On 5/29/07, Angela Anuszewski <angela.anuszewski(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 5/29/07, George Herbert
<george.herbert(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Situation: Sockmaster, very persistent, has been
going for a month
plus, editing from a major city's public library system using IP
accounts initially but creating up to several named accounts per day
more recently.
Articles have been semi-protected in many cases, but... I am wondering
if it would be considered abusive to do a "can't create new users from
these addresses" IP block on the range of IPs used for those
libraries.
That's not "all edits blocked", just "can't create new
accounts".
Comments?
Is there a method for people who aren't socks who want to edit from
that library to apply for accounts?
Great question.
I know that if you try and edit while there's a "can't edit pages"
block, you get a block message telling you to email the "unblock-en-l"
list.
I don't know what happens if you're IP blocked from setting up
accounts, and try to set up an account. I will test that and get back
to everyone.
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-george william herbert
george.herbert(a)gmail.com