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