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

[FT2]

Er... yes. And by the magic power vested in this rock and their
super-hacking skills,  they shall also turn all editors into modern Swiss
historians at the same time, fix the world economy, and invent
faster-than-light travel.

In other words, ignore it.

FT2


On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 11:59 AM, William King <williamcarlking at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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)
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 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
> >
> > --
> > This e-mail was sent by user "EnduranceFan" on the English Wikipedia to
> > user
> > "CJCurrie". It has been automatically delivered and the Wikimedia
> > Foundation
> > cannot be held responsible for its contents.
> >
> > The sender has not been given any information about your e-mail account
> > and
> > you are not required to reply to this e-mail. For further information on
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> > emailing,
> > see <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Email>.
>