[WikiEN-l] Anon IP blocking without account

[JAY JG]

>From: "Fastfission" <fastfission at gmail.com>
>To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l at wikipedia.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 9:01 PM
>Subject: [WikiEN-l] Anon IP blocking without account
>
>
>Is there a given anon IP address be blocked from editing unless it
>signs up with an account? I think this would be quite useful in
>situations of persistent vandalism from high schools or libraries,
>etc.
>
>It would just say something like, "This IP is blocked from editing
>anonymously because of past problems with vandalism, but you are free
>to start an account and then you can edit all you want" or something
>like that. Is this possible?

Would that make it harder to stop sockpuppets?

Jay.