Thread:Brandon Rhea/@comment-24053170-20160706072646/@comment-452-20160706202759

Because I like a good mystery, I had a look at the logs, and found they've been active since March, giving and taking away someone's Admin rights

http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Log?limit=500&type=rights

I suspect that User:Caydeb may have something to do with this, because:
 * Caydeb reappeared after 10 month's absence in March.
 * Caydeb only has "bureaucrat" rights, but has been deleting and undeleting pages.
 * He would need admin rights to do that.
 * There are no visible rights log actions for him since 2015.

http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Log/Caydeb?limit=500&user=Caydeb&month=&year=

And then there's this: As I mentioned, you need admin rights to delete pages, so the removed log actions are Caydeb promoting and demoting themselves.
 * 13:26, June 27, 2016 (username removed) (log action removed) (edit summary removed)
 * 13:26, June 27, 2016 Caydeb (Talk | contribs) restored page User talk:Caydeb (181 revisions restored)
 * 13:25, June 27, 2016 Caydeb (Talk | contribs) deleted page User talk:Caydeb
 * 13:24, June 27, 2016 (username removed) (log action removed) (edit summary removed)

It's not an isolated coincidence either:


 * 13:12, March 13, 2016 (username removed) (log action removed) (edit summary removed)
 * 13:11, March 13, 2016 Caydeb1 (Talk | contribs) restored page User talk:Caydeb1 (1 revision restored)
 * 13:11, March 13, 2016 Caydeb1 (Talk | contribs) deleted page User talk:Caydeb1 (Author request)
 * 13:11, March 13, 2016 (username removed) (log action removed) (edit summary removed)
 * 07:11, March 11, 2016 (username removed) (log action removed) (edit summary removed)
 * 07:11, March 11, 2016 Caydeb1 (Talk | contribs) restored page Superpower Wiki:Admins (1 revision restored)
 * 07:10, March 11, 2016 Caydeb1 (Talk | contribs) restored page User talk:Caydeb1 (1 revision restored)
 * 07:10, March 11, 2016 Caydeb1 (Talk | contribs) deleted page User talk:Caydeb1 (Author request)
 * 07:09, March 11, 2016 (username removed) (log action removed) (edit summary removed)
 * 15:43, March 10, 2016 (username removed) (log action removed) (edit summary removed)
 * 15:42, March 10, 2016 Caydeb1 (Talk | contribs) restored page Superpower Wiki:Admins (20 revisions restored)
 * 15:42, March 10, 2016 Caydeb1 (Talk | contribs) restored page Superpower Wiki talk:Admins/@comment-Maxoflas-20160103141827 (2 revisions restored: Undeleted comment for blog page 220694)
 * 15:42, March 10, 2016 Caydeb1 (Talk | contribs) deleted page Superpower Wiki talk:Admins/@comment-Maxoflas-20160103141827 (The parent article / parent comment has been deleted.)
 * 15:42, March 10, 2016 Caydeb1 (Talk | contribs) deleted page Superpower Wiki:Admins
 * 15:37, March 10, 2016 (username removed) (log action removed) (edit summary removed)
 * 13:32, March 8, 2016 (username removed) (log action removed) (edit summary removed)
 * 13:31, March 8, 2016 Caydeb1 (Talk | contribs) restored page User talk:Elementfirecross (6 revisions restored)
 * 13:31, March 8, 2016 Caydeb1 (Talk | contribs) deleted page User talk:Elementfirecross (Author request)
 * 13:30, March 8, 2016 (username removed) (log action removed) (edit summary removed)
 * 12:40, March 2, 2016 (username removed) (log action removed) (edit summary removed)
 * 12:36, March 2, 2016 Caydeb1 (Talk | contribs) restored page User talk:SageM (165 revisions restored)
 * 12:35, March 2, 2016 Caydeb1 (Talk | contribs) restored page User talk:SageM (134 revisions restored)
 * 12:35, March 2, 2016 Caydeb1 (Talk | contribs) restored page User talk:SageM (359 revisions restored)
 * 12:34, March 2, 2016 Caydeb1 (Talk | contribs) restored page User talk:SageM (368 revisions restored)
 * 12:34, March 2, 2016 Caydeb1 (Talk | contribs) restored page User talk:SageM (270 revisions restored)
 * 12:33, March 2, 2016 Caydeb1 (Talk | contribs) restored page User talk:SageM (99 revisions restored)
 * 12:32, March 2, 2016 Caydeb1 (Talk | contribs) deleted page User talk:SageM
 * 12:31, March 2, 2016 (username removed) (log action removed) (edit summary removed)
 * 10:31, March 2, 2016 (username removed) (log action removed) (edit summary removed)
 * 10:31, March 2, 2016 Caydeb (Talk | contribs) changed group membership for User:Caydeb from poweruser and administrator to poweruser
 * 10:24, March 2, 2016 (username removed) (log action removed) (edit summary removed)
 * 12:31, March 2, 2016 (username removed) (log action removed) (edit summary removed)
 * 10:31, March 2, 2016 (username removed) (log action removed) (edit summary removed)
 * 10:31, March 2, 2016 Caydeb (Talk | contribs) changed group membership for User:Caydeb from poweruser and administrator to poweruser
 * 10:24, March 2, 2016 (username removed) (log action removed) (edit summary removed)
 * 10:24, March 2, 2016 (username removed) (log action removed) (edit summary removed)

