Wikipedia:Contingency Page For When The Main Wikipedia Server Is Down
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If the Wikipedia server goes down, go to http://openfacts.berlios.de/index-en.phtml?title=Wikipedia_Status for information. You should bookmark it, because of course once Wikipedia is down, you won't be able to access this page.
You may also visit #wikipedia on irc.freenode.net to commiserate. If you are looking for status information on when the wiki will return or why it is down, read the page's topic. (Otherwise, a hundred people will ask the same questions over and over again.)