[WikiEN-l] more active censorship

Mon Jul 4 22:41:05 UTC 2005

<snip> Nathan J. Yoder wrote:
>>
>> You're not listening at all.  I was editing only with my User:Njyoder
>> account, not a sock puppet nor logged out.  If you block a  
>> username, it
>> has _always_ been the case that that username can't edit.
>>
>
> Right.  This feature stops sockpuppet editing (at least for fixed  
> IP addresses).
>
>
>> > If only that were the case.  In practice, blocked editors edit  
>> all the time;
>> > this simply stops the ones with fixed IP addresses from editing  
>> with
>> > sockpuppets.
>>
>> As stated above, it also renews it for non-sock puppets.  This is how
>> it currently works:
>>
>> 1.  Admin blocks User:foo.
>> 2.  User:foo logs in as User:foo.
>> 3.  User:foo hits 'edit page.'
>> 4.  User:foo block is renewed for another 24 hours.
>>
>> So what exactly is the purpose in reblocking the original account  
>> that
>> was already blocked to begin with?
>>
>
> Because the system can't tell whether you were trying to get around  
> the block or simply doing something odd with no intent of actually  
> editing when you hit the "edit" button.  What, again, was the net  
> effect of this?  Your valid block was extended for a few more hours?
>
> Jay.

No, the block wasn't extended beyond the original 24 hours. Whether  
editing from your own account is supposed to extend the block, or is  
doing it as the result of a bug, I didn't think it was reasonable for  
it to work like that. Therefore I unblocked Nathan after about 23 1/2  
hours.

Bishonen