I wrote a hideously long email, then realized it was hideously long, so I've put it up at meta.
Regarding the immutability of the TMC username -- are article histories stored as text values or User IDs? If it's the latter, someone with database access can hack TMC's username and poof! all the histories automagically change to read "Fluffy bunny land" or something.
The Cunctator wrote:
I wrote a hideously long email, then realized it was hideously long, so I've put it up at meta.
http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/TMC%27s_sysop_request
We shouldn't say, "It's all right to be juvenile and rude as a
contributor, but sysops require more responsibility and ability to work with others than average Wikipedians."
Agreed. It is not alright to be juvenile or rude. Lir...? TMC...?
On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 04:02, tarquin wrote:
Regarding the immutability of the TMC username -- are article histories stored as text values or User IDs?
Both.
If it's the latter, someone with database access can hack TMC's username and poof! all the histories automagically change to read "Fluffy bunny land" or something.
That could be done with a single database query in either case.
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