This was a triumph..., I'm being so sincere right now Options

[TheKartingWikipedian]

A queer thing just happened. I tried to log on on as one of my socks that was last used in December 2010 and blow me, it's gone!! Yep, stone cold gone!! I made dozens of edits using the sock and I'm pretty sure I've got the name spot on. Problem is, I can't recall any precise articles I edited, and as is customary with disposable socks, I never set up a user page or talk page. I was using the sock exclusively to revert some scumbag participant in the Anglo-Irish WikiWar. Anyone think what might have happened? The sock was low-level and wouldn't normally have come to the attention of those knuckledraggers who spend their time sock hunting. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/wacko.gif)

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[TheKartingWikipedian]

A queer thing just happened. I tried to log on on as one of my socks that was last used in December 2010 and blow me, it's gone!! Yep, stone cold gone!! I made dozens of edits using the sock and I'm pretty sure I've got the name spot on. Problem is, I can't recall any precise articles I edited, and as is customary with disposable socks, I never set up a user page or talk page. I was using the sock exclusively to revert some scumbag participant in the Anglo-Irish WikiWar. Anyone think what might have happened? The sock was low-level and wouldn't normally have come to the attention of those knuckledraggers who spend their time sock hunting. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/wacko.gif)

Yes, I know, I'm a stupid twat! I had actually spelled the bugger wrong! Missing sock now found!

Moderators please feel free to delete this post. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/rolleyes.gif)

[Peter Damian]

What side of the Anglo-Irish war was this sock on, pray?

[TheKartingWikipedian]

What side of the Anglo-Irish war was this sock on, pray?

Well the right side of course.


God Save the Queen.

[It's the blimp, Frank]

Yes, I know, I'm a stupid twat! I had actually spelled the bugger wrong! Missing sock now found!

The first place I usually look is under the bed.

[thekohser]

To the Annex!

[MZMcBride]

I keep a text file containing the names of my various alternate accounts. Human memory is a cruel and fickle bitch.

[TheKartingWikipedian]

I keep a text file containing the names of my various alternate accounts. Human memory is a cruel and fickle bitch.

Yes, me too, but I'd spelled it wrong in the file, hence the difficulty. I did manage to track it down though - and you'll love this, it shows just what a bunch of tossers us Wikipedians are - from time to time I take a dump of all articles linking to "another" article, just so that I can find out if anyone is deleting references to that "other article". There's a bunch of bastards who are intent on doing these deletions but I've got the better of them, for now. Anyway, to cut a long story short, I used this dump to find an article that had been butchered, knowing that I fixed it with my sock, and so I found its ID, correctly spelled.

It really is a bit of a bummer when you run a large number of socks and are expected to keep track of them all, but yes, a list does help. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/evilgrin.gif)

[Jon Awbrey]

This nonsense does not belong on our front doorstep.
Please, someone who cares, move it to the Annex.

Thanks,

Jon

[TheKartingWikipedian]

This nonsense does not belong on our front doorstep.
Please, someone who cares, move it to the Annex.

Thanks,

Jon

And you, of course, are a paragon of sense (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/ermm.gif)

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[Cock-up-over-conspiracy]

I keep a text file containing the names of my various alternate accounts. Human memory is a cruel and fickle bitch.

We need a bespoke application, or a hack of an existing editing application, with username/password and proxy management, editing notes, a nice visual timeline so you can recognise any patterns one might be building up, browser useragent modification and so on ... each sock account automatically setting up its own preferences.

[Peter Damian]

This nonsense does not belong on our front doorstep.
Please, someone who cares, move it to the Annex.

Thanks,

Jon

And you, of course, are a paragon of sense (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/ermm.gif)

And lacking imagination too. An excellent thread. If I were writing about Wikipedia for a general audience, I would need to give a flavour of what Wikipedia is about. I.e. this.

http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?s=&sh...ndpost&p=269099

[Somey]

And lacking imagination too. An excellent thread. If I were writing about Wikipedia for a general audience, I would need to give a flavour of what Wikipedia is about...

Are you saying we shouldn't move it to the Annex? Because I was just about to do that when I got to this last post of yours... I'm not trying to suggest Mr. Karting's original issue wasn't worth noting, but once it became clear that he'd merely misspelled the account name, I'm afraid it's hard to imagine a sillier basis for a WR thread.

[Jon Awbrey]

I'm afraid it's hard to imagine a sillier basis for a WR thread.

Let's not be issuing any more challenges to people's imaginations …

{{Insert Standard Disclaimer from David Letterman's Stupid Human Tricks}}

Jon (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/tongue.gif)

[Zoloft]

This topic needs deletion, not any sort of move. Y'see, this is the sort of thing mods do - take out the trash.

[Somey]

This topic needs deletion, not any sort of move. Y'see, this is the sort of thing mods do - take out the trash.

I think if I'd gotten to it a little sooner I would have suggested that... maybe that's still the way to go, but I have to admit, Mr. Cock-up's post about "needing a bespoke application" does tie in nicely with the recent story on the US Air Force looking into Multiple Persona Management systems.

I'll move it to the Annex for now, though. I happen to be personally fascinated by interested in the idea of automating one's multiple-persona management, so maybe I'm not the best person to decide these things. So, any other mods, feel free to delete or whatever! (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/smile.gif)

[SarekOfVulcan]

I keep a text file containing the names of my various alternate accounts. Human memory is a cruel and fickle bitch.

I was trying to track down my various alts recently to list on my userpage -- the only one I couldn't find was the one that I blatantly associated with myself. :-) Found it by accident somewhere later, when I wasn't looking for it...

[Text]

Yes, there are idiots around anywhere, and people like commenting on anything. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/smile.gif)

[Somey]

Admittedly, when I wrote "feel free to delete or whatever," I wasn't necessarily saying the thread title should be changed so as to be insulting to the thread-starter. Besides, a more appropriate title might be, "Oops! Please delete!" or something along those lines.

[TheKartingWikipedian]

So which scumbag nonce changed the title then?