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by gchamonlive 101 days ago
The nuke might be legitimate?
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That's not a lot of state lost. Destructive operations are easier to replay than constructive ones.
Is Wikimedia overreacting then?
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.