I was browsing through some topics in the wikipedia this morning, without problem. This afternoon, I find myself ip-blocked.
I have never edited or attempted to edit a page. I don't even have a login for the site.
If it's a mass ban, fine. However, I am not signing up with a login simply to tell them I've been banned for no apparent reason, when all I'm doing is reading.
If you don't want people browsing through your site, then make the pages unaccessible unless logged in. Or, don't make it possible to block ips for people who aren't editing or logging in.
I was finding what I was reading interesting. However, I guess now I'll just go elsewhere. If you actually want page hits and readership you might want to think about your policies. I already feel like the amount of time I've wasted even emailing you far outweighs anything of interest I found there.
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Someone wrote:
I was browsing through some topics in the wikipedia this morning, without problem. This afternoon, I find myself ip-blocked. I have never edited or attempted to edit a page. I don't even have a login for the site.
Then how did you get notified of your supposed IP block? What message did you observe? What is the IP in question? And if you're not going to bother making an account, why bother with the mailing list?
And in general, what is up with the proliferation of "unfairly blocked" messages on the mailing list? They all seem to be from Yahoo addresses as well- throwaway accounts, no doubt, and there is little doubt that *many* of them are not legitimate.
Fennec Foxen wrote:
And in general, what is up with the proliferation of "unfairly blocked" messages on the mailing list?
The people who understand that they have been *fairly* blocked, don't tend to post to the mailing list about it. :)