[WikiEN-l] Should we block unregistered AOL users?

[Neil Harris]

Angela wrote:
> On 7/12/06, Ilmari Karonen <nospam at vyznev.net> wrote:
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>> Given the above, would it now be advisable to block the entire AOL proxy
>>   pool from editing by unregistered users?  This would have the side
>> effect that AOL users would no longer be hit by random autoblocks.
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> AOL have agreed to set XFF headers for Wikimedia sites, so this won't
> be necessary. However, that was a few weeks ago now and I'm not aware
> of it having been implemented yet. I'll follow up and see if there's
> any response. I suggest holding off on the blocks for a while longer
> to see whether we can avoid this.
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> Angela.
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That's fantastic news! AOL supporting XFF should remove the need for a 
_lot_ of blocking.

-- Neil
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