I got the same message from [[User: Joe Ker]] back on Thursday night. That user was subsequently blocked after I notified admins on IRC (#wikipedia-en) about the situation.
William King (Willking1979) -------------------------------------------------- From: "C. Currie" <coreyjcur...@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 6:53 AM To: <wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: [WikiEN-l] [WIKIEN-l] It's probably nothing, but ... > Hello, > > I received this message in my inbox a few hours ago. Did anyone else > recieve it, and does anyone know if there's anything of substance behind > it? > > CJ > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: EnduranceFan <the4jo...@gmail.com> > Date: Sun, May 24, 2009 at 3:06 AM > Subject: Wikipedia e-mail > To: CJCurrie <coreyjcur...@gmail.com> > > > Tonight, you’re all gonna be a part of a social experiment. Through the > magic of hacking skills and steward powers, I’m ready right now to blow > your > minds sky high. Anyone attempts to block me or revert, you all get > desysopped. > > Each of you has a button to block another editor. At midnight, I desysop > and > block you all. If, however, one of you indefinitely blocks as many > constructive editors as you can, I’ll let that admin keep their admin > powers. So, who’s it gonna be? Wikipedia’s most-wanted scumbag collection > or > the sweet and innocent contributors? You choose. Oh, and you might wanna > decide quickly because the other administrators may not be quite so > noble. — > The Joker > > -- > This e-mail was sent by user "EnduranceFan" on the English Wikipedia to > user > "CJCurrie". It has been automatically delivered and the Wikimedia > Foundation > cannot be held responsible for its contents. > > The sender has not been given any information about your e-mail account > and > you are not required to reply to this e-mail. For further information on > privacy, security, and replying, as well as abuse and removal from > emailing, > see <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Email>. > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l