On Jan 8, 2008 2:41 PM, Ian A Holton poeloq@gmail.com wrote:
wouldn't it be a good idea to start blocking school (not university) IPs indefinitely. I have rarely seen a good edit come from one of these and the time spend on vandal fighting them is just wasted time, really.
If the vandalism is persistent enough. I have blocked school IPs for one year before and if the situation didn't improve after the block expired I would block indefinitely.
If I block for more than a month I usually send an email to an IT person at the school (if I can locate an address) and let them know that this has happened. I also say that if they can figure out who is responsible and confirm that there has been disciplinary action then I would lift the block early. I've only ever received one response from an email like that, which was something like "thanks for letting us know, but we don't care."