[WikiEN-l] Why am I being blocked?

Wed Sep 28 19:42:23 UTC 2005

I don't have a problem with blocking the range, but I have a problem
with blocking the range for a month. A week would be the maximum that
sounds reasonable for this, to me.

On 9/28/05, JAY JG <jayjg at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >From: Ryan Delaney <ryan.delaney at gmail.com>
> >
> >JAY JG wrote:
> >
> >>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.
> >
> >Contact his ISP.
>
> ISPs don't appear to care.
>
> >If that doesn't work, do our best to block individually and revert the
> >damage. Innocent people shouldn't be blocked for a month because of what
> >one person did.
>
> He was able to get new IPs every couple of minutes; at one point he was
> blocked over a dozen times in a couple of hours.  Individual IP blocks
> weren't working.
>
> Jay.
>
>
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