[Wikipedia-l] vandalism spree
The Cunctator
cunctator at kband.com
Tue Nov 19 07:48:15 UTC 2002
On 11/19/02 2:12 AM, "Toby Bartels" <toby+wikipedia at math.ucr.edu> wrote:
> Solutions:
>
> * Block more intelligently:
>
> ** Let admins see the IP of signed in users.
> Then we can at least know for sure who to block.
>
> ** Let admins whitelist a user name known to use a dynamic IP.
> (This can always be undone later if abused.)
>
> ** Allow admins to see all contributions from a given IP,
> whether or not they were made anonymously.
> This will allow us to check for multiple users
> and give us the opportunity to create the above whitelist
> at the same time that we block the vandal.
>
> * Give blocked people a way to contact admins:
>
> ** At the very least, include a link to [[Wikipedia:Administrators]]
> in the message telling people that they've been blocked,
> so that it will be easy for them to get in touch with me.
>
> ** Other admins can advertise their email addresses there too.
> (Risk: I've never yet received inappropriate mail at <toby+wikipedia>,
> and this is the only case where I've been contacted by a blockee.)
>
> ** Set up a mailing list for administrators to take blocking complaints
> and give blocked people a link to that on the block message.
> (Same risk as before, and we only need a few admins to sign up.)
>
> * Others?
How about not blocking?
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