Got an explanation for that. Apparently, whoever has been trying to DDoS Miraheze will not give up, and the 504s, based on what I've been told, are likely the DDoSer switching proxies every time an attack got nullrouted, hence the brief breaks where you could use Miraheze and when you couldn't.
Note, ALL of Miraheze got hit, not just ATT. Also, both Miraheze and Orain may now have a line on the parties responsible for instigating the attacks or information connected to the attacks on both, as one of them posted some crap about doing to Miraheze what was done to Orain (and have been globally blocked from Miraheze and its GitHub), and another tried bringing unsubstantiated evidence against John Lewis (that effectively amounts to "take my word for it") despite the fact that, as this evidence was being delivered, Miraheze was getting relentlessly DDoSed in the background.
Documentary evidence of both incidents exists and will be provided for law enforcement investigative followup when and if needed.
Also, (and this is just my take, but I've had info on all the attacks so far so I'm crossreferencing) it's likely whoever this prick is, they are coordinating these strikes from Tor node centered proxies, as the parties mentioned above have confirmed the attacks on Orain and Miraheze originate from the same source and that they likely based on the deep web, doing these attacks for what appear to be reasons of revenge.
Note, ALL of Miraheze got hit, not just ATT. Also, both Miraheze and Orain may now have a line on the parties responsible for instigating the attacks or information connected to the attacks on both, as one of them posted some crap about doing to Miraheze what was done to Orain (and have been globally blocked from Miraheze and its GitHub), and another tried bringing unsubstantiated evidence against John Lewis (that effectively amounts to "take my word for it") despite the fact that, as this evidence was being delivered, Miraheze was getting relentlessly DDoSed in the background.
Documentary evidence of both incidents exists and will be provided for law enforcement investigative followup when and if needed.
Also, (and this is just my take, but I've had info on all the attacks so far so I'm crossreferencing) it's likely whoever this prick is, they are coordinating these strikes from Tor node centered proxies, as the parties mentioned above have confirmed the attacks on Orain and Miraheze originate from the same source and that they likely based on the deep web, doing these attacks for what appear to be reasons of revenge.