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By late December 2014, [[user:manorainjan]] was apparently using an automated script to attempt to not only preserve the aforementioned 15 pages, but also to apparently keep them at the top of RecentChanges.  On December 25th, he began creating hundreds of content-free pages with names consisting of strings of repeated characters or words.
By late December 2014, [[user:manorainjan]] was apparently using an automated script to attempt to not only preserve the aforementioned 15 pages, but also to apparently keep them at the top of RecentChanges.  On December 25th, he began creating hundreds of content-free pages with names consisting of strings of repeated characters or words.


On December 26th, 2014, the WikiWikiWeb was effectively locked.  Attempts to save page changes consistently resulted in an error message.  This appeared within minutes after a WikiWikiWeb user sent a message to [[WardCunningham]] expressing concern about the disruptive editing by [[user:Manorainjan]].
Since December 26th, 2014, at 23:46 the wiki is effectively locked by a world wide [[RangeBlock]], which was instated minutes after WikiWikiWeb user [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?DaveVoorhis Dave Voorhis] sent a message to [[WardCunningham]]. Attempts to save page changes consistently resulting in the error message "Suspicious source (tor.ahbl.org)" now.


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