One assumes that Arwel Parry was acting in good faith when he blocked IP 198.54.202.242. Sadly that is the IP of a server and thus will affect a large number of people if they happen to be members of Wikipedia. Surely there is a more technically precise manner in which to block vandals without blocking members who actually login to edit Wikipedia?
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On 8 Jan 2005, at 4:59 pm, Robert Brookes wrote:
One assumes that Arwel Parry was acting in good faith when he blocked IP 198.54.202.242. Sadly that is the IP of a server and thus will affect a large number of people if they happen to be members of Wikipedia. Surely there is a more technically precise manner in which to block vandals without blocking members who actually login to edit Wikipedia?
Is it possible to code MediaWiki so you could block IP addresses with exception to designated users.
Christiaan
Christiaan Briggs (christiaan@last-straw.net) [050109 04:08]:
On 8 Jan 2005, at 4:59 pm, Robert Brookes wrote:
One assumes that Arwel Parry was acting in good faith when he blocked IP 198.54.202.242. Sadly that is the IP of a server and thus will affect a large number of people if they happen to be members of Wikipedia. Surely there is a more technically precise manner in which to block vandals without blocking members who actually login to edit Wikipedia?
Is it possible to code MediaWiki so you could block IP addresses with exception to designated users.
Now unblocked. It should also be possible theoretically for Mediawiki to do a DNS and whois lookup first, so you can tell if it's likely to be a dialup, a DSL or the proxy for a lot of people.
- d.
In message 20050108165903.93737.qmail@web30104.mail.mud.yahoo.com, Robert Brookes the_robert_brookes-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org writes
One assumes that Arwel Parry was acting in good faith when he blocked IP 198.54.202.242. Sadly that is the IP of a server and thus will affect a large number of people if they happen to be members of Wikipedia. Surely there is a more technically precise manner in which to block vandals without blocking members who actually login to edit Wikipedia?
I certainly was, and note that this IP had already received 5 warnings against vandalism in recent months. Sorry for the inconvenience.
It would be helpful if you could supply ranges of any server IP addresses you know, so they could be added to the list displayed on the "block user" screen so we know to go easy on the perpetrators. As it happens, David had unblocked the address about 10 minutes before I got your email, but I couldn't find this address on "whois" when I used Sam Spade, so I still don't know which ISP the address belongs to.
That proxy resolves to ctb-cache1-vif1.saix.net.
Hope this helps. Jake.
On Sunday 09 January 2005 02:40, Arwel Parry wrote:
In message 20050108165903.93737.qmail@web30104.mail.mud.yahoo.com, Robert Brookes the_robert_brookes-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org writes
IP 198.54.202.242. Sadly that is the IP of a server and thus will
It would be helpful if you could supply ranges of any server IP addresses you know, so they could be added to the list displayed on the "block user" screen so we know to go easy on the perpetrators. As it happens, David had unblocked the address about 10 minutes before I got your email, but I couldn't find this address on "whois" when I used Sam Spade, so I still don't know which ISP the address belongs to.