[Wikipedia-l] Blocked, insulted, and pissed

Tue Nov 5 13:41:58 UTC 2002

Rob Brewer wrote:

> This is a good policy, except that (as far as I can tell) when you check
> contribs for an IP address you only see edits made anonymously from that IP,
> but when you ban an IP you ban both anonymous and signed-in users at that IP.
> If a proxy or a shared computer has been used by an anonymous vandal and a
> useful signed-in user, the signed-in user will be blocked, and Wikipedia
> will lose the benefit of his edits.

Has anyone thought of selective banning?

Refuse anonymous edits from the banned IP, but allow signed-in edits.

We could supply a message like, "Sorry but due to abuse from IP i.j.k.l, you must sign in to contribute."

Ed Poor