From: Dan Grey dangrey@gmail.com
On 21/08/05, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
Can something be done to either 1) remove the admin's name from
autoblocks,
and/or 2) make autoblocked IPs visible both in the block list and the
admins
block log so that we can watch for AOL IP's? (Both would be the best solution.) As it is, all we can do is sit back and wait to be attacked
for
things that are completely out of our control.
Essjay
...but perhaps the autoblocker could be set not to block addresses in the AOL range. Someone could file a bug on that if they think it's a good idea.
Dan
Given the amount of vandalism I see from AOL IPs, I sometimes wonder if Wikipedia wouldn't be better off banning the entire AOL range - it's essentially a giant anonymous proxy.
Jay.