Creak, squeal, crunch

[Hex]

Or perhaps rather "mechanical straining noises".

There's a story in Galaxies Like Grains of Sand, a fictional future history by Brian Aldiss, that mentions someone passing through a field where two huge, rusting industrial robots are still locked in deathless combat, barely moving, many long centuries after the conclusion of a robot war.

That's how I felt when I saw User talk:MediaWiki default (T-H-L).

[EricBarbour]

Or perhaps rather "mechanical straining noises".

There's a story in Galaxies Like Grains of Sand, a fictional future history by Brian Aldiss, that mentions someone passing through a field where two huge, rusting industrial robots are still locked in deathless combat, barely moving, many long centuries after the conclusion of a robot war.

That's how I felt when I saw User talk:MediaWiki default (T-H-L).

Heh heh.

It is not a bot and cannot be blocked.

Yeah, but they can fuck with it.

[Zoloft]

Best topic title contender.

Also, nostalgic to see Betacommand (T-C-L)*. Betacommandbot was one of the first things to really anger me in Wikipedia...

*Now of course banned user Δ (T-C-L). I like to call him "Tringle."

[Hex]

Stop by #wikipedia-en then, he's still there.

[EricBarbour]

Stop by #wikipedia-en then, he's still there.

If he's still "participating" on IRC, then he must (still!) be using socks to edit WP somewhere.
If you like to look at rampant stupidity, here you go:
Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Betacommand_blocked_for_sockpuppetry (T-H-L)
Look at the "IRC channel" section. He's probably still running a secret channel today.

[Jim]

If he's still "participating" on IRC, then he must (still!) be using socks to edit WP somewhere.

Probably not him, but similar tact, diplomacy and single minded "mall cop" demeanour oozes from this one: Werieth (T-C-L)