I can tell you that there *is* a confirmation requirement before mass
unsubscribing everyone, because I almost did it tonight and got a warning
message.

Risker/Anne

On Fri, 20 Jan 2023 at 23:37, Amir Sarabadani <[email protected]> wrote:

> FWIW, this is not the first time an admin mistakenly has done this. It is
> an issue in the interface that doesn't even ask for confirmation before
> mass unsubscribing everyone.
>
> There was a task for it but I can't find it, if anyone remembers please
> send it to me.
>
> Best
>
> Am Sa., 21. Jan. 2023 um 05:03 Uhr schrieb Kunal Mehta <[email protected]
> >:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have reached out to the wikimania-l list admins privately with what I
>> found by investigating the server logs[1], it appears that the
>> "unsubscribe all" interface was accidentally used and then people were
>> silently resubscribed (so it appeared they weren't unsubscribed in the
>> first place).
>>
>> In general, if some data loss happens please please PLEASE reach out to
>> the Mailman admins / SRE team as soon as possible, we have much better
>> tools like database backups to restore things exactly to the way they
>> were. Accidents happen, we understand, it's much easier for us to
>> intervene and reset things right after they occur rather than trying to
>> piece things together later.
>>
>> [1] Those with Phabricator security access can review
>> <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T327572>.
>>
>> HTH,
>> -- Kunal / Legoktm
>>
>> On 1/18/23 06:07, Deryck Chan wrote:
>> > Hi listadmins,
>> >
>> > Many subscribers to wikimania-l received a "You have been unsubscribed
>> > from the Wikimania-l mailing list" email today, despite the fact that
>> we
>> > are certainly still subscribed (and are discussing these false messages
>> > on-list).
>> >
>> > Has this happened with any other lists?
>> >
>> > --Deryck
>> > wikimania-l listadmin, [[User:Deryck Chan]]
>>
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>
> --
> Amir (he/him)
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