[Wikipedia-l] non-logged in users using upload utility

Thu Jul 25 18:37:14 UTC 2002

> There is a third issue, which we saw in spades on the Phase II
> software: once someone is logged in, we will no longer see that
> person's IP and therefore will have no way to block that
> person--and there will most certainly be people who log in
> solely to upload files that should not be uploaded, and who
> will deserve to be blocked.

The new software is capable of blocking by IP or by login name.
There just aren't yet any features in the software to add to the
block list by name, or to discover the IP of a logged in user.
Those will need to be added at some point; I'll add that to the
tracker at high priority.