Only a few hours before that, Ike9898's account was
compromised, and the resulting mischief caused "the database servers to lock up while they caught up and the whole site went into read-only mode":
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Special:Log&type=&user=Ike9898# 05:58, 16 January 2008 Ike9898 (Talk | contribs) protected Atheism ‎ (exploits [create=sysop])
# 05:54, 16 January 2008 Ike9898 (Talk | contribs) deleted "Atheism" ‎ (CSD A7: Article about subject that does not assert significance.)
# 05:44, 16 January 2008 Ike9898 (Talk | contribs) unblocked Willy on wheels (Talk | contribs) ‎ (test)
# 05:42, 16 January 2008 Ike9898 (Talk | contribs) unprotected Main Page ‎ (will reprotect in a minute)