[WikiEN-l] Overly lengthy blocks

[Phil Sandifer]

On Mar 25, 2006, at 6:12 PM, wiki.pedia.WiseFool at spamgourmet.com wrote:
>>
> It's 169.244.143.115. Blocking that blocks every public computer in  
> the
> whole state, apparently.
>
> Four months just seems excessive. I thought there was a maximum length
> for blocks on IP's that are shared, like by public libraries and  
> schools.
>
>

There is. On the other hand, if we clearly see only bad contributions  
from an IP, we might block it before we realize what we've blocked.  
Our bad. Has someone fixed this now?

-Phil