Author: shardsofmetal

Description:
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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URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki