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Should we proactively block all accounts, of active people here, that fit the doppelganger pattern? ~~ [[MarkDilley]] | Should we proactively block all accounts, of active people here, that fit the [[doppelganger]] pattern? ~~ [[MarkDilley]] | ||
:If you're talking about | :If you're talking about [[user]]s with names like <tt>EIassint</tt> or <tt>MarkDiIley</tt> then yes, they are deliberately trying to cause disruption by pretending to be admins. I'm not sure who else might fit the "doppelganger pattern" '''[[User talk:Elassint|Elassint]]''', 09 24 2010 | ||
::That seems reasonable to me. I used to do that on a different site (non-wiki) as we had a similar problem. --[[User:MarvelZuvembie|MarvelZuvembie]] 18:06, 24 September 2010 (PDT) | ::That seems reasonable to me. I used to do that on a different site (non-wiki) as we had a similar problem. --[[User:MarvelZuvembie|MarvelZuvembie]] 18:06, 24 September 2010 (PDT) | ||
::: I would say, the [[Special:Version|MediaWiki software]] should be upgraded soon (from 1.10.1 which is absolutely outdated to [ | ::: I would say, the [[Special:Version|MediaWiki software]] should be upgraded soon (from 1.10.1 which is absolutely outdated to [[mw:MediaWiki|1.15.5]]), maybe that will do, there is also an extension that prevents creating doppelganger accounts (it seems to be [[mw:Extension:AntiSpoof|AntiSpoof]]). Best --[[Wolf Peuker|Wolf]] | <small>[[User talk:Peu|talk]]</small> 09:13, 25 September 2010 (PDT) | ||