On 10/19/05, Fl Celloguy <flcelloguy(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
True, but right now AOL IP blocks are kept to a minimum, and I haven't seen
an AOL range block in a long time. From the proposal: "This new form of
blocking will only affect specific IP addresses, most obviously will be AOL,
which would almost certainly be blocked due to the level of vandalism. " If
this proposal was implemented, it would almost be certain that AOL IPs would
be continuously blocked or blocked indefinitely.
I would pull any such blocks I saw without a second thought.
In addition, so many
schools and public-use computers would also almost certainly be blocked
using this method.
Doubtful and once again I would pull such blocks
But that's not the main point: the main point is
that
we're restricting editing from IP addresses, which in itself is against the
spirit of wikis and especially of Wikipedia. We're proposing punishing a
large majority of internet users
Most don't edit as IPs
In addition, my opinion is that this won't deter
vandalism but will
instead encourage vandalism.
Huh?
I see very few benefits in this proposal. We
don't have a problem with vandalism right now;
Not true.
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geni