2008/8/18 Ben Yates ben.louis.yates@gmail.com:
Does anyone know what the first ever instance of vandalism was? Just curious.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_investigati... - this is a notification of vandalism on 2001/12/26, but it was clearly an established issue by then.
The block log doesn't go back that far, either, so we can't use this method to find an early vandal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_W._Bush&diff=prev&o... - here's an actual one from 2001/12/28
Looks like it predates our ability to easily find it - would nostalgia.wp be worth looking at?