As far as I can tell, the downtime message [1] originated on silkroadmarket.org [2-6]. It doesn't look like Karpeles could have reposted it from somewhere else--he has to have been involved in the Silk Road's operations if he was behind the site.
It's also worth noting that DPR linked to silkroadmarket.org in his signature as the official way to get to site [7].
It's also worth noting that DPR linked to silkroadmarket.org in his signature as the official way to get to site [7].
[1] http://web.archive.org/web/20120128114453/http://silkroadmar...
[2] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=26644.5;wap2
[3] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=17556.10;wap2
[4] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=26644.0
[5] http://www.reddit.com/r/onions/comments/i2mq7/the_silk_road_...
[6] http://dailyanarchist.com/2011/06/21/how-and-why-to-get-to-s...
[7] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3984.msg57080#msg570...