Well, it looks like Wikipedia has been down for about 2 hours. Not that I want my money back or anything ;-)
But Jimbo and Brion have been trying to restore service. I myself took a look, but I'm the new guy and I couldn't do anything helpful.
For now, we are stuck in Read-Only mode until someone smarter than me decides to unlock the database. So browse, away, folks! And save all your edits off-line...
Ed Poor
Vicki wrote:
> Having gone back and read that email, I note that this unblocking was
> in violation of stated policy and decisions--Jimbo had banned Helga
> for three months. It may be that your reference to a two-month ban
> that "should have expired" is part of why nobody noticed that you
> had, in fact, changed the rules unilaterally.
Vicki,
You are right, and I'm sorry that I jumped the gun. I have also apologized privately to Jimbo.
Based on discussion on the wikitech-l mailing list, I think Jimbo is going to restore the ban.
Actually, any sysop can do it. Simply click on the following URL.
http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Blockip&ip=164.58.161.98
You'll be taken to a confirmation page, where you can enter the reason. Then, click the "Block this address" button.
Ed Poor
I unblocked Helga's IP on November 12th and reported this on the mailing list as follows:
http://www.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2002-November/007408.html
However, to my regret and consternation, I note that my e-mail was so obscure as to fail to catch anyone's attention.
Ed Poor
Why don't we give Tokerboy (aka Tucci) sysop rights? I have developer rights, so if no one objects in the next few hours I'll just run the script.
We'll have a party with cake and some other more potent goodies later this evening... ;-)
Ed Poor
-----Original Message-----
From: Tucci [mailto:tucci528@yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 3:50 PM
To: wikien-l(a)wikipedia.org
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Re: WikiEN-l digest, Vol 1 #25 - 9 msgs
> You forgot a vital piece of information. By which
> user name do you want sysop
> user rights? Tokerboy or Tucci528 (I assume Tokerboy
> since that is the user
> name you seem to be using these days).
Tokerboy, definitely. I only used Tucci528 before I
could think of anything better (I'm indecisive).
I was out of town for a few days, and I thought for
sure I'd have about a million digests waiting for me.
Turns out there were three, so I guess I'm not the
only one who was vacationing from wikipedia during Thanksgiving.
> You forgot a vital piece of information. By which
> user name do you want sysop
> user rights? Tokerboy or Tucci528 (I assume Tokerboy
> since that is the user
> name you seem to be using these days).
Tokerboy, definitely. I only used Tucci528 before I
could think of anything better (I'm indecisive).
I was out of town for a few days, and I thought for
sure I'd have about a million digests waiting for me.
Turns out there were three, so I guess I'm not the
only one who was vacationing from wikipedia during Thanksgiving.
__________________________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now.
http://mailplus.yahoo.com