[WikiEN-l] Example of a user who should have been banned a long time ago

[Ben McIlwain]

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Jimmy Wales wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Thegingerone
> 
> Massive copyvios stretching back for months, 20 or so notices on his 
> talk page (by bots doing good botwork).
> 
> Why was this user not banned months ago?

I don't know.  It sounds like OrphanBot may need a slight tweak to keep
track of how many unsources images a user is uploading, and then start
raising red flags if it exceeds a certain number.  That's how the
Vandalbots work; normally they just revert the vandalism and leave a
warning message, but if the account/IP exceeds a certain amount of
vandalism in a certain time period then the bot starts throwing red
flags, including a notice on the "Vandalism in progress" page and
messages in the IRC vandalism channels.

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Cyde Weys

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