[WikiEN-l] Overly lengthy blocks

[Ilmari Karonen]

wiki.pedia.WiseFool at spamgourmet.com wrote:
> Matt Brown <morven at gmail.com> wrote:
>>On 3/21/06, wiki.pedia.WiseFool at spamgourmet.com wrote:
>>
>>>I've been blocked from editing Wikipedia from a university connection
>>>for over three months now, since the IP block stops traffic from the
>>>entire state of Maine's library/school system. Are four-month blocks
>>>really an accepted part of policy, for a system that blocks
>>>established users along with anonymous users from contributing?
>>
>>Could you tell us what IPs this is regarding?
> 
> It's 169.244.143.115. Blocking that blocks every public computer in the
> whole state, apparently.

Tim, could you check if this a candidate for the trusted XFF list.  The 
IP resolves as CE2-P-UNET.unet.maine.edu, which looks trustworthy enough 
for me.

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Ilmari Karonen