[Foundation-l] Global blocking needs to be halted for now

[mikelifeguard at fastmail.fm]

No, this would allow a single user to edit all wikis regardless of global
blocks. Probably it should /not/ override local IP blocks though. This is in
contrast to local ipblock-exempt, which affects only a single wiki. For
single-wiki blocks, single-wiki ipblock-exempt can help legitimate users.
For global blocks, global ipblock-exempt can help legitimate users.

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Whitworth [mailto:wknight8111 at gmail.com] 
Sent: September 17, 2008 11:25 AM
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Global blocking needs to be halted for now

On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 9:27 AM,  <mikelifeguard at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> Valid contributors who are blocked by a global block may be given
> ipblock-exempt. If your wiki doesn't have that, it can get it. We should
> discuss giving this to all wikis, and/or making a global ipblock-exempt
> group.

I don't mean to mix words, but isn't a "global ipblock-exempt" group
the same as not globally blocking in the first place?

--Andrew Whitworth