[WikiEN-l] Why am I being blocked?

Wed Sep 28 17:23:44 UTC 2005

Yes, and yes.

On 9/28/05, Poor, Edmund W <Edmund.W.Poor at abc.com> wrote:
> Does our software automatically block users by IP - when their only
> crime is to share an IP address with a vandal?
>
> It should be possible for a trusted user (like me for example! ;-) to
> log in from a banned IP range - as long as I can prove it's really me by
> typing in my secret password.
>
> Should we talk to the development team about this?
>
> Ed Poor
> Developer Emeritus
>
> > >Jayjg set an IP block on this range for one month, which I
> > think was a
> > >huge mistake since it appears to be a dialup pool and a lot
> > of people
> > >were affected. I didn't find out about it until a few hours
> > before the
> > >block expired though, or I would have reversed it. Sorry about the
> > >throuble.
> > >
> > >- Ryan
> >
> > Ryan, how would you suggest dealing with a banned user who
> > has, in the 6
> > months since his ban, been continually coming back to Wikipedia and
> > disruptively editing using almost 50 different sockpuppets
> > (some extremely
> > sophisticated) and almost 20 different IP addresses?  I refer you to
> > [[User:Jayjg/Alberuni]] for more detail.
> >
> > Jay.
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