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alnair20aug93 🍊orange fursona🧡 (Long Runner)
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Oct 24th 2021 at 6:55:06 AM •••

What are the thoughts on using the Internet Archive when it comes to providing links for context and to updating dead links?

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PacificGreen Since: Sep, 2014
Apr 19th 2015 at 8:31:02 PM •••

What's the deal with the "KJDGFNIHDTEGHDF" troper? Is he a vandal or troll?

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SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)
Apr 20th 2015 at 12:00:42 AM •••

Vandal.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
Apr 20th 2015 at 11:30:00 AM •••

Why aren't Administrivia pages like this locked to prevent repeated vandalism in the first place?

Moderators can be trusted to amend the page, in the event of any changes in wiki policy, and "KJDGFNIHDTEGHDF" (and his other aliases) doesn't need to be given an outlet for his irrelevant agenda.

Before this page suddenly became a target for vandalism, the last time time there was ever a reason to modify the page was 11 months beforehand; there's no point in needing it open to for further editing.

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SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)
Apr 20th 2015 at 2:36:05 PM •••

I prefer not to lock pages unless they become serious maintenance problems. Thanks to omission bias, it's really easy to underestimate the damage a page lock does.

And Administrivia pages in general need constant updating.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
pittsburghmuggle Since: Jan, 2010
Dec 3rd 2015 at 1:24:21 AM •••

I agree. Locked Administrivia pages would tend to stagnate as rules change.

"Freedom is not a license for chaos" -Norton Juster's The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
MrMediaGuy2 Since: Jun, 2015
Nov 22nd 2015 at 5:49:42 PM •••

Another thing we should mention is how common it is for people to add links containing malware or viruses.

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SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)
Nov 23rd 2015 at 12:25:49 AM •••

Huh. Is it that frequent?

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
MrMediaGuy2 Since: Jun, 2015
Nov 23rd 2015 at 9:12:39 AM •••

Remember that time someone added a supposed link to the Dreams Come True song on the Inside Out page that was quickly removed?

And just yesterday, I went on the supposed link on The Hardcore Kid page, and I got a bunch of popups and warnings that this site might infect my iPad, resulting in me placing a warning on the actual page.

SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)
Nov 24th 2015 at 10:49:03 PM •••

Um ... no? I am not familiar with every single page here. Malware links should be edited out, though.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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