From: Tim Starling I did a quick hack which allows sysops to ban logged-in users. This
was
discussed on wikien-l long, long ago, and was widely agreed to be a
good
idea (well, not that widely, but Jimbo was particularly keen).
Basically
you just type the username into the ban IP box. I changed a few messages
to
indicate that you could do it.
I assume that sysops can be banned through this interface as well. The hack sounds pretty ugly. Banning by username should be done by banning through the login (i.e. the cookies) not by checking IP.
Have these changes been checked in?
This is not something that should go live without discussion on the main mailing list.
-tc