Last modified: 2006-02-15 00:32:37 UTC
I would like to propose a change to the mediawiki software that would add a feature to the banning system. What I would like is to allow the person banning an ip address to choose whether users of the ip address can login and edit like usual. The system would still not allow them to create accounts while banned, but if they have an account, they can still use it to contribute to wikipedia. This is necessary because with the current system, if somebody using a shared ip address vandalizes wikipedia, that ip gets banned, and all users of the shared ip have to suffer. This way, if a message appears on the user page announcing that it is a shared ip address, the admin blocking could check a box allowing people to login and use wikipedia like normal. I have this problem because at school I like to use wikipedia. However, it uses an ip address shared by schools all over the state of Maine. Therefore, when somebody vandalizes wikipedia, even hundreds of miles away, I still can't edit. The ip address is 169.244.143.115 (see User:169.244.143.115 on wikipedia). Thank you, shardsofmetal
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