On 8 Jan 2005, at 4:59 pm, Robert Brookes wrote:
One assumes that Arwel Parry was acting in good faith
when he blocked
IP 198.54.202.242. Sadly that is the IP of a server and thus will
affect a large number of people if they happen to be members of
Wikipedia. Surely there is a more technically precise manner in which
to block vandals without blocking members who actually login to edit
Wikipedia?
Is it possible to code MediaWiki so you could block IP addresses with
exception to designated users.
Christiaan