[WikiEN-l] more active censorship

[Nathan J. Yoder]

> Well, that's not really accurate, but most blocked users can no longer us a
> different Userid to avoid the block, precisely because Wikipedia blocks the 
> IP address when attempts are made to do this.  That wasn't the case before 
> the IP blocker was added.

You're not listening at all.  I was editing only with my User:Njyoder
account, not a sock puppet nor logged out.  If you block a username, it
has _always_ been the case that that username can't edit.

> If only that were the case.  In practice, blocked editors edit all the time;
> this simply stops the ones with fixed IP addresses from editing with 
> sockpuppets.

As stated above, it also renews it for non-sock puppets.  This is how
it currently works:

1.  Admin blocks User:foo.
2.  User:foo logs in as User:foo.
3.  User:foo hits 'edit page.'
4.  User:foo block is renewed for another 24 hours.

So what exactly is the purpose in reblocking the original account that
was already blocked to begin with?

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