The NTL proxy server 62.252.192.12 is blocked again. Could someone unblock? It says clearly on that IP's user page that it is a known proxy - why do admins persist in blocking anyway? Autoblocked because you share an IP address with "JonGwynne". Reason "3RR". On Wednesday 16 February 2005 16:04, David Gerard wrote: _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)Wikipedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

Jake Waskett (jake(a)waskett.org) [050219 01:03]: Because what gets blocked is the username - the IP is then blocked next time he tries logging in. This is effective against violators on fixed or dialup IP numbers, but is not so good when the IP is a large ISP proxy. An exceptions list may be useful for the blocking code ... cc'd to wikitech-l - is this reasonably easy to implement? Anyone got any time to do so? - d. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)Wikipedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

Jake Waskett said: Apart from the technical fixes which are being addressed in other replies, I'd like to ask people with experience of this whether the IP autoblock is visible to the admin when he blocks a user. If so then it's a good idea to check [[User:<the autoblocked ip number>]] and [[User talk:<the autoblocked ip number>]] to see if it's noted as a shared proxy, and then lift the IP block if it is. Not being an admin I'm not sure if is feasible with current software and configuration on "wikien". If someone confirms that this *is* feasible, I'll write it up as a guideline for admins and link to it from the blocking policy (as a See also) and from the Admin noticeboard.

Jake Waskett said: again. Could someone a known proxy - why Apart from the technical fixes which are being addressed in other replies, I'd like to ask people with experience of this whether the IP autoblock is visible to the admin when he blocks a user.