On 7/10/05, Pat Carr carrp_x@yahoo.com wrote:
The assertion was that the general case is that blocks are renewed "very quickly". This does seem to be true, since most blocks are placed due to ongoing edits. Thus, the blocked user will usually hit edit soon after the block is in effect.
Or, if exercising an iron determination not to hit the edit button to right a wrong, then it can be a red link that renews the block. I quote from a page laughably titled "User is blocked - edit this page": "You are not blocked from reading pages, only from editing them. If you were only intending to read a page and are seeing this message, you probably followed a red link. These are links to pages that do not exist, so they take users to an editing screen. You should have no problem if you follow only blue links."