"Timwi" <timwi(a)gmx.net> schrieb:
Jens Frank wrote:
Does it make sense to block these permanently?
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 would be good to automatically unblock all those 'idefinite'
blocks by proxy blocker. I checked, and on de: there are now over 100
indefinitely blocked IPs blocked by Proxy blocker (plus 66 one week blocks
by Proxy blocker plus 1 one-day block by a normal sysop, which might
well be considered out of balance, by the way)
Andre Engels