[Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikimedia-wide global blocking mechanism?

[Andrew Gray]

On 31/01/2008, Andrew Gray <shimgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 31/01/2008, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Presumably such a global block would only be available to stewards, on
> > due consideration.
> >
> > Before anyone starts coding - what are the devs' thoughts on a global
> > blocking mechanism? What could go badly wrong?
>
> My immediate note of caution is rangeblocks. Do we have any figures at
> all on how often rangeblocks prove overzealous? This does have the
> faint air of a catastrophe waiting to happen...
>
> Other useful options:
>
> i) an individual blanket opt-out for specific projects (I am not sure
> how many would take it up, but it seems the sort of thing that people
> like to know is there)
>
> ii) Some way of telling the blocked user that they've been blocked on
> a sitewide level, please contact so-and-so about this, rather than the
> normal project block message. (Linguistic issues here)

Oh, another one:

iii) some way of a local project *knowing* that a block has been
issued - so presumably this would have to tie into all the local block
logs.

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- Andrew Gray
  andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk