On 3/5/06, Steve Bennett stevage@gmail.com wrote:
Indefinitely block an IP address because the user thought "Linuxbeak ON WHEELS!!!" would be a funny username? That seems a trifle over the
No, it's just the username that's blocked indefinitely. The IP might be hit with an autoblock, but us otherwise perfectly able to edit 24 hours after.
When was the username policy last edited? I can't remember a single thing you cited in that first post of this thread.
Anyway, there are names that should never see the light of day and it would indeed be a waste of time to rename those only to have them be blocked again when they start editing/vandalizing.
Mgm