Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cluster ban on most Wikimedia IRC channels on Freenode

2016-10-01 Thread Alex Zariv
Hi, This ban was set yesterday to reduce the impact of a large-scale spam campaign against multiple Wikimedia IRC channels, and not something that was taken lightly. We've been dealing with an ongoing problem with a user who is able to switch IPs rapidly and flood channels for hours on end, someti

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cluster ban on most Wikimedia IRC channels on Freenode

2016-10-01 Thread Pine W
I'll forward your inquiry to the IRC ops email list and ask one of the GCs to respond to you here. Pine On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 3:31 AM, Maarten Dammers wrote: > Hi, > > Today a ban was set on #wikimedia-bans that bans any user who is not > authenticated to the nickserv from joining a channel (

[Wikimedia-l] Cluster ban on most Wikimedia IRC channels on Freenode

2016-10-01 Thread Maarten Dammers
Hi, Today a ban was set on #wikimedia-bans that bans any user who is not authenticated to the nickserv from joining a channel ( [BanList:#wikimedia-bans] $~a set by AlexZ on 10/01/16 09:19 AM ). #wikimedia-bans is inherited by most Wikimedia channels so a lot of people get banned messages. I