On 10/22/05, Tim Starling t.starling@physics.unimelb.edu.au wrote:
Oskar Sigvardsson wrote:
We can't block his IP-range, if understand it he's editing from 203.xxx and 141.xxx. That's 1/128th of the entire internet (approximately)! Anyway, we really shouldn't permablock any IPs. As for dealing with this user, what else can we do? I mean, he is in essence banned for ever (I doubt he'd give up for an entire year, just to come back and be a nice, productive member of the wikipedia community). What can we do except to revert and block his socks?
Maybe Telstra would consider switching him to a static IP address, if we asked really nicely. They might have to hack their administrative system a bit to do it without billing him for it, but they do have the technical ability to assign IP addresses to customers. Usually it costs $10/month extra. Maybe they can bill the Foundation instead, and give him Internet access for free.
That wouldn't work if he is using an internet café as geni said he might be doing. Also, it feels very, very wrong that the Foundation should have to shell out cash for this.
--gkhan