[WikiEN-l] proxy blocked

Fri Feb 18 19:39:31 UTC 2005

--- Tony Sidaway <minorityreport at bluebottle.com>
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.

No.  When you block by name, you have no idea which
IPs they're using.  That's part of the privacy issue. 
Sysops are not allowed to know the IPs of logged in
users.

RickK

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