Michael R. Irwin wrote:
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My understanding of how ip banning and common use of reassignment
of IP numbers leads me to this concern:
If too many casual or hit and run type vandals are banned that we
are likely banning the next users, not the vandal. This could be
counterproductive if it occurs in conjunction with recruiting efforts
or methods under discussion in other threads.
For high school or college users to begin relying on the Wikipedia
as a resource timely access is required due to homework deadlines,
typically on the order of days or hours, not weeks. Encountering
frequent blocks due to local vandals on the same pool of IP addresses
is likely to encourage the view that Wikipedia is unreliable, not
that inappropriate local use is causing the problem. If the user
becomes aware that he/she is being punished for another's misdeeds
this could form an even worse impression.
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I have not (yet) been banned so i do not realy know but the language
configurationfile says "
"blockiptext" => "Use the form below to block write access from a
specific IP address. This should be done only only to prevent
valndalism, and in accordance with [[Wikipedia:Policy|Wikipedia
policy]]. Fill in a specific reason below (for example, citing
particular pages that were vandalized)."
So your not realy blocking a user from accesing Wikipedia. He can still
read all the articels. He can only not change them. For making has
homework he does not need to change content. -- giskart