As a guess... They probably wanted to make sure it was accidental and not some denial of service attack (i.e., newsworthy).
Were say Anonymous to jump on us for some unforseeable reason, it would be newsworthy, and I am sure the newsies would come running to everyone ever publicly identified as knowing anything about ops at the site... -george On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 3:27 PM, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2 August 2012 23:12, Jeremy Baron <[email protected]> wrote: > >> There's some #s at http://status.wikimedia.org/ but they don't go back >> in time too far. > > > That's great :-) Here's what I sent them. Seems Wikipedia is *rather > important* to the BBC newsroom at the moment ... > > > - d. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: David Gerard <[email protected]> > Date: 2 August 2012 23:23 > Subject: Re: Query from the BBC Newsroom > To: [snip] > > > Technical hiccups happen occasionally, unfortunately :-) Most pass > momentarily, more noteworthy ones tend to get noted on the technical > mailing list. I would guess you experienced the problem detailed here: > > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2012-August/062111.html > > There's a status page here: http://status.wikimedia.org/ > > Someone emailed our uptime over the last year to one of the lists > recently, but I can't find it ... > > We're not perfect - as a charity, we run on a shoestring - but we do > our best and admit our hiccups and errors :-) > > > - d. > > > On 2 August 2012 22:37, [snip] wrote: >> >> Dear Mr Gerard, >> >> >> >> We noticed that Wikipedia was down for a short period of time this evening. >> >> We wondered if there was a specific problem. >> >> If you could either ring or email me that would be appreciated. >> >> Regards, >> >> [snip] >> >> Tel No:[snip] >> >> >> >> http://www.bbc.co.uk >> This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal >> views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. >> If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. >> Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance >> on it and notify the sender immediately. >> Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. >> Further communication will signify your consent to this. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l -- -george william herbert [email protected] _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
