I disagree -- the easier we make it to block someone, the shorter the time ought be. Keeping a block valid even for a day is in most cases more than good enough.
-S-
--- Dante Alighieri dalighieri@digitalgrapefruit.com wrote:
At 06:11 PM 8/31/2003, you wrote:
We don't yet have a deletion/sysop event log table.
If you'd like to whip
one up before I get to it, it would happen sooner
rather than later.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
C'mon, Brion, you slacker! Get to it! What the heck are we paying you for, anyway? ;)
I would suggest an auto-expiration of IP blocks at one week. This will most likely be long enough to discourage people from repeat vandalism without unduly affecting those poor souls who share dynamic IPs with vandals.
On another note, could someone (sorry Brion) please make it easier to IP block? Unless I'm missing something obvious, as it stands right now I have to muck through the Recent Changes until I find an edit by a given IP before I can block them. It would be extraordinarily useful to have a Special:Block_this_IP page where one could manually enter in an IP to have it blocked. At the very least, an option to block could be a link on an IP-users contribution page or something.
Dante Alighieri dalighieri@digitalgrapefruit.com
"The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of great moral crisis." -Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
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