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== Spammer? ==
== Automating infrastructure ==


I suspect (on the basis of what you removed earlier from [[Category talk:Programming Tasks]]) that [[User:Rkcy81]] is a spammer. Fits the pattern. You might want to take action sooner rather than later. –[[User:Dkf|Donal Fellows]] 13:16, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
Concerning [[User_talk:Underscore#Automating infrastructure|what we talked about before]]: I haven't been keeping up with recent changes very well lately, so when you write that village-pump post, please leave me a message on my talk page or send me an email. —[[User:Underscore|Underscore]] ([[User talk:Underscore|Talk]]) 12:46, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
: The username and edit fit the patterns I've seen before, but creating an account requires human intervention, due to the CAPTCHA. It's easy enough to revert all of a user's edits, if necessary. I'm going to hold off for a bit. I've got an idea for how to allow someone with privilege adjustment permissions to force a suspect account to service CAPTCHA requests for each edit, and that might be a better solution in the long run. --[[User:Short Circuit|Michael Mol]] 13:57, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

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Spammer?

I suspect (on the basis of what you removed earlier from Category talk:Programming Tasks) that User:Rkcy81 is a spammer. Fits the pattern. You might want to take action sooner rather than later. –Donal Fellows 13:16, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

The username and edit fit the patterns I've seen before, but creating an account requires human intervention, due to the CAPTCHA. It's easy enough to revert all of a user's edits, if necessary. I'm going to hold off for a bit. I've got an idea for how to allow someone with privilege adjustment permissions to force a suspect account to service CAPTCHA requests for each edit, and that might be a better solution in the long run. --Michael Mol 13:57, 16 February 2010 (UTC)