[WikiEN-l] Undetected Vandalism from a single IP

MacGyverMagic/Mgm macgyvermagic at gmail.com
Tue Apr 4 10:07:19 UTC 2006


On 4/4/06, Steve Bennett <stevage at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/4/06, Mathias Schindler <mathias.schindler at gmail.com> wrote:
> > After 4 days, she removed her vandalism that was uncorrected until
> > then. The article reads "Not corrected within a week" or something
> > like that.
>
> Pity that people who do this sort of things can't actually help the
> project, or point out existing vandalism or something, rather than
> simply violating [[WP:POINT]]. I can understand where they're coming
> from, but it's like pissing in front of a police station to see if you
> get away with it. Even if you do, it still reeks of piss.
>
> Steve
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And it's the obscure articles where vandalism survives. At least the
author encourages people to doublecheck with other sources. Too bad,
he/she doesn't say that should be the norm with ANY source.

Mgm



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