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		jbrooksuk on Feb 12, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life Were you not in a position to edit his signature, or get it edited? You jumped the gun.

chris_wot on Feb 12, 2015 [–]

That's not an unreasonable question. But no, that's wasn't an admin function at the time, and I still don't think it is.

jbrooksuk on Feb 13, 2015 | [–]

Right, well that explains why I was downvoted - my ignorance of Wikipedia's administration...

Thanks for the insight!

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