Ray Saintonge wrote:
Not at all. That's a simplistic solution. Such
blocks would have an
effect of blocking all users from the school, including the good ones
who do not condone vandalism. Developping some kind of working
arrangement with the school involved would make more sense. Work with
them to identify and deal with the offenders at a local level. Find out
if they have local policies requiring students to log on that would lead
to a possible identification of which users were on line at the time
that the vandalism took place.
Might this call for some sort of bot that watches for IP range warnings
and sends emails to any contacts listed on the talk page for the IP? The
system would take a while to get started, but it seems like it would
help close a feedback loop that is now often slow or broken.
William
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