[WikiEN-l] proxy blocked

Fri Feb 18 16:03:55 UTC 2005

Tony Sidaway wrote:
> Jake Waskett said:
> 
>>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?
>>
> 
> 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.

No, admins don't get to see the IP of logged in users - the block only 
shows in the List of blocked IP adresses... and there only as a 
reference number, not as a checkable IP.

It's also not implemented at the time of the block, but only when they 
return to Wikipedia after the block is in place.

--sannse

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