Re the e-mail below: I just noticed that the following line appears in the Recent Changes log:
(diff) Wikipedia:Blocked IPs; 22:24 (1 change) . . . Larry_Sanger M [IP was blocked by Larry_Sanger]
I'd rather not have the log entry there. This represents a significant change in the functionality of the software; frankly, this doesn't need to be made so public. I don't think it should be shouted from the rooftops that I've blocked an IP. If someone wants to know what IPs I've blocked, that's fair enough--I don't want it *hidden* from anyone--they could visit a page to find that out. I just don't want the eedjits constantly getting into a dither about who I'm blocking and why. And they will be, if we log this. This hasn't been a problem so far; there's no reason for it to be made one.
Also, please notice that I haven't got a clue as to how the above happened. I simply went to [[special:blockIP]] (WITHOUT any "&target=..."), it seems, and the above log entry was created.
Now, when I go to [[Wikipedia:Blocked IPs]], I see the following entry:
(1014704640) : IP was blocked by Larry_Sanger
Did I just block someone's IP address unwittingly??? I hope not. Can you please check? (I don't know how.)
--Larry
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 22:25:50 -0800 (PST) From: Larry Sanger lsanger@nupedia.com To: Magnus Manske Magnus.Manske@epost.de Subject: IP blocking
Hi Magnus,
I found a link to "block this IP" on http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/What_is_a_wiki&action=history after 4.35.29.174 but not after any other IP numbers. Is that how it's supposed to work? How IS it supposed to work? What will happen if I press the "Block this IP" button?
Larry