[WikiEN-l] Pattern of blocking AOL/IP addresses.

[Ogdenjaeww at aol.com]

"Re:  Your user name or IP address has been _blocked_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy)  by _CryptoDerk_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:CryptoDerk) . 
The reason given is this:
vandal 
You can _email  CryptoDerk_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Emailuser/CryptoDerk)  or one of the other _administrators_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_administrators)   to discuss the block. You may also edit 
_your user talk page_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Mytalk)  if  you 
wish. If you believe that our _blocking  policy_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy)  was violated, you may discuss the block publicly on 
the _WikiEN-l mailing  list_ 
(http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l) . Note that you may not use the "email this user" feature unless you  
have a Wikipedia account and a valid email address registered in your _user  
preferences_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences) .

Your IP address is 207.200.116.195. Please include  this address, along with 
your username, in any queries you make." 
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This type of block happens repeatedly, not because of anything I  do but 
because AOL assigns me an IP number that is frequently used by  vandal(s).  Please 
see my User Page -   WBardwin/AOL Block  Collection.  The admin responses I 
get on these occasions are  generally positive and helpful, and many times they 
have been able to release  the block so I can get some work done.  Today, 
however, I am not able to  access any administrators pages and have resorted to 
e-mail.  I would like  to see this problem resolved as these undeserved blocks 
are very annoying  and time consuming.  However, my discussions with AOL do 
not lead me to  believe that they would be willing to block or even chastise the 
 guilty vandals.  Would the community of administrators please  discuss and 
address this ongoing problem?  I'm sure I'm not the only "good"  user being 
impacted by this policy.  Thank you. 
WBardwin.