pschemp wrote:
From: Jesse W jessw@netwood.net
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as it contains the toolbox links for Lupin's anti-vandal tool, a combination of http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Whatlinkshere/User: Lupin/recent2.js&limit=500&from=0 and http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php? title=Special%3AListusers&group=sysop&limit=2000 results in the following list of 60 admins(a much smaller list than 800+...) who have installed Lupin's tool into their monobook.js file and have not taken the easy step of removing the link-back to recent.js.
Hi. Watch me get a little upset that I'm on the accused list, along with many other innocents because I don't know how to edit my monobook properly. Seriously folks, its great to know that everyone will be looking at me suspiciously now. For christ's sake, one of the people on that list was promoted TWO days ago.
That list includes nearly 10% of our active admins -- I don't think happening to be on it is any significant cause of suspicion. In fact, one might argue that the admins on that list are likely to be _more_ hard-working than average, at least when it comes to vandal-fighting, since the criterion for inclusion was having Lupin's tool intalled.
And no, you're not supposed to remove the backlink. I assume Jesse only mentioned it because he thought whoever took that screenshot might have done so to cover up their tracks.
(As it happens, I came up with the same list myself, but decided not to post it in public for just the reasons you mention. The evidence just isn't specific enough for there to be any point in naming names.)