Not subtle, not sneaky, not creative, just vandalism...

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Not subtle, not sneaky, not creative, just vandalism...

Unread post by MysteriousStranger » Sat Mar 04, 2017 5:13 pm

This is so stupid and obvious, yet it's stood exactly like this for the past eight days:

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Re: Not subtle, not sneaky, not creative, just vandalism...

Unread post by Rogol Domedonfors » Sat Mar 04, 2017 5:28 pm

But this is simply not possible. After all, On Wikipedia, facts matter. Indeed, "years of practice and collaboration have built an effective filter for hoaxes and inaccurate information".

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Re: Not subtle, not sneaky, not creative, just vandalism...

Unread post by thekohser » Sun Mar 05, 2017 4:02 am

I wonder what Baycare Health thinks about their IP address being used in that manner (not to mention, their phone number being published in a Wikipedia article).
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Re: Not subtle, not sneaky, not creative, just vandalism...

Unread post by Poetlister » Sun Mar 05, 2017 12:58 pm

Oh dear, some spoilsport has revdelled the article back to 14 October last year. Did anyone keep a screenshot, or can some kind admin provide one?
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Re: Not subtle, not sneaky, not creative, just vandalism...

Unread post by Disgruntled haddock » Sun Mar 05, 2017 1:50 pm

Poetlister wrote:Oh dear, some spoilsport has revdelled the article back to 14 October last year. Did anyone keep a screenshot, or can some kind admin provide one?
Archive.org has a copy. The content does seem to meet the RD2 criteria, to my eyes anyway.

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Re: Not subtle, not sneaky, not creative, just vandalism...

Unread post by Rogol Domedonfors » Sun Mar 05, 2017 5:43 pm

thekohser wrote:I wonder what Baycare Health thinks about their IP address being used in that manner (not to mention, their phone number being published in a Wikipedia article).
Probably thinking they should lock their wifi down better when bored teenagers come to visit elderly or sick relatives.

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Re: Not subtle, not sneaky, not creative, just vandalism...

Unread post by Poetlister » Sun Mar 05, 2017 8:45 pm

Disgruntled haddock wrote:
Poetlister wrote:Oh dear, some spoilsport has revdelled the article back to 14 October last year. Did anyone keep a screenshot, or can some kind admin provide one?
Archive.org has a copy. The content does seem to meet the RD2 criteria, to my eyes anyway.
Not half! That's pretty jaw-dropping. The most worrying thing is that if it hadn't been mentioned on here, it might have remained like that for a lot longer.
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Re: Not subtle, not sneaky, not creative, just vandalism...

Unread post by Ming » Tue Mar 07, 2017 4:58 pm

Looks as though the Wayback dudes have expunged it too.

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Unread post by Poetlister » Tue Mar 07, 2017 7:58 pm

Ming wrote:Looks as though the Wayback dudes have expunged it too.
They have a tendency to do that. It's probably the right thing in this case but sometimes it can be annoying. We need to keep screendumps.
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