From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from bar.sig21.net ([80.81.252.164]:43203 "EHLO bar.sig21.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752932AbZD0RhZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:37:25 -0400 Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:37:41 +0200 From: Johannes Stezenbach To: "H. Langos" Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: wiki on linixtv.org locked Message-ID: <20090427173741.GA20847@linuxtv.org> References: <20090427164321.GN2895@www.viadmin.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090427164321.GN2895@www.viadmin.org> Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 06:43:21PM +0200, H. Langos wrote: > > Yesterday a stupid kid vandalized a bunch of pages on the linuxtv wiki and > a sysop locked to database to undo the damage. > > I would have preferred to undo that damage by simply taking a look at > the users contribution page and using the handy-dandy undo function as a > mere wiki user. > > It would have deprived that individual the satifaction of gaining the > sysop's attention with his anti-social behavior, but thats probably a > policy decision that is not mine to make. The damage was done by a bot script and it affected as many pages as the edit rate limiter would allow it to do until I noticed it. If you search for "GRAWP'S MASSIVE" you'll see this is not limited to linuxtv.org. > Anyway .. Now, after about 24h the wiki is still locked. > Any reason for that? It is locked until I had time to take measures to prevent similar damage from happening again right away. I'm open to suggestions if someone has experience with this. Johannes