 "Wikipedia Freedom Fighter" emailing inactive admins, "Currently expanding portfolio of administrator accounts" |
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| Mike R |
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feo pero que bien baila  Group: Contributors Posts: 111 Joined: Member No.: 10,394  |
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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| Grep |
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Senior Member Group: Contributors Posts: 269 Joined: Member No.: 8,638 |
This is a rather nice example of what I'll call para-vandalism, in which an atmosphere of paranoia is created in which the power structure damages itself in response to a perception of threat. The object would be to have half the admins block the other half (then half of them block the other half and so on). The threat has to be credible, of course: I'm not sure that this one is quite good enough.
Of course measures such as term limits for all admins, or a desysop for inactive accounts, are unthinkable ... |
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| Malleus |
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Fat Cat Group: Contributors Posts: 1,682 Joined: From: United Kingdom Member No.: 8,716 |
QUOTE(Grep @ Mon 11th May 2009, 9:29pm)  Of course measures such as term limits for all admins, or a desysop for inactive accounts, are unthinkable ... Not by me they're not. Term limits are the only way to keep the buggers honest. This post has been edited by Malleus: |
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