On Fri, 2004-04-02 at 00:09, Timwi wrote:
At least on en, Proxy Blocker no longer blocks anyone permanently. They are only blocked for 7 days. After that period, the IP is re-assessed when it tries to make its next edit.
This also means that someone who has a dynamic dial-up IP and is blocked by Proxy Blocker, can simply dial in again after securing (or disabling) their proxy, and they will have a different IP that won't be blocked.
Personally, I think this should be reduced to 24 hours, as dynamic IPs can be recycled pretty soon, and Wikipedia is growing enormously in popularity.
I think it should be reduced to 5 minutes -- is there any reason to have it be longer?
Carl Witty