This is one of those situations where disabling editing for anonymous users (and blocking names only, not IPs) would be appropriate, no?
(Is that possible yet?)
FF
On 8/15/05, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
The UAE and SA each run the whole country's internet access through small proxy subnets. However, the proxies appear to be open, at least a bit, in places. Do we risk blocking the whole damn countries?
Is it worth excluding them from IP blocks when a name is blocked? (Is this another instance of bug 550?)
- d.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com Date: Aug 15, 2005 8:34 PM Subject: Re: Wikipedia e-mail To: -----
I think what happened was that I blocked someone else (Boothy443 I think) who had been using the IP, and so the IP was blocked as well for a while. If it's clear now then good!
But if the Emirates proxy is blocked again, please do let the blocking admin know, with the listed blocked name - that's how the admin can work out which block it is and jnblock it.
- d.
On 8/15/05, ----- wrote:
yes, but now its unblocked, so i cant remember.
this is -----, this is just my backup mailbox cos i cant access my main one at the moment.
On 8/15/05, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
I can't actually find a block on that IP or range. Did the message say which username was blocked?
- d.
On 8/15/05, ----- wrote:
"Your IP address is 213.42.2.11. Please include this address, along with your username, in any queries you make"
this IP address that you have blocked is the proxy that allows access for an entire country, the united arab emirates, by blocking this, thousands will be effected
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