Jimmy Wales jwales@bomis.com writes:
I'm not sure what you mean. What "appropriate actions" do you recommend?
I have pretty basic actions in mind: Try identifying him and then take care about him (talk to him, tell social services about this poor soul, etc.). Yes, that's a time consuming job.
In an emergency situation, like the one we faced on Saturday morning, it's unrealistic to hope that we can find and get a sysop on the other end to take action.
It might be okay to "ban" someone for a short period of time, but it's not okay to ban an IP number longer then half a day or so. If the attacker is a criminal he probably has mask his identity, etc. I'm sure I'm telling you nothing new.