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wikipedia.org.

One domain, four databases, a slab of raw WHOIS. Here's what the registry will say about itself.

resolved ip
185.15.58.224
ipv4
status
Taken,
not for sale.
queried
2026-05-22
23:11:15 UTC

Registrar information

RegistrarMarkMonitor Inc.

Important dates

Creation date2001-01-13
Expiry date2027-01-13
Updated date2025-12-17

Nameservers

ns0.wikimedia.org
ns1.wikimedia.org
ns2.wikimedia.org

Domain status

  • clientdeleteprohibited
  • clienttransferprohibited
  • clientupdateprohibited

Raw WHOIS

Domain Name: wikipedia.org
Registry Domain ID: REDACTED
Registrar WHOIS Server: http://whois.markmonitor.com
Registrar URL: http://www.markmonitor.com
Updated Date: 2025-12-17T09:26:13Z
Creation Date: 2001-01-13T00:12:14Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2027-01-13T00:12:14Z
Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc.
Registrar IANA ID: 292
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.2083895740
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
Name Server: ns0.wikimedia.org
Name Server: ns1.wikimedia.org
Name Server: ns2.wikimedia.org
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://icann.org/wicf/
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2026-05-21T22:11:10Z <<<
 
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Where the four geos send you.

✓ full consensus
01 MAXMIND United States ~ country only
02 IP2LOCATION Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Noord-Holland Amsterdam ✓ matches consensus
03 SYPEXGEO Netherlands ~ country only
04 DB-IP The Netherlands North Holland Amsterdam ✓ matches consensus
[04] fact sheet

Every field, every base.

The full readout. What each database actually returned for every geo field — N/A where the database has no value.
Used free databases MaxMind IP2Location SypexGeo DB-IP
Country Code US NL NL NL
Country United States Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Netherlands The Netherlands
State/Region N/A Noord-Holland N/A North Holland
City N/A Amsterdam N/A Amsterdam
ZIP Code N/A 1000 N/A N/A
Latitude 37.751 52.378502 52.25 52.3702
Longitude -97.822 4.89998 5.75 4.89517
Time Zone America/Chicago +01:00 N/A N/A
ISP N/A N/A N/A N/A
ASN N/A N/A N/A N/A
Hostname text-lb.drmrs.wikimedia.org
[05] on the map

Drop the pins.

One pin per database, dropped at the coordinates that database returned. Far apart? Then nobody really knows.