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		wizzwizz4 14 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wikipedia was in read-only mode following mass adm... That's not a lot of state lost. Destructive operations are easier to replay than constructive ones.

gchamonlive 14 days ago [–]

Is Wikimedia overreacting then?

wizzwizz4 14 days ago | [–]

No: from what I can tell, they're being conservative, which is appropriate here. Once you've pushed the "stop bad things happening" button, there's no need to rush.

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