Does our software automatically block users by IP - when their only crime is to share an IP address with a vandal?
It should be possible for a trusted user (like me for example! ;-) to log in from a banned IP range - as long as I can prove it's really me by typing in my secret password.
Should we talk to the development team about this?
Ed Poor Developer Emeritus
Jayjg set an IP block on this range for one month, which I
think was a
huge mistake since it appears to be a dialup pool and a lot
of people
were affected. I didn't find out about it until a few hours
before the
block expired though, or I would have reversed it. Sorry about the throuble.
- Ryan
Ryan, how would you suggest dealing with a banned user who has, in the 6 months since his ban, been continually coming back to Wikipedia and disruptively editing using almost 50 different sockpuppets (some extremely sophisticated) and almost 20 different IP addresses? I refer you to [[User:Jayjg/Alberuni]] for more detail.
Jay.
Yes, and yes.
On 9/28/05, Poor, Edmund W Edmund.W.Poor@abc.com wrote:
Does our software automatically block users by IP - when their only crime is to share an IP address with a vandal?
It should be possible for a trusted user (like me for example! ;-) to log in from a banned IP range - as long as I can prove it's really me by typing in my secret password.
Should we talk to the development team about this?
Ed Poor Developer Emeritus
Jayjg set an IP block on this range for one month, which I
think was a
huge mistake since it appears to be a dialup pool and a lot
of people
were affected. I didn't find out about it until a few hours
before the
block expired though, or I would have reversed it. Sorry about the throuble.
- Ryan
Ryan, how would you suggest dealing with a banned user who has, in the 6 months since his ban, been continually coming back to Wikipedia and disruptively editing using almost 50 different sockpuppets (some extremely sophisticated) and almost 20 different IP addresses? I refer you to [[User:Jayjg/Alberuni]] for more detail.
Jay.
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On 9/28/05, Poor, Edmund W Edmund.W.Poor@abc.com wrote:
Does our software automatically block users by IP - when their only crime is to share an IP address with a vandal?
Yes, see bug 550 at http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=550
Angela.