On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Toby Bartels wrote:
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 17:51:05 -0800
From: Toby Bartels <toby+wikipedia(a)math.ucr.edu>
To: wikien-l(a)wikipedia.org
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Re: 208.63.114.185
John Knouse wrote:
User 208.63.114.185 just extensively vandalized
the "white
oak" page and I just reverted it. He not only vandalized it
once, but four successive times. This user is obviously a
malicious jerk, and I strongly suggest banning him.
I was checking this out, and it occured to me that a neat feature would be:
A user contribs page, at least when being viewed by an admin (maybe anybody),
could indicate "This [username|IP address] has been blocked.",
so that I don't have to load the IP blocklist to see if it has been.
BTW, I didn't block this IP since it seems to have been
inactive for several hours. But *persistence* in this behaviour
would make it a clear candidate for blocking as a vandal if it returns.
Ah yes, the other thing that we need on user contribs pages
is diff links next to each cited change.
The other other thing we need, IMNSHO, is a pair of pages like
Special:Recentchanges and Special:Newpages, but that only show the ones
done by anon IP people. I'd find that mighty handy for keeping the patent
nonsense under control.
--
John R. Owens
http://www.ghiapet.homeip.net/
It's easy to find something worth dying for. Do you have anything worth
living for?
--Lorien