[WikiEN-l] Pattern of blocking AOL/IP addresses.

[Phroziac]

I'm not an admin, but I can tell you that using AOL will always cause
some issues with some of the less intelligent people who give AOL a
bad name. This is also true for a lot of other ISPs. You could
consider switching to another provider, especially if broadband is
available in your area.

Sorry that idiots have to cause this to happen. :(

On 8/3/05, Ogdenjaeww at aol.com <Ogdenjaeww at aol.com> wrote:
> 
> "Re:  Your user name or IP address has been _blocked_
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy)  by _CryptoDerk_
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:CryptoDerk) .
> The reason given is this:
> vandal
> You can _email  CryptoDerk_
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Emailuser/CryptoDerk)  or one of the other _administrators_
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_administrators)   to discuss the block. You may also edit
> _your user talk page_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Mytalk)  if  you
> wish. If you believe that our _blocking  policy_
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy)  was violated, you may discuss the block publicly on
> the _WikiEN-l mailing  list_
> (http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l) . Note that you may not use the "email this user" feature unless you
> have a Wikipedia account and a valid email address registered in your _user
> preferences_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences) .
> 
> Your IP address is 207.200.116.195. Please include  this address, along with
> your username, in any queries you make."
> -----
> This type of block happens repeatedly, not because of anything I  do but
> because AOL assigns me an IP number that is frequently used by  vandal(s).  Please
> see my User Page -   WBardwin/AOL Block  Collection.  The admin responses I
> get on these occasions are  generally positive and helpful, and many times they
> have been able to release  the block so I can get some work done.  Today,
> however, I am not able to  access any administrators pages and have resorted to
> e-mail.  I would like  to see this problem resolved as these undeserved blocks
> are very annoying  and time consuming.  However, my discussions with AOL do
> not lead me to  believe that they would be willing to block or even chastise the
>  guilty vandals.  Would the community of administrators please  discuss and
> address this ongoing problem?  I'm sure I'm not the only "good"  user being
> impacted by this policy.  Thank you.
> WBardwin.
> 
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