[Foundation-l] Ipblock exempt proposal for en wiki

Chad innocentkiller at gmail.com
Tue Jan 15 12:48:48 UTC 2008


And for those who are not aware, +sysops are ipblock-exempt by default,
meaning that hardblocks on IPs don't affect them.

Chad

On Jan 14, 2008 7:20 PM, NavouWiki <navouwiki at gmail.com> wrote:
> On a ip hardblock, can't do anything but read.  Ip exempt would permit a
> bypass per username.
>
> Merc
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Nathan
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 6:16 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Ipblock exempt proposal for en wiki
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>
> Can you login from a TOR node? Or is traffic from TOR banned
> completely? If you can login, I don't see the problem. Frankly, I
> think logging in to make a substantial edit isn't a bad idea. The old
> argument is that a great deal (perhaps the majority) of content has
> come from IPs. True probably, but only because they didn't have to log
> in!
>
> On Jan 14, 2008 7:13 PM, Majorly <axel9891 at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > On 15/01/2008, Chad <innocentkiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > This mentality must change before any process can move forward.
> > >
> > > Chad
> > >
> >
> > Oh indeed.
> >
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