<DIV>Folks,</DIV>
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<DIV>I have the same problem. I have tried editing over the past week and have been told IP address 203.166.76.237 or similar has been banned for repeated vandalism by 21804 -whoever that is. As it wasn't due to my edits - presumably as I have never been warned for vandalism for edits.</DIV>
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<DIV>Theresa Knott has done some investigation on my behalf and has found that this IP address has been blocked for six months. This is rather a long time.</DIV>
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<DIV>I was wondering whether bans could be put in place for shorter periods to stop people who make positive contributions enduring lengthy bans together with the vandals.<BR><BR><B><I>Angela <beesley@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 15:36:33 -0700 (PDT), Robert <RKSCIENCE100@YAHOO.COM>wrote:<BR>> I tried to edit an article on Wikipedia today, but I found<BR>> that my IP had been blocked due to the actions of an<BR>> anonymous user...<BR><BR>I've unblocked this now. Please can other admins keep an eye on the<BR>209.247.222.0/24 range to see if it needs reblocking.<BR><BR>> The problem is that some other contributors<BR>> (like me) can't edit, and we can't e-mail the Anome as we<BR>> are told to. So this is a situation that someone should<BR>> know about. (And many people in my city use my ISP, so many<BR>> people are potentially blocked.)<BR><BR>I proposed at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Blocking_policy#Email_proposal<BR>that all sysops should have a valid email address, though I'm not sure<BR>now whether that was a worthwhile proposal.<BR><BR>> Could we
come up with a way of people with known Wikipedia<BR>> accounts getting around such blocks? Or is such a solution<BR>> already extant?<BR><BR>Currently, the only solution is to email this list.<BR><BR>Angela.<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>WikiEN-l mailing list<BR>WikiEN-l@Wikipedia.org<BR>http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1>
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