[Wikipedia-l] A related ban issue -- auto unblocking

Tue Sep 10 19:20:02 UTC 2002

Andre Engels wrote:

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>Secondly, I think it might well cost more work for us than it saves. MOST
>acts of vandalism are single occurences. Most that are not are caught only
>after already more than one has been made. Thus, blocking after one act of
>vandalism will result in many blockings to avoid one act of vandalism. And
>to block someone means that you will have to do a blocking, and later someone
>has to do an unblocking. I think that that might actually cost more time than
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For blocking abuse form schools mayby a auto unblock-function can be 
usefull. When you block a ip you can select a option to unblock that ip 
automatic after a time period. Say 60 minutes. -- giskart