Angela wrote:
We currently have no method of blocking only
unregistered users or
only logged in users.
I guess I am suggestin you should have this option in the software.
If a registered user is blocked, it blocks their name and IP.
Why block the IP? What if it's from a library or school? This sounds like a too harsh response. Could you not make new account user creation a a bit more of an effort/time (at least from the open proxies) to discourage abuse?
See
http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=550
OK, I will vote for that bug. But it is not enough to have the software, you have to use it too.
Angela.
Thanks for the response, Torville
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Tor Ville (tor_ville@yahoo.com) [050804 05:18]:
Why block the IP? What if it's from a library or school? This sounds like a too harsh response.
We frequently block libraries or schools for short times when used for vandalism. In some cases we block an entire school and take it up with the school authorities.
- d.
On 8/4/05, David Gerard fun@thingy.apana.org.au wrote:
Tor Ville (tor_ville@yahoo.com) [050804 05:18]:
Why block the IP? What if it's from a library or school? This sounds like a too harsh response.
We frequently block libraries or schools for short times when used for vandalism. In some cases we block an entire school and take it up with the school authorities.
All you need do is sit on Recent Changes for a while, and you'll see patterns of edits which look remarkably like mischevious adolescents sitting around school computers out of sight of adult supervision and daring each other to be more and more audacious. We don't really need our articles containing unsourced information telling us that "Old Mr Bloggs is a poo-brain."
Skyring (skyring@gmail.com) [050804 06:19]:
On 8/4/05, David Gerard fun@thingy.apana.org.au wrote:
We frequently block libraries or schools for short times when used for vandalism. In some cases we block an entire school and take it up with the school authorities.
All you need do is sit on Recent Changes for a while, and you'll see patterns of edits which look remarkably like mischevious adolescents sitting around school computers out of sight of adult supervision and daring each other to be more and more audacious. We don't really need our articles containing unsourced information telling us that "Old Mr Bloggs is a poo-brain."
Of course, if we suspend VFD we'll have a lot more to clean up ;-)
We have many remarkably high-quality editors, and even administrators and developers, on Wikipedia who are of high-school age. But just ask them about their schoolmates ...
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David Gerard wrote:
We have many remarkably high-quality editors, and even administrators and developers, on Wikipedia who are of high-school age. But just ask them about their schoolmates ...
I might add that University students are no different.
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If a registered user is blocked, it blocks their name and IP.
Why block the IP? What if it's from a library or school? This sounds like a too harsh response. Could you not make new account user creation a a bit more of an effort/time (at least from the open proxies) to discourage abuse?
It's part of the Mediawiki software, which Wikipedia runs. It causes some issues sometimes, for example with people who are blocked for using an inappropriate user name. The intent is to keep the user from logging out to evade the block.