A very important notification

[Kepekley23]

Just repeating the warning I gave on Discord here, since I felt it was fairly important:

http://prntscr.com/o7jcqv

 

[Antvasima]

Thank you for helping out.

 

[Sandman31]

I recommend using GetLinkInfo.com. You can use it to check if a website contains malicious software, if its a phishing site or check where a link really redirects to

 

[Andytrenom]

Gotchya Kep. It's a good thing I don't post pictures of myself ''anywhere'' on the internet

 

[Antvasima]

Okay. Is it possible to incorporate that into some kind of script?

 

[Kepekley23]

Just from a glance, it is definitely possible, but you'd need to ask the people over the DEV Wiki.

 

[Antvasima]

Okay. I will ask them.

 

[Andytrenom]

So that's how wham works huh?

 

[KieranH10]

XD

 

[Antvasima]

Yes. It is very practical, but also very dangerous.

 

[Andytrenom]

Now I have 4-D erasure

 

[Yobo_Blue]

So, this is as good a time to mention it as any.

We should really stop IP bans. They're really easy to get around, since VPNs are so widespread, and every time you IP ban a troll, if they were using a VPN it locks anyone using the same VPN out from using the wiki. So some of us can't use our VPNS here anymore.

 

[Antvasima]

I mass-removed the posts in this case though. Maybe we did so at nearly the same time?

 

[Andytrenom]

@Ant probably

 

[Antvasima]

I don't think that our automatic IP blocks ban all IP addresses from a certain VPN, although the Fandom and VSTF staff can technically impose range blocks if they wish.

 

[Yobo_Blue]

Well, in my experience the majority of the VPN is locked out.

 

[Antvasima]

I am afraid that there is nothing that we can do about that. My apologies. Perhaps using a different VPN would be an idea?

 

[InfiniteSped]

This is sad

 

[Huesito88]

Yeah why do people hate that Mario character so much =(

 

[Antvasima]

This is sad

Yes, some people that I have never met or done anything bad to have been obsessing over me for 2 years now, for some strange reason, and I am mostly harmless.

 

[Antvasima]

Yeah why do people hate that Mario character so much =(

Ha! The name similarity is just a coincidence actually.

 

[Yobo_Blue]

I am afraid that there is nothing that we can do about that. My apologies. Perhaps using a different VPN would be an idea?

I just think maybe we should be more careful with our IP bans.

 

[Andytrenom]

The mario character's name is different

 

[Huesito88]

Do you even have a brother?

 

[Andytrenom]

How do you change the default reasoning for wham btw? I am technically doing "cleanup" but I feel a different reasoning would be more accurate

 

[Antvasima]

Well, I do technically have a brother, but I have no idea why they are so fixated on that fact.

 

[The_King_of_Prudence]

Jotaro Shut up!

 

[Antvasima]

How do you change the default reasoning for wham btw? I am technically doing "cleanup" but I feel a different reasoning would be more accurate

You can edit the text in the usual manner.

 

[Andytrenom]

@Ant No how do I change the default? as in the reasoning that first comes up without me editing it.

 

[Antvasima]

I do not know. My apologies. I would also much prefer to not experiment with such a massively dangerous script.

 

[Crzer07]

Just recovered from attempted IP-jacking... better late than never for these notices

 

[Antvasima]

I added a note about this to the front page and the rule violations reports thread as well.