<snip> Nathan J. Yoder wrote:
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.
Right. This feature stops sockpuppet editing (at least for fixed IP addresses).
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:
- Admin blocks User:foo.
- User:foo logs in as User:foo.
- User:foo hits 'edit page.'
- 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?
Because the system can't tell whether you were trying to get around the block or simply doing something odd with no intent of actually editing when you hit the "edit" button. What, again, was the net effect of this? Your valid block was extended for a few more hours?
Jay.
No, the block wasn't extended beyond the original 24 hours. Whether editing from your own account is supposed to extend the block, or is doing it as the result of a bug, I didn't think it was reasonable for it to work like that. Therefore I unblocked Nathan after about 23 1/2 hours.
Bishonen