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[edit] Supersedes

I always thought sporgery involved use of the supersedes header to overwrite actual messages, replacing them with new content. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.131.241.137 (talk • contribs).

No, the sporgeries didn't have a supersedes header. But they used the same username and subject lines than real messages - to confuse. Due to certain flaws in the message headers, it was possible to cancel them with software that would detect them. --Tilman 19:43, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Supersedes was used now and then (December 1997, etc) during various phases of disruption for cancelling. I forget right now if supersedes was ever combined with the sporgery, but it would have stuck out like a sore thumb. One reason for the flaws in the headers was (probably) so that the software would recognize and not sporge its own articles, although I think it did do that sometimes. AndroidCat 04:50, 16 March 2007 (UTC)