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"Wikipedia Freedom Fighter" emailing inactive admins, "Currently expanding portfolio of administrator accounts" |
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Caught this on WikiEn-l today: Someone with the account Wp freedom fighter (T-C-L-K-R-D)
has been emailing inactive admins with the following message: QUOTE Dear X,
We notice you haven't edited Wikipedia for some time. Perhaps you grew disillusioned with the project after seeing the corruption and bureaucracy at every level? If so, why not help us to help you. We are currently expanding our portfolio of administrator accounts, and as yours remains dormant perhaps you could consider donating it to us - to do so will take you only two minutes: change the password (if desired) and then reply to this email with your login details. We'll do the rest!
Thank you for your time and consideration, and naturally do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
Kind Regards,
The Wikipedia Freedom Fighters
The account has been blocked from sending emails, but they can easily register another account and resume.
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QUOTE(cyofee @ Mon 11th May 2009, 12:18pm) I'd gladly donate my admin account to them, if I knew how to contact them.
Well, the account's blocked from sending emails; not, I think, from receiving them. I doubt they'll have much luck, though, even if they do manage to get their hands on a few accounts - any admins who suddenly return after a long period of inactivity are now going to be suspect, especially those who dive right into the drama-pits or otherwise change their previous typical behavior. The only ones that will even have a chance are the ones who have been inactive since the last time they purged checkuser data. And I seem to remember hearing that they're keeping that more or less indefinitely now? 'Technical reasons' or something? This post has been edited by JayT:
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I just got an email from them. It said: "We notice you haven't edited Wikipedia for some time. Perhaps you grew disillusioned with the project after seeing the corruption and bureaucracy at every level?" I wrote them back: "Do you have any idea who I am?" QUOTE(Mike R @ Mon 11th May 2009, 3:42pm) Caught this on WikiEn-l today: Someone with the account Wp freedom fighter (T-C-L-K-R-D)
has been emailing inactive admins with the following message: QUOTE Dear X,
We notice you haven't edited Wikipedia for some time. Perhaps you grew disillusioned with the project after seeing the corruption and bureaucracy at every level? If so, why not help us to help you. We are currently expanding our portfolio of administrator accounts, and as yours remains dormant perhaps you could consider donating it to us - to do so will take you only two minutes: change the password (if desired) and then reply to this email with your login details. We'll do the rest!
Thank you for your time and consideration, and naturally do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
Kind Regards,
The Wikipedia Freedom Fighters
The account has been blocked from sending emails, but they can easily register another account and resume.
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Somey |
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Can't actually moderate (or even post)
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QUOTE(GlassBeadGame @ Mon 11th May 2009, 6:11pm) The "Grants Administrator" who never wrote a grant? He must have written at least two or three grant requests at some point or other, surely? (IMG: smilys0b23ax56/default/unsure.gif) Anyway, I suppose it's possible that Mr. Zenwhat (who, if he isn't Grace Note (T-C-L-K-R-D)
, could easily be mistaken for his twin brother) is behind these e-mails. But I'm afraid there are all sorts of people who despise both Wikipedia and Wikipedia Review, and the idea of obtaining WP administrator accounts through surreptitious means is hardly original, much less revolutionary. Having said that, I'm sure Mr. Freedom Fighter will make good use of the accounts, no doubt ensuring that freedom will reign on Wikipedia for many years to come! (IMG: smilys0b23ax56/default/smile.gif)
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QUOTE(GlassBeadGame @ Mon 11th May 2009, 9:48pm) Not according to the then Board Chairperson of WMF. QUOTE On the not so positive side, we should be able to raise much more than we are currently doing, in particular from big companies and big charities. Afaik, no grants were seeked in the past months. And no formal feedback was offered in regards to last fundraising. Hmm... Maybe, but then again, maybe it would be best if Danny could clarify this for us. Given that Florence's English isn't all that great, or at least not good enough for her to know about the word "sought," it's always possible that some grant requests may have been written up and/or prepared, but not signed-off on by Jimbo or whoever the Executive Director would have been at the time. Then again, I'd probably like Mr. Wool more if I knew for a fact that he hadn't done much of anything to steer grant money into the WMF, and away from much more worthy efforts such as studies of penguin behavior in Antarctica or psychoemotional stability surveys involving drag queens.
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QUOTE(JohnA @ Tue 12th May 2009, 10:36am) Someone should send that e-mail to Slimvirgin. Her blood pressure could stand going up a few notches (IMG: smilys0b23ax56/default/laugh.gif) Yes, that would be sensible... "Hi, we noticed that you have not done any admin actions for a while - we don't know why, but you otherwise seem to be editing Wikipedia - and wonder if you would transfer it to us... Oh, we just checked why you haven't been using the flags; it's okay, we will wait..." That is Hell Freezes Over, not Brain Death From Being Out in the Cold For a While.
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