[WikiEN-l] Policy on breaches of bans

Sat Oct 22 00:52:47 UTC 2005

We can't block his IP-range, if understand it he's editing from
203.xxx and 141.xxx. That's 1/128th of the entire internet
(approximately)! Anyway, we really shouldn't permablock any IPs. As
for dealing with this user, what else can we do? I mean, he is in
essence banned for ever (I doubt he'd give up for an entire year, just
to come back and be a nice, productive member of the wikipedia
community). What can we do except to revert and block his socks?

--gkhan

On 10/22/05, Ryan Delaney <ryan.delaney at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Tom Cadden wrote:
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> >The guy has already driven some people off Wikipedia,
> >and used off-Wikipedia sites to libel Wikipedians. Now
> >he has turned some pages into battle grounds. Who
> >knows what he will do next. We have a serious problem.
> >He is probably the most persistent vandal Wikipedia
> >has ever had to face. We need to develop a policy to
> >deal with him before he ups the ante and causes
> >further chaos.
> >Simply restarting his one year ban every time and
> >reverting his edits, the recommendations of the
> >arbcom, are not working.
> >
> I'm sure someone thought of this already, but how about blocking his
> IP range?
>
> Ryan
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