[Foundation-l] Fwd: Re: Fwd: Wikimedia-wide globalblocking mechanism?

[Brian McNeil]

Without going into too many details here we're talking about specific
scenarios where an IP address is to be blocked. An example would be as
follows:

Some idiot called "Poopforshoes" comes along on en.wikinews and starts
vandalising articles on the site. He's quickly blocked and someone notices
we've had *very* similar vandalism in the past. A CheckUser reveals a dozen
or so similar usernames with the same modus operandi, no uninvolved users on
the IP, so the IP is blocked long-term and the details passed on to
Checkuser-l. When we start getting another handful of wikis telling us this
has happened to them with the same IP we want a global - and consistent -
block.

I have no opinion on how this could impact SpamBots, or if it would even be
appropriate in such cases. What I would like to see is something that
doesn't involve someone adminning themselves on 700 or so wikis to issue a
long-term block.


Brian McNeil

-----Original Message-----
From: foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
[mailto:foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Yaroslav M.
Blanter
Sent: 04 February 2008 17:42
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Re: Fwd: Wikimedia-wide globalblocking
mechanism?


>
> Trusting the stewards to opt-in what they judge to be
> a wiki with no community and taking this feature live
> on all wikis at once is not the same proposal.  Both
> proposals make dealing with vandalism on inactive
> wikis easier, but my proposal prevents the problems
> that might occur with more active wikis due to poor
> communication.
>
> Birgitte SB
>
>
>
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Why can not we DEFINE a wiki with no community? For instance, either (a)
no sysops; or (b) no edits by existing sysop(s) within the last month?
These wikis would be opted-in authomatically, and others only if the
community votes to opt-in. If the community is formed, the wiki can vote
for opting out.

Cheers,
Yaroslav


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