[WikiEN-l] Policy on breaches of bans

Sat Oct 22 01:52:28 UTC 2005

G'day Ryan,

> Tom Cadden wrote:
> 
>>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?

203.* and 141.* cover a sizeable proportion of Australia, IIRC.  Now, I 
know someone *jokingly* suggested that, but, well ...

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