On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen(a)gatech.edu> wrote: Global blocking only works for IP addresses at this time (it was designed specifically that way). -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost.

Although this may solve some problems at the larger communities, it might create a problem at smaller communities. Previously trolls could be detected because they was editing as anonymous, now they will be more likely to operate as logged in users. If this shall be of real benefit somehow the smaller communities should be able to report a global user as troublesome. Turned around this could also lead to a small community blacklisting an otherwise good contributor. All in all, I think it has to be carefully considered wetter it is necessary to make some special tools to deal with global trolls. One simple measure could be to mark a global user as troll, and then lower the threshold to belove an autoconfirmed user. Such a mark should be visible in recent changes. This will somewhat limit the troll. A steward could then lift this global "ban" if a community has misplaced the mark, or a local admin in another project could remove the mark locally. John

Casey Brown wrote: My mistake. However, it's still possible to run a checkuser then do a global block on IP's that come up. Matt Flaschen

Small wikis are now spammed with unacceptable usernames which contain libelous messages. Is it an option to block the IP addresses behind those vandals not to create an account anymore? On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 7:17 AM, Anthony <wikimail(a)inbox.org> wrote: -- KIZU Naoko http://d.hatena.ne.jp/Britty (in Japanese) Quote of the Day (English): http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/WQ:QOTD

When such usernames are spotted, please report them to stewards on #wikimedia-stewards, so we can lock & hide the accounts. 2008/9/11 Phil Nash <pn007a2145(a)blueyonder.co.uk> -- Jon Harald Søby http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jon_Harald_S%C3%B8by

I can not see any request at the channel nor at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_requests/Global#Request_for_global_.… You can also mail these usernames to the mailinglist if You prefere, some stewards are reading this list *and* are doing locking. Best regards, E. 2008/9/12 Aphaia <aphaia(a)gmail.com>

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_requests/Global#Request_for_global_.… E. 2008/9/12 Phil Nash <pn007a2145(a)blueyonder.co.uk>

On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 8:05 PM, Phil Nash <pn007a2145(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: Well, we're tryint to catch as many as we can, and we monitor regularly the logs That said, that wiki page, irc or mailing list are other 3 different channels to request a lock&hide if we missed some

Elisabeth Anderl wrote: I just went to the link I was advised. It makes no sense that an Admin on one wiki should not be able to globally block an obviously offensive or disruptive user, wherever it arises. That's just counterproductive to have to jump through so many obscure hoops. It doesn't take much: Username -> right click menu -> apply for global blocking. End of.

It has zero chance to be passed. As it happened with the global rollback vote, a bunch of en.wp users just would show up and vote against it does not matter what. Just because an idea that an admin on a different project can block a en.wp user apparently seems to be unbearable. Cheers Yaroslav

Actually I believe it is more difficult to become admin on ru.wp than on en.wp but this is irrelevant for this discussion. Cheers Yaroslav

2008/9/13 Yaroslav M. Blanter <putevod(a)mccme.ru>ru>: With the number of former en admins around with adminship on other projects their attitude is not unreasonable. Giving people a back door way to regain active powers like blocking on en (passive powers are less of a problem) isn't acceptable. Equally active powers go the other way. Do you really want people blocked cross project because they screwed up on en? -- geni

Anders Wegge Keller wrote: I think it should be clear of the context in which this thread has developed- that of obviously offensive or disruptive usernames; I have only this evening seen accounts auto-created on en:wiki by a known vandal that have obviously been created on other wikis in the hope that somehow they will slip under the radar. I've blocked on en-wiki, but that does not stop the perpetrator vandalising other wikis right now. My suggestion of an automated request to globally block remains; it would still be up to the stewards on Meta to decide. Cheers.

Anders Wegge Keller wrote: I agree about differences of language- however, that is one reason I suggest that only obviously disruptive names should be globally blocked, of the F*CK J*WS/N*GGERS variety. Each wiki should be open to decide whether a name is offensive within their policies, global or not. As for en-wiki, we allow Unicode names, including Kanji and other character sets but there is very little chance of an offensive name being detected since most accounts are created but do not ever edit. Watching Special:ListUsers would be a full-time occupation otherwise. However, with known vandals slipping over to other wikis to create accounts and taking advantage of SUL, again a request for global blocking to protect all wikis should be useful and accessible (I note the link that was posted yesterday, but I doubt many en:wiki Admins will be aware of it). And no, I would't block "I fart", but only because I've spent some time in Denmark and know what it means. Other admins may not have been so lucky. Cheers.

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Phil Nash wrote: Maybe have a local enwiki Javascript guru right a handy little option for admins to do this. - -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator Your continued donations keep Wikipedia running! Support the Wikimedia Foundation today: http://donate.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Phone: 415.839.6885 x 601 Fax: 415.882.0495 E-Mail: cary(a)wikimedia.org

It is now systematically done on jawiki*; offensive user names are created in one of jawiki* and then spammed to other wikis. First it was spammed jawiki* alone. Now enwiki* are also targeted toolserver said. On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 6:50 AM, Phil Nash <pn007a2145(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: -- KIZU Naoko http://d.hatena.ne.jp/Britty (in Japanese) Quote of the Day (English): http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/WQ:QOTD