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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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| JohnA |
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Looking over Winston Smith's shoulder Group: Regulars Posts: 1,171 Joined: Member No.: 313 |
Someone should send that e-mail to Slimvirgin. Her blood pressure could stand going up a few notches (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/laugh.gif)
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| LessHorrid vanU |
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Devils Advocaat Group: Regulars Posts: 836 Joined: Member No.: 3,466 |
QUOTE(JohnA @ Tue 12th May 2009, 10:36am)  Someone should send that e-mail to Slimvirgin. Her blood pressure could stand going up a few notches (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/laugh.gif) Yes, that would be sensible... "Hi, we noticed that you have not done any admin actions for a while - we don't know why, but you otherwise seem to be editing Wikipedia - and wonder if you would transfer it to us... Oh, we just checked why you haven't been using the flags; it's okay, we will wait..." That is Hell Freezes Over, not Brain Death From Being Out in the Cold For a While. |
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| thunderboltz |
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Neophyte Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: Member No.: 18,432 |
I got one of these emails from the account WikiFFyta (which I've now blocked).
Could this Facebook group be related in some way? http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8928508945 |
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| GlassBeadGame |
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Dharma Bum Group: Contributors Posts: 7,919 Joined: From: My name it means nothing. My age it means less. The country I come from is called the Mid-West. Member No.: 981 |
QUOTE(thunderboltz @ Mon 29th March 2010, 11:06am) I got one of these emails from the account WikiFFyta (which I've now blocked). Could this Facebook group be related in some way? http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8928508945 Juvenile Wikipedian libertarians. Looks like they had a good run from February 18, 2008 until February 19, 2008. Then their attention span collapsed. |
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| thunderboltz |
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Neophyte Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: Member No.: 18,432 |
Got another one of their emails today.
QUOTE Unfortunately, you appear to be too late to have any impact on preserving the corruption on Wikipedia. We have obtained multiple admin account access rights in just the past four days as a result of this campaign. If you think that the fiasco on English Wikiversity was just "random noise", think again. Familiar with the "Cool3" admin account? Also our work, setting up MzMcBride for the fall. We can't be stopped, and you'll likely regret that you elected not to join us. The WFF |
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Mike R "Wikipedia Freedom Fighter" emailing inactive admins 
emesee This does not seem like the best way to facilitate... 
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This does not seem like the best way to facilitat... UseOnceAndDestroy Maybe another variation on "make your own cab... GlassBeadGame If nothing else it should give a pause to WMF deci... cyofee I'd gladly donate my admin account to them, if... JayT
I'd gladly donate my admin account to them, i... Somey I'd gladly donate my admin account to them, if... Grep This is a rather nice example of what I'll cal... Malleus Of course measures such as term limits for all adm... LaraLove If an account has email blocked, they cannot send ... Danny I just got an email from them. It said: "We n... GlassBeadGame
I wrote them back: "Do you have any idea who... Somey The "Grants Administrator" who never wro... GlassBeadGame
[quote name='GlassBeadGame' post='172720' date='M... Somey [url=http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundati... MZMcBride Got another one of their emails today.
Oh snap. Kevin
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