[QA] possible test data issue to be aware of: random users in beta/test2wiki

[Chris Steipp]

On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 1:59 PM, Chris McMahon <cmcmahon at wikimedia.org>wrote:

>
> Hi QAers,
>
> For a long time now we have had automated tests that create new articles
> in the beta labs and test2wiki test environments based on random strings.
>  So far this has not been a hardship.
>
> As of today, we have some tests for MobileFrontend that are not only
> creating random wiki articles, but also are creating random users named for
> example "User:NewUser1391202666" where the number part is actually a
> timestamp.
>

This might be an issue. Users created on test2 are CentralAuth/global
users, so they appear in the new user logs which the stewards monitor for
spam bots. Hopefully those are being created with strong, secret passwords
too, so vandals can't start using them?


>
> We don't think that a proliferation of random users will be hardship, but
> if it is, do please say something about it.
>
> -Chris
>
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