[WikiEN-l] The irritation of a server being blocked through the actions of another

[Christiaan Briggs]

On 8 Jan 2005, at 4:59 pm, Robert Brookes wrote:

> One assumes that Arwel Parry was acting in good faith when he blocked 
> IP 198.54.202.242. Sadly that is the IP of a server and thus will 
> affect a large number of people if they happen to be members of 
> Wikipedia. Surely there is a more technically precise manner in which 
> to block vandals without blocking members who actually login to edit 
> Wikipedia?

Is it possible to code MediaWiki so you could block IP addresses with 
exception to designated users.

Christiaan