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Predictions of the end of Facebook was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 27 March 2020 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Facebook. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here. Facebook users was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 16 June 2011 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Facebook. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here. 10 year challenge was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 24 January 2019 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Facebook. The original page is now a redirect to this page. 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I tried to edit the Wikipedia article with the title "Facebook" and there seemed to be a malfunction when I pressed the preview button. The normal preview type page was not shown. Instead, I saw a page with the title "Facebook" but the content was only criticism and/or controversy of Facebook. Nothing I did would bring up the correct preview page. I then tried clicking publish, and also got a malfunction.

Here's a link: /info/en/?search=Facebook Polar Apposite ( talk) 19:49, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply

As you can see, if you click the link, it takes you to a page about criticism of Facebook. Polar Apposite ( talk) 19:50, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply

I guess it's a case of vandalism. Probably no need to talk of a virus or hacker. Polar Apposite ( talk) 19:51, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply

It seems to be back to normal now. I think someone fixed it just now. Polar Apposite ( talk) 20:03, 7 October 2023 (UTC) reply

No mention of 2018 Athena ISP satellite project, eg. Facebook is officially building an internet satellite: Athena. widely reported. - Rod57 ( talk) 14:44, 26 October 2023 (UTC) reply

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Facebook status box.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. InfiniteNexus ( talk) 01:29, 11 December 2023 (UTC) reply

This article is currently the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 8 January 2024 and 30 April 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Ekaman2020 ( article contribs). Peer reviewers: Abrown106.

— Assignment last updated by MrLavoie ( talk) 00:46, 20 February 2024 (UTC) reply

I've not got reliable sources but the chatter and realtime experience is that Meta is down as of this datestamp. BusterD ( talk) 16:12, 5 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Yes it’s been mentioned by Variety and USA Today. The Film Creator ( talk) 16:15, 5 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Let's see it's got any legs. Certainly have RS now. All about Super Tuesday outage. BusterD ( talk) 16:18, 5 March 2024 (UTC) reply

I’ve also started a discussion at the talk page on Instagram as well. The Film Creator ( talk) 16:20, 5 March 2024 (UTC) reply

There’s also an outage on Messenger (software) per The Independent. The Film Creator ( talk) 16:27, 5 March 2024 (UTC) reply

It's obviously WP:OR, but despite all of the news stories I can log in without any problem to Facebook at the moment. This means that it is not an outage with the website down completely. This needs some time to ensure that it meets WP:10YT.-- ♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 16:36, 5 March 2024 (UTC) reply

• It seems that large parts of Facebook and Instagram were not working for about two hours on 5 March 2024, and they are back online now. I'm not sure if this is notable enough for a mention.-- ♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 20:43, 5 March 2024 (UTC) reply