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Re:Wikipedia in read-only mode following mass admin account ... by notRobot on Thursday March 05, 2026 @05:26PM (#47268147)
There are 15 interface admins as per these links

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Interface_administra...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ListUsers/interface-ad...

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Re:Wikipedia in read-only mode following mass admin account ... by gucci-on-fleek on Thursday March 05, 2026 @05:32PM (#47268203)
Those are the English Wikipedia-only users, but you also need to include the "global" users (which I think were the source of this specific compromise?). Search this page [0] for "editsitejs" to see the lists of global users with this permission.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:GlobalGroupPermissions

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