[00:15:37] the situation at the texas border looks terrible [00:34:26] Leaked highlights for tomorrow's Nintendo Direct: [00:34:27] https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/615786602454581249/890395649886023721/Hf84XIoPVbVocSr-.mp4 [14:11:25] how lovely, I had a few failed login attempts to my account at 5AM [14:12:14] It's likely from Projects. He does this quite often from this LTA case on him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/Projects [14:12:14] [wikipedia] Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Projects | "" [14:12:37] oh, I see. Is that the IP vandal who's targeting you on Daria Wiki? [14:12:49] Very likely, yes. [14:13:44] He has quite a record of abuse. [14:14:53] oh dear [14:14:57] Active since 2005 [14:15:01] what a stamina [14:15:03] I'll tell you more in private. [14:15:11] alright 👍 [14:15:41] @Agent: as long as you have a strong password, you should be ok [14:15:44] Consider 2FA [14:16:02] If you need help/have concerns I can work with Voidwalker to trace them [14:17:04] no worries, I have 2FA but it's a first for me to see someone try to login to my account [14:17:37] I've seen this happen multiple times, but of course they failed to login, as I would've received an email anyway. [14:18:19] Family business? >.> [14:18:40] It's best you read it for yourself to get an idea. [14:18:54] If there's a pattern then we can consider action [14:19:07] But beyond a service level ban there's little can be done [14:20:02] That would mean no reading Miraheze whatsoever so I'd expect we'd need clear evidence of brute force level traffic [14:20:39] Oh I read it, I just (semi jokingly) speculated that the vigor can be from multiple people with a rotation of activity. [14:20:54] Oh. [14:21:19] Since they do not truly know the person, it could be anything that is the true source of activity, including the long shot lizard or rogue AI discovering how to emulate people. [14:22:09] > His interests center on boxing, martial arts, speculative fights, chess, mysterious, unexplained deaths of famous people, massacres – and harassing editors of WMF projects. [14:22:38] A very dynamic character. [14:22:49] Perhaps they should challenge him to chess [14:22:55] winner takes all [14:22:58] Funny enough, GRP stands for George Reeves Person. [14:23:20] this is just interesting, there are people who imitate his attack styles [14:23:34] and he lives in Chicago :thinkingcp: [14:23:41] Funny enough in turn, I watch another community with a guy having similar acronyms and also banned from before 2010. But much more benign. [14:23:44] uses the library to perpetuate his attacks [14:24:08] Actually reverse, the guy is PRG [14:25:07] Sounds like a dossier on a serial killer [14:25:33] honestly does [14:25:42] It's also amazing how people have found out his full name [14:25:50] maybe he just leaked it accidentally [14:27:54] If that's indeed the real name. [14:34:38] well, we'll be careful with him. Hope he doesn't move from Wikimedia to Miraheze now that he's found out about us [16:05:56] https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/615786602454581249/890630066470518824/unknown.png [16:08:09] ah yes, Sperosdurell and his 12 wikis [16:08:18] DMM seems to have approved a new one this morning [16:09:20] At this rate I would suggest the wiki creators bring it up in unison to an authoritative party, because countless sessions of clearly unsustainable wiki creations have to be taxing something server side and/or run afoul of some kind of policy. [16:09:36] Not to mention other clearly associated accounts that have performed their own requests. [16:10:25] Potentially a sysadmin as Stewards seem pretty backed up [16:12:04] I'm not sure sysadmins strictly have jurisdiction, but it's better than nothing. Even if it's a token approval to simply decline any new requests on the grounds that there are simply too many that were made. [16:19:03] I say sysadmins as they have the authority to demote wiki creators so potentially they may be able to warn users [16:20:02] Huh, didn't know about that quirk [16:20:32] I guess given the technical involvement it would make sense, even if it may not be strictly codified (which is the only snag I'm thinking here) [20:17:42] Hmm 🤔 [20:38:40] Not me [20:38:50] Totally not me [20:40:34] Ugh I need to stop making wiki requests [20:41:49] Well, if you've made less than 12 in the span of a few months always with well under 100 (and in a disturbing portion of cases less than 10) edits on each, you're probably better off [22:32:31] Regarding the newest RfC, I feel like a clause that allows for wiki creator discretion should exist. This discretion would only apply if the requester can clearly demonstrate a need or that they are capable of maintaining that many wikis [23:13:27] i have thought of an "activity score" of wikis before, but i think it's a bad idea [23:38:59] The new Nintendo Direct was airing today, and I was pretty excited when I saw Kirby was FINALLY back in the spotlight once again. There's been a huge Kirby drought for 3 years. [23:51:58] Tbh, the only mechanism necessary is one that stops rampant requests that have no apparent future [23:52:38] If it's as simple as discretionary 'no more' from a certain authority in notably serious cases, I think it would work fine. Heck I think it's been partially attempted already, I think dmehus has issued that sort of warning before