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Re:Wikipedia in read-only mode following mass admin account ... by PsylentKnight on Thursday March 05, 2026 @02:39PM (#47266263)
My understanding is that Wikipedia receives more donations than they need, surely they have the resources to fix it themselves?
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Re:Wikipedia in read-only mode following mass admin account ... by noosphr on Thursday March 05, 2026 @02:46PM (#47266338)
You would first need to realzie it's a problem.
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Re:Wikipedia in read-only mode following mass admin account ... by krater23 on Thursday March 05, 2026 @03:02PM (#47266551)
Maybe this is the reason for this worm. Someone is angry because they don't got it in another way...
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Re:Wikipedia in read-only mode following mass admin account ... by jibal on Thursday March 05, 2026 @03:52PM (#47267124)
The worm is a two year old script from the Russian Wiki that was grabbed randomly for a test by a stupid admin running unsandboxed with full privileges, so no.
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