Angela wrote:
On 7/12/06, Ilmari Karonen nospam@vyznev.net wrote:
Given the above, would it now be advisable to block the entire AOL proxy pool from editing by unregistered users? This would have the side effect that AOL users would no longer be hit by random autoblocks.
AOL have agreed to set XFF headers for Wikimedia sites, so this won't be necessary. However, that was a few weeks ago now and I'm not aware of it having been implemented yet. I'll follow up and see if there's any response. I suggest holding off on the blocks for a while longer to see whether we can avoid this.
Angela.
That's fantastic news! AOL supporting XFF should remove the need for a _lot_ of blocking.
-- Neil