On 11/30/07, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
On 30/11/2007, Anthony wikimail@inbox.org wrote:
# 21:56, 21 December 2006 Misza13 (Talk | contribs) deleted "User:!!" (Temporary wikipedian userpage) # 04:08, 14 September 2006 Pathoschild (Talk | contribs) deleted "User:!!" (Userpage for an indefinitely blocked bad-faith user)
"Your username has been blocked indefinitely because it may be rude or inflammatory, unnecessarily long/confusing, too similar to an existing user, contains the name of an organization or website, uses non-Latin characters, or is otherwise inappropriate (see our blocking and username policies for more information)." http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:%21%21&oldid=95783799
Was this a usurpation of a previously banned user, or something?
I did wonder about that - the whole string of weird alphanumeric usernames created to play merry hell with special:listusers Back In The Day...
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- Andrew Gray
andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk
As I recall from the rather cloaked information on ANI, the username was usurped by an editor in good standing whose previous username may have had connections to his IRL identity. Some of those usurpations are done very quietly particularly if there are any concerns with respect to privacy.
Risker
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