[WikiEN-l] IP Blocks

Wed Jan 11 16:09:56 UTC 2006

Jason Gazeley wrote:

>Is there any way to block IP's yet allow logged in users to edit from that
>IP? My college's IP got blocked this morning due to Vandalism. I was just
>about to revert some other vandalism at lunch when I got the blocked notice.

MediaWiki bug 550:

    http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=550

At present it's got a few suggested patches, it's working out what's
the best one to implement in terms of its social effects.

(cc to wikitech-l - what's the current developers' view on a good
solution to 550? Are we anywhere near having one implemented?)

As for the block itself, that's obviously collateral damage, and if
you can tell us the IP it should be promptly unblocked. What was the
text of the block message?

- d.