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QUOTE(barney @ Sat 17th March 2012, 12:16am) *

What about all these automated tools Wikipedians use like Twinkle or whatever? Seems like those would be a prime way to attack WP, for a skilled hacker.
They don't represent substantial attack vectors unless attackers compromise an administrator account.

But I think you have it the wrong way around. Those automated tools started being used about the same time that new users stopped staying and experienced users started leaving:

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(Mod note: Split from 'Wikipedia's susceptibility for a hacktivist attack' -Selina)

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