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Bug 15411 - Repeated blocks can be inserted by CheckUser
Repeated blocks can be inserted by CheckUser
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Classification: Unclassified
CheckUser (Other open bugs)
unspecified
All All
: Normal enhancement (vote)
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Assigned To: Aaron Schulz
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?t...
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Reported: 2008-09-01 03:47 UTC by Josh Gordon
Modified: 2008-09-01 23:08 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Josh Gordon 2008-09-01 03:47:40 UTC
The "block these users" feature of Checkuser does not check for existing blocks. This can cause trouble if, for example, the net is congested and doesn't respond quickly and the user presses the "block" button a second time; or if the wiki comes back with an error response even though the block has been processed.
Comment 1 Ryan Postlethwaite 2008-09-01 03:59:04 UTC
It appears the new CU changes allow checkusers to override administrator blocks. I'd suggest that this change is reverted completely as many admin blocks are clear sockpuppet blocks and have no need to be changed. If there's need for further information, the CU's can add it to the sock userpage or in a different venue. In the very rare case a CU has to change the block, they can easily do this manually.
Comment 2 Josh Gordon 2008-09-01 04:20:41 UTC
I don't see much reason to revert the entire change; it just needs to do what the regular blocking mechanism does: check for existing blocks and refuse to override them. This tool has already been very useful for blocking massive multiplayer sock puppets. 
Comment 3 Aaron Schulz 2008-09-01 23:08:54 UTC
This was meant for faster blocking. Disabled in r40321.

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