Well, that's not really accurate, but most blocked users can no longer us a different Userid to avoid the block, precisely because Wikipedia blocks the IP address when attempts are made to do this. That wasn't the case before the IP blocker was added.
You're not listening at all. I was editing only with my User:Njyoder account, not a sock puppet nor logged out. If you block a username, it has _always_ been the case that that username can't edit.
If only that were the case. In practice, blocked editors edit all the time; this simply stops the ones with fixed IP addresses from editing with sockpuppets.
As stated above, it also renews it for non-sock puppets. This is how it currently works:
1. Admin blocks User:foo. 2. User:foo logs in as User:foo. 3. User:foo hits 'edit page.' 4. User:foo block is renewed for another 24 hours.
So what exactly is the purpose in reblocking the original account that was already blocked to begin with?
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