The Caydeb1 account somehow has discussions moderator and content moderator rights, despite there being no visible log action granting them: http://powerlisting.wikia.com/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=&user=&page=User%3ACaydeb1&year=&month=-1

I'm not saying "Caydeb did it". But I am saying "Caydeb should be investigated to clear him of wrongdoing before jumping to conclusions".

On March 1, 2016, the same day this started, and Caydeb mysteriously returned to only delete pages, Kirkburn removed admin rights from several inactive admins, only 4 of whom are now visible. Were there more?

Edit: Yes, they were and Caydeb has a 1:1 match These were the first hidden actions, so apparently Caydeb didn't know what he was doing yet, so they weren't complete hidden.
 * 04:23, March 2, 2016 Caydeb (Talk | contribs) changed group membership for User:Zxankou14 from administrator and poweruser to poweruser
 * 04:23, March 2, 2016 (username removed) (log action removed) (edit summary removed)
 * 17:02, March 1, 2016 Caydeb (Talk | contribs) changed group membership for User:Death horseman94 from Chat moderator, rollback and poweruser to Chat moderator and poweruser
 * 17:02, March 1, 2016 (username removed) (log action removed) (edit summary removed)
 * 15:21, March 1, 2016 Caydeb (Talk | contribs) changed group membership for User:Gabriel456 from Chat moderator, administrator, Discussions Moderator and poweruser to administrator and poweruser
 * 15:21, March 1, 2016 (username removed) (log action removed) (edit summary removed)
 * 13:48, March 1, 2016 Caydeb (Talk | contribs) changed group membership for User:RnR from rollback and poweruser to poweruser
 * 13:48, March 1, 2016 (username removed) (log action removed) (edit summary removed)
 * 13:44, March 1, 2016 Caydeb (Talk | contribs) changed group membership for User:H-Man Havoc from rollback and poweruser to poweruser
 * 13:44, March 1, 2016 (username removed) (log action removed) (edit summary removed)
 * 13:43, March 1, 2016 Caydeb (Talk | contribs) changed group membership for User:Truth™ from rollback and poweruser to poweruser
 * 13:43, March 1, 2016 (username removed) (log action removed) (edit summary removed)
 * 13:38, March 1, 2016 Caydeb (Talk | contribs) changed group membership for User:HiddenRarity from bureaucrat and administrator to bureaucrat
 * 13:38, March 1, 2016 (username removed) (log action removed) (edit summary removed)
 * 13:37, March 1, 2016 Caydeb (Talk | contribs) changed group membership for User:Thekingsman from bureaucrat, Chat moderator, rollback and administrator to bureaucrat
 * 13:37, March 1, 2016 (username removed) (log action removed) (edit summary removed)
 * 13:33, March 1, 2016 Caydeb (Talk | contribs) changed group membership for User:Omni314 from administrator to (none)
 * 13:33, March 1, 2016 (username removed) (log action removed) (edit summary removed)

Of course, I have no idea how it's being done. Even it I could figure it out, it would be a useless ability, as there's always evidence left behind.