[WikiEN-l] contacting schools

[Pilotguy]

Why not file a report or ask someone over at WP:ABUSE? They usually have
experience in handling these types of situations.

On 5/1/07, Aude <audevivere at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Does anyone have experience contacting schools regarding vandalism and can
> offer advice/best practices?
>
> I had to block one of the schools one of the jurisdictions where I
> attended
> school, and comfortable contacting them.  They can possibly track down
> which
> student did the latest vandalism, but not really sure what the school can
> do
> to stop them.  I only speculate that it's a relatively small number of
> other
> kids responsible for previous incidents of vandalism from the
> school.  Does
> that sound reasonable?
>
> The majority of edits from the school IP are not constructive, but some
> are
> constructive.  The volume of vandalism is moderate, but manageable (on our
> end) and not high as I've seen with other schools.  And have no idea how
> many students and staff there edit with accounts.  I prefer not simply
> blocking the whole school because of some bad kids.
>
> What other things can the school network administrator and staff do?  Any
> suggestions?
>
> --Aude
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