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Inactive admins for October 2015

The following admins can be desysopped for inactivity:

• Lexor (t · th · c · del · cross-wiki · SUL · edit counter · pages created (xtools · sigma) · non-automated edits · BLP edits · undos · manual reverts · rollbacks · logs · rfar · spi · cci) (assign permissions)
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• Tristessa de St Ange (t · th · c · del · cross-wiki · SUL · edit counter · pages created (xtools · sigma) · non-automated edits · BLP edits · undos · manual reverts · rollbacks · logs · rfar · spi · cci) (assign permissions)

Thanks to all of them for their service to Misplaced Pages. Graham87 07:44, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

 Done. WJBscribe (talk) 16:34, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship/Yamaguchi先生

The candidate in Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship/Yamaguchi先生 is not active so has been unable to respond to questions. His editing pattern indicates that he doesn't edit weekends, and perhaps he didn't consider the significance of that when the RfA started. Or perhaps he is ill or unable to get online. We don't know. But folks are starting to vote oppose based on that. As he is not available to respond to concerns, and we don't really know why, would it be appropriate to suspend the RfA over the weekend? SilkTork 10:11, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

I'd say not. If he is unavailable, he can address those opposes when he gets back, and if he has decided to not respond, the voters can take that into account. Worm(talk) 10:18, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Per Worm and further the candidate does not appear to edit regularly on weekends as per Timecard and after going through Yamaguchi's contributions during the last month shows the editor does not edit on weekends and it does appear to be his/her normal editing pattern .Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 10:25, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

• MusikAnimal appears to be familiar with the candidate. (as noted here). The length of absence is beginning to appear abnormal. You may want to re-evaluate this. — Ched :  ?  19:47, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

  They are back  :) — MusikAnimal 19:48, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

-Sysop

Will a crat please remove my Sysop bit? Thanks, Tiptoety 20:38, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

 Done I am surprised to see this. :( Thank you for your long service, Tiptoety. Acalamari 21:09, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Acalamari, putting aside my own surprise, is there precedent for having a non-administrator with CheckUser privileges? Regardless of the answer, is that what Tiptoety actually wants?--Bbb23 (talk) 00:15, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Checkuser requires passing an RfA (or being elected to ArbCom, although the latter has never happened without the former). Tiptoety passed an RfA -- my understanding or the letter of the policy is that resigning the sysop bit doesn't require also resiging as a Checkuser. I don't think there is an existing precendent. Of course, Tiptoety's wishes may lean that way anyways, I'm just answering your first question. ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 00:22, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

I assumed that Tiptoety had requested removal on Meta but I didn't think to check; I've now checked and he has indeed made such a request. Acalamari 00:24, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Ah, that makes sense, thanks. Now I can go back to being saddened by the departure.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:28, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Compromised accounts

• Account compromised. Please desysop. Login details for millions of accounts from various data breaches have been readily available in the public domain for months now. A small list can be seen here. If you use the same password across multiple websites including Misplaced Pages, your account might have already been compromised. Please force a password reset for all admin and functionary accounts across wikimedia projects immediately. Salv, sad to see an admin account with both UTRS and OTRS access using a 6 digit number as password. ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 08:28, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

• Posting from another admin account to show how widespread this is. Please use a different password for your Misplaced Pages account, especially if you are an administrator or a functionary. WMF, at the very least consider implementing 2FA for accounts with advanced permissions. Meanwhile, desysop this one and CU other admin accounts to check for any unauthorized access. I assure you, there is no malicious intention on my part, just letting y’all know about this in the most effective way. OhanaUnited, please don't use your dob as your password - anywhere. OhanaUnited 08:33, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

  I have temporarily blocked these two accounts, and will desysop IAR if I see any admin actions from either. I've notified Arbcom with a view to a level 1 temporary desysop. Worm(talk) 08:48, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

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