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It seems like either some admins have gone
First it was AndyZ who made a very "special" deletions, and another special block before finally being caught and desysopped. As people were trying to figure out what exactly happened (Dmdevit apparently posted AndyZ's IP address as part of checkuser on AN/I, but I can't find the diff), a more sinister plot was brewing... Apparently the devious cracker (or perhaps a copycat), found another account to get into. Apparently he decided to one up the main page image vandal, by replacing those lovely sitenotices that are on every page with Goatse. (Well he also blocked Jimbo and deleted the Main Page again, but that's small fish) In order to calm the populace, it seems that Brion's going to run a cracker in order to find admins with weak passwords. Meanwhile one has to wonder if this particular reign of terror is going to continue. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/ph34r.gif) |
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dhd Group: Regulars Posts: 5,521 Joined: Member No.: 767 |
I'm in complete agreement. Once weird figures like Cyde and Sidaway - who contribute next to nothing on content and seem to merely be in it for the drama and power politics - have reached the stage where they are openly insulting genuine contributors like Tony the Marine with immunity, then it is time for serious measures.
Recently, Sidaway kept a low profile. The productivity on those tedious admin pages improved marginally because of this (though readers were still treated with excerpts from Cyde's loathsome people skills). The return of these ghouls is about as welcome as the Dementors to Hogwarts, whose description on wikipedia is apt: "soul sucking fiends.. who grow like fungi in the darkest, dankest places, creating a dense, chilly fog." As stated elsewhere, the site needs to be rid of these turbulent twerps if it has any hope of improving. |
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Looking over Winston Smith's shoulder Group: Regulars Posts: 1,171 Joined: Member No.: 313 |
QUOTE(Kato @ Tue 8th May 2007, 5:10pm)  .... where they are openly insulting genuine contributors like Tony the Marine with immunity, then it is time for serious measures. I think you mean "impunity"? |
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| Kato |
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dhd Group: Regulars Posts: 5,521 Joined: Member No.: 767 |
QUOTE(JohnA @ Wed 9th May 2007, 9:39am) QUOTE(Kato @ Tue 8th May 2007, 5:10pm) .... where they are openly insulting genuine contributors like Tony the Marine with immunity, then it is time for serious measures. I think you mean "impunity"? I meant "immunity" (see previous post by rootology "NPA:immunity") but impunity works just as well to describe the situation where certain editors are allowed to be as obnoxious as they like. |
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CrazyGameOfPoker Oh dear. 
Somey And as usual, Cyde isn't very forgiving.
Why s... 
taiwopanfob If it is possible to run a client-side password cr... gomi Here's what I don't understand: the passwo... Somey Now that this has happened, somebody could also st... Uly That assumes the cracker was out to cause damage.
... Rootology Got another pwned admin account:
http://en.wikipe... Somey What was he doing, just blocking people at random?... Rootology Come to think of it, this is starting to reach med... CrazyGameOfPoker Actually Somey, admins are able to use block/prote... Somey Actually Somey, admins are able to use block/prote... Alkivar
Actually Somey, admins are able to use block/prot... The Joy
If the hacker gets into the more prominent accou... Rootology ANOTHER one got haxxed. Unrepentant Vandal Well chaps, I must admit that when this story brok... The Joy Not Tony the Marine! This is madness! Ab... Rootology Not Tony the Marine! This is madness! Ab... Unrepentant Vandal
Not Tony the Marine! This is madness! A... michael
Not Tony the Marine! This is madness! A... Rootology Neither says password cracker to me.
I agree, I wa... JTM As to the identity of the hacker I just have two w... BobbyBombastic
As to the identity of the hacker I just have two ... Somey What is this person's agenda?
My guess is he... Rootology From a Mediawiki technology standpoint, short of r... Somey ...I have to agree with Cyde on one point: you hav... Unrepentant Vandal
From a Mediawiki technology standpoint, short of ... Rootology If they have any sense they will suspend logins un... SirFozzie
From a Mediawiki technology standpoint, short of ... The Joy Is this related to the Robdurber admin going rogue... The Joy Dark Helmet: "The password's '12345... Somey Ah, Somey! You caught me, as they say on WP, ... JohnA And they say that good entertainment doesn't c... Cedric Hmmmmmm. Jeff Merkey suddenly shows back up on W... Uly Merkey's been active with other Wikimedia proj... The Joy
No worries. Great minds think alike!
With ... Uly I should say so. This would carry jail time in Flo... Unrepentant Vandal
I should say so. This would carry jail time in Fl... BobbyBombastic
I should say so. This would carry jail time in F... the fieryangel If I were an admin, I'd be sort of embarassed ... LamontStormstar A lot of other organizations have a multitude of d... Unrepentant Vandal
As for the controversy of if admins who let their... LamontStormstar
As for the controversy of if admins who let thei... Kato Tony Sidaway has described these compromised admin... Rootology Tony Sidaway has described these compromised admin... Nathan I agree wholeheartedly. |
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