Justice for All

Blocking IP Address 67.151.178.146 from Editing

Well, I know you're supposed to report people to admins so they can block users who have repeatedly averted warnings, but I can't seem to find the place where I'm supposed to ask.

So I asked AmiDaniel like 5 days ago, but he has yet to respond.

If it's possible, can you check around and see where we're supposed to report people to block?

Thanks!

--Nishkid64 21:49, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, he's from Beverly Hills, California. I also found it, and I'm reporting the guy right now. Thanks for your help! --Nishkid64 22:04, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately, the admin that responded to my request for temporary blocking decided that it was not necessary, since some of 67.151.178.146's edits have been productive.

This was his response: I may very well have been wrong here, I don't remember this particular case. Admin practice here differ, but in general I usually don't block IP-addresses on AIV if they haven't edited for a while (last hour or so). This was most likely the case here. The IP hadn't made any more bad edits for a couple of hours, and I probably found that an immediate block was therefore not needed. Blocking is usually done to stop people from vandalising, and not as a punishment. Now I see the IP later made at least some useful edits that wouldn't have been made if I had blocked him/her, so I think leaving the IP unblocked turned out to be an ok decision. Maybe it's a shared IP. Anyway, I fully understand that watching someone making bad edits without any later admin intervention can be frustrating, but simply reverting and moving on is sometimes the most time saving option. But, please do continue to report this or any other IP you see making bad edits after being warned. Your help is most appreciated even if you might get the impression that it isn't sometimes ;-). Shanes 16:20, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

User talk:62.249.214.195

Thanks for the heads up. I'll keep an eye on him, and see what he does in the future. At this point in time, we can't do anything, since he barely has made any edits to Wikipedia.

However, he just narrowly missed getting banned for a 3RR violation. He had one revert on August 9, and two others on August 10 to the article Sun, and if he had done all 3 on the same day, then we could have gotten him.

A quotefarm...

Is an article with large quotes liberally dumped in every which place. The version you're reverting to is awful. I apologize for the typos. Marskell 07:26, 13 May 2007 (UTC)