Andre Engels wrote:
Before going to far-fetched solutions, we should first
agree that
there actually is a problem. Is there any actual evidence that there
are AOL-users vandalising us in such amounts that it becomes
bothersome from ever-changing IP addresses?
Yes. I would say that the primary *personal* motivation that danny in
en wikipedia had for "mentoring" Michael (a formerly notorious vandal
who has been reformed) was that danny had an ongoing problem of
finding himself blocked from editing due to people blocking Michael.
In this case, there has been a happy ending. But in the general case,
legitimate editors who are AOL customers have an ongoing problem,
which we deal with partly by being reluctant to block AOL ip numbers
(which is not good of course for other reasons).
--Jimbo