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by CMAwatch
Fri Aug 28, 2020 11:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thoughts on “Observations on Wikipedia behaviour” by Wolfgang Antandrus Mozart?
Replies: 17
Views: 10454

Emotionally invested

62. There will be world peace, and the lion will lie down with the lamb, before banned users realize that they have only themselves to blame for being banned. All campaigns referencing "corrupt admins" and "cabals" arise from this same inexhaustible source of folly: I can't possibly be wrong – all ...
by CMAwatch
Wed Aug 26, 2020 8:57 am
Forum: Wikipedians
Topic: AmaryllisGardener and Scots Wikipedia
Replies: 10
Views: 6249

Reminder: Always archive | 50000 Articles – 1 User…

Thanks for sharing. This is insane.

What on earth motivated them to write over 50000 articles?

Reminder to anyone: Always archive those links with Archive.Today and Wayback Machine.
by CMAwatch
Mon Aug 24, 2020 12:47 am
Forum: Bbb23
Topic: Bbb23 admin abuse
Replies: 300
Views: 147888

Bbb23 considers WikiLove trolling.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Bbb23&diff=prev&oldid=973915560 Boo23 is still ghosting on his talk page. :shock: To Boo23, even a WikiLove message is trolling! Even though you are less active on Wikipedia than you used to be, I still think you have done a really great job in yo...
by CMAwatch
Sun Aug 23, 2020 3:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What it takes to get blocked indefinitely: Arianabriscott vs. Aron Manning
Replies: 2
Views: 2526

What it takes to get blocked indefinitely: Arianabriscott vs. Aron Manning

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Arianabriscott Warning after warning, temporary block after temporary block, and then after so much dispute, an indefinite block. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Aron_Manning One paragraph of reasonable criticism. That's it. Blocked and talk page acces...
by CMAwatch
Sat Aug 22, 2020 1:07 pm
Forum: Wikipedians
Topic: The rapid rise of Jon Kolbert: From registration to steward in 2.5 years!
Replies: 1
Views: 2138

The rapid rise of Jon Kolbert: From registration to steward in 2.5 years!

Jon Kolbert joined enwiki and commons on 2016-11-23. On both projects, he quickly gained user rights over time. He also is the operator of KolbertBot that converts all HTTP URLs to HTTPS. In less than one year after registration, he became a commons administrator, which is ultra-rare considering tha...
by CMAwatch
Thu Aug 20, 2020 9:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: WMF bans more frequently than ever before.
Replies: 28
Views: 16174

Jimbopedia

ericbarbour wrote:
Mon Aug 10, 2020 6:47 pm
The giantest asshole (Jimbo)
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by CMAwatch
Tue Aug 18, 2020 5:56 am
Forum: Wikipedians
Topic: How did user “INeverCry” end up WMF banned?
Replies: 0
Views: 1768

How did user “INeverCry” end up WMF banned?

User INeverCry appears to once have been a leading Commons contributor (correct me if I'm wrong), and later he has been given what Kumioko calls the Wiki death penalty.

How could that happen? :shock:
by CMAwatch
Sun Aug 16, 2020 8:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Did you know? Blocked users were once unable to view Special:AbuseLog
Replies: 3
Views: 2968

Did you know? Blocked users were once unable to view Special:AbuseLog

http://archive.today/2018.08.10-020729/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchUser=Pladderballe An IP address present in the X-Forwarded-For header, either yours or that of a proxy server you are using, has been blocked. The original block reason was: Autoblocked because...
by CMAwatch
Sun Aug 16, 2020 8:10 pm
Forum: Bbb23
Topic: Bbb23 admin abuse
Replies: 300
Views: 147888

Username “Bbb23 abuses checku$er”

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?ti ... =838147465
My username is the most accurate statement you will ever see