William Pietri wrote:
Ray Saintonge wrote:
Not at all. That's a simplistic solution. Such blocks would have an effect of blocking all users from the school, including the good ones who do not condone vandalism. Developping some kind of working arrangement with the school involved would make more sense. Work with them to identify and deal with the offenders at a local level. Find out if they have local policies requiring students to log on that would lead to a possible identification of which users were on line at the time that the vandalism took place.
Might this call for some sort of bot that watches for IP range warnings and sends emails to any contacts listed on the talk page for the IP? The system would take a while to get started, but it seems like it would help close a feedback loop that is now often slow or broken.
Absolutely. Talking to people is always a good way to solve problems. It will take a while to build contact lists, but it's always good to srive for long-term solutions.
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