Doom Wiki talk:Spam

Good work keeping track of these, Ducon -- it looks like we may need to double-check the block list. -- 128.240.229.65 10:08, 9 Jan 2006 (UTC)

When an IP address (or range) is blocked, does that also prevent edits by logged in users from those machines? Ryan W 03:58, 6 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm pretty sure it does. Is this an issue at the moment? Bloodshedder 04:09, 6 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Not that I know of. (If I need to stop posting about crises that haven't happened yet, please tell me.  :D      It suddenly occurs to me, however, that:
 * Blocking a single IP address blocks everyone else who is using that machine &mdash; which could be a lot of people if the machine is in a university classroom, for instance, or in a library.
 * Blocking a range of IP addresses may blacklist an entire office, dorm, or neighborhood for years due to the actions of one user. That seems a bit harsh.
 * If a Wikipedia user feels that he has been blocked unfairly, he can contact an admin easily (by e-mail), but that is not the case here &mdash; if I can't edit, I can't ask a question on a talk page, and most people don't have IRC and aren't going to get it just for us. (Wikipedia's other suggestion for a dynamic IP address is to change it in a controlled way, which is virtually impossible unless the relevant ISP employee is a personal friend.)    Ryan W 04:56, 6 February 2006 (UTC)