical questions from software bug reporting; an article-content dispute is not a service outage.
What should I check first when Wikipedia is not working?
Record the exact language hostname and action that failed. Open another article on the same edition, then compare the main portal without resubmitting an unsaved edit. Compare the same page in a private browser session to help isolate account gadgets or scripts. Preserve your draft, check Wikimedia Status, and distinguish a protected-page or edit-conflict message from a connection failure.
What information helps Wikipedia support investigate?
Language edition, affected article URL, browser version, error text, time and time zone, and minimal steps showing expected versus actual behavior. Remove session tokens and personal details from public reports.