Michael R. Irwin wrote:
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My understanding of how ip banning and common use of reassignment of IP numbers leads me to this concern:
If too many casual or hit and run type vandals are banned that we are likely banning the next users, not the vandal. This could be counterproductive if it occurs in conjunction with recruiting efforts or methods under discussion in other threads.
For high school or college users to begin relying on the Wikipedia as a resource timely access is required due to homework deadlines, typically on the order of days or hours, not weeks. Encountering frequent blocks due to local vandals on the same pool of IP addresses is likely to encourage the view that Wikipedia is unreliable, not that inappropriate local use is causing the problem. If the user becomes aware that he/she is being punished for another's misdeeds this could form an even worse impression.
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I have not (yet) been banned so i do not realy know but the language configurationfile says "
"blockiptext" => "Use the form below to block write access from a specific IP address. This should be done only only to prevent valndalism, and in accordance with [[Wikipedia:Policy|Wikipedia policy]]. Fill in a specific reason below (for example, citing particular pages that were vandalized)."
So your not realy blocking a user from accesing Wikipedia. He can still read all the articels. He can only not change them. For making has homework he does not need to change content. -- giskart