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Re:Wikipedia in read-only mode following mass admin account ... by alphager on Thursday March 05, 2026 @01:14PM (#47265129)
Most admins on Wikipedia are competent in areas outside of webdev and security.
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Re:Wikipedia in read-only mode following mass admin account ... by chris_wot on Saturday March 07, 2026 @07:43PM (#47293110)
No, most admins are incompetent, full stop. I've been on the receiving end.
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Re:Wikipedia in read-only mode following mass admin account ... by formerly_proven on Thursday March 05, 2026 @02:12PM (#47265911)
Wikipedia admins are not IT admins, they're more like forum moderators or admins on a free phpBB 2 hosting service in 2005. They don't have "admin" access to backend systems. Those are the WMF sysadmins.
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Re:Wikipedia in read-only mode following mass admin account ... by Wikipedianon on Thursday March 05, 2026 @03:42PM (#47267013)
This is half true, because Wikipedia admins had the ability to edit sitewide JavaScript until 2018.

A certain number of "community" admins maintain that right to this day after it was realized this was a massive security hole.

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Re:Wikipedia in read-only mode following mass admin account ... by Gander5739 on Friday March 06, 2026 @04:51AM (#47272974)
You mean interface admins?
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