[WikiEN-l] [WIKIEN-l] It's probably nothing, but ...

[William King]

I got the same message from [[User: Joe Ker]] back on Thursday night. That 
user was subsequently blocked after I notified admins on IRC (#wikipedia-en) 
about the situation.

William King (Willking1979)

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From: "C. Currie" <coreyjcurrie at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 6:53 AM
To: <wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: [WikiEN-l] [WIKIEN-l] It's probably nothing, but ...

> Hello,
>
> I received this message in my inbox a few hours ago.  Did anyone else
> recieve it, and does anyone know if there's anything of substance behind 
> it?
>
> CJ
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: EnduranceFan <the4joker at gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, May 24, 2009 at 3:06 AM
> Subject: Wikipedia e-mail
> To: CJCurrie <coreyjcurrie at gmail.com>
>
>
> Tonight, you’re all gonna be a part of a social experiment. Through the
> magic of hacking skills and steward powers, I’m ready right now to blow 
> your
> minds sky high. Anyone attempts to block me or revert, you all get
> desysopped.
>
> Each of you has a button to block another editor. At midnight, I desysop 
> and
> block you all. If, however, one of you indefinitely blocks as many
> constructive editors as you can, I’ll let that admin keep their admin
> powers. So, who’s it gonna be? Wikipedia’s most-wanted scumbag collection 
> or
> the sweet and innocent contributors? You choose. Oh, and you might wanna
> decide quickly because the other administrators may not be quite so 
> noble. —
> The Joker
>
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