Matt Brown <morven(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 3/21/06, wiki.pedia.WiseFool(a)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?
-Matt
It's 169.244.143.115. Blocking that blocks every public computer in the
whole state, apparently.
Four months just seems excessive. I thought there was a maximum length
for blocks on IP's that are shared, like by public libraries and schools.
You assume we're omniscient. We're not. There's no way for us to know
whether any given IP is used by a single user or by an entire state.
You're the first person who's informed us of this.