I got a request via email to purge the history records of our latest
goatse.cx vandal, lest some poor unsuspecting wikipedian later come
across them by accident. While there may be arguments for keeping
such a historical record, I think in this case they are outweighed by
the benefits of just deleting them. I did a database backup, just in
case we get subpoenaed to produce them or something, and then I
removed them. The banned IP list clearly shows what happened, when,
and why, so we aren't losing that information, just 54 edit records
that were all reverted (interstingly, he also seems to have made
exactly one legitimate edit, which is still here).
I thought the list should know when things like that are done in case
there's some serious objection to it.
I've put the question to Tarquin, whom a google search reveals is an admin at another wiki which uses UseModWiki. See http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=User_talk:Tarquin&redirect=no . I hope we can help soon. (I never banned anyone under UseModWiki; IIRC Larry did all that). Cheers, kq
Anthere wrote:
>Thank you for answering at least Brion. It is very
>nice of you. I was planning to leave u a message on
>the en.wiki. So I guess, it will be of no use. Neither
>public, nor private call for help seems to trigger any
>interest.
>
>Honestly, today, I have the feeling the international
>wikipedias are of absolutely no interest to the
>english one. Maybe are we there just here for the
>galery...
>
>In case anybody remembers how he used to ban people
>before february (?) (such a loooong time ago, it's
>amazing everybody forgot), please do it for us. You
>are leaving us helpless.
>
>Peace
--- Brion VIBBER <brion(a)pobox.com> wrote:
> Guillaume Blanchard wrote:
> > Bonjour,
> > I'm a little bit disappointed we don't receive any
> clue to our vandalism
> > problem !?
> > Someone can help ?
>
> Sorry, but I at least have no idea how the usemod
> banning system works. :(
>
> -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
>
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Thank you for answering at least Brion. It is very
nice of you. I was planning to leave u a message on
the en.wiki. So I guess, it will be of no use. Neither
public, nor private call for help seems to trigger any
interest.
Honestly, today, I have the feeling the international
wikipedias are of absolutely no interest to the
english one. Maybe are we there just here for the
galery...
In case anybody remembers how he used to ban people
before february (?) (such a loooong time ago, it's
amazing everybody forgot), please do it for us. You
are leaving us helpless.
Peace
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To my knowledge, no one except maybe Jimbo and Larry Sanger /could/ ban anyone before February. Thanks for being generous in your assumptions. :-) (I for one would certainly help, if I knew how).
kq
Anthere wrote:
>In case anybody remembers how he used to ban people
>before february (?) (such a loooong time ago, it's
>amazing everybody forgot), please do it for us. You
>are leaving us helpless.
>
>Peace
I implemented a new system for ISBN links. Please check
it out (for example, see "Oliver Goldsmith"), and let me know
what other text you might add to that page, or what other
sites you might want to link to.
On Friday 30 August 2002 06:51 pm, Lee wrote:
> Konqueror and Opera show up at 18,000 and 8,000. Lynx is about
> 2,000, below even some off-line tools like Wget.
It would be interesting to know what browsers contributors use -- since they
are at least (if not more) important than mere visitors. I use Konqueror and
would /not/ be too pleased at all if it were not tested too.
-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)
> I implemented a new system for ISBN links. Please check
> it out (for example, see "Oliver Goldsmith"),
I seem to be the only one around here with a visceral hatred for
ISBN numbers, so I suggest the following experiment:
* Go to [[Oliver Goldsmith]]
* Click on the first ISBN, for "The Vicar of Wakefield"
* Click on the first search service, "Addall".
* Now, in a different window, go to www.addall.com
* Do "Search by Title", enter "The Vicar of Wakefield"
* Hit "Find it"
The first search gave you a single book, and in three years it won't
give you anything, because that book will be out of print. The second
search gave you 44 different editions, from different publishers,
ranging from leather bound to softcover and even an audio edition.
Axel
>lcrocker(a)nupedia.com writes:
>> interstingly, he also seems to have made exactly one legitimate
>> edit, which is still here
> Just out of interest, what was it?
A spelling fix on "Enigma".
Pierre's point is a good one--if someone complained to his ISP,
their investigation would not see the purged history (though as
I said, I can produce them from backups if needed). I don't know
of any AUPs up-to-date enough to cover wiki vandalism. Maybe a
general "posting obscene content" or something might cover it.
If someone did complain to Shaw cable, and they respond to you
asking for evidence, I'll be happy to provide it. In fact, I'll
bet they would generally expect such material to have been
removed, and would request information from logs and backups.