[WikiEN-l] The current purges in English Wikipedia (...and my personal case)

[Fred Bauder]

> Andrew Turvey wrote:
>> ----- "Fred Bauder"  wrote:
>>
>>> There is still a problem: He still has friends; there is probably
>>> still
>>> only one computer; and his friends may be interested in writing
>>> Wikipedia
>>> accounts for hire, a legal activity, as he points out. We might have
>>> to
>>> sort some of this stuff out. I think we can.
>>>
>> Yeah other people use my computer too. Just remember to log out when
>> you've finished and don't tell them your password!
>>
>> Oh, and dont click the "remember me" box.
>>
>>
> And people with shared computers will continue to engage in these minor
> faults.  So what! There is no general need to make such an exaggerated
> fuss about it.
>
> Ec

The fuss is here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Bad_news

Essentially a lot of bad talk, but the user has not actually done
anything improper with his account recently and is certainly aware of our
expectations at this point. I unblocked him.

Fred