Wikipedia talk:Per-article blocking

I'm wondering whether Tim Starling or Magnus has already written the software changes, to do this.

If not, what are they waiting for? Jimbo asked for this a long time ago, and there is was no recorded opposition as of the time of the suggestion.

There are now 2 recorded No votes, and 48 recorded Yes votes. Robert McClenon 14:29, 7 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Let's do it!

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Yes, I certainly hope so. This IP can certainly be blocked from editing, say, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. --Deathphoenix 20:39, 14 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • There is a related feature I would like to see. If a user is logged in, and is not blocked as a user, an IP-specific block should not apply to that user. The primary reason for this is that with shared IPs, a vandalism block often affects innocent users, who are logged in and have a good edit history to demonstrate that they are not desrving of a block. Specifically i frequently ediut via dial-up AOL, and have several times run into IP-blocks imposed becase of other AOL users, although I am logged in. Since there is a need to block sockpuppets, and people who evade user blocks by anoono editing, there really need to be three leveles of blocks:

1) Ordianry IP blocks, due to vandalism or otehr problem edits from anon users. These would not affect logged-in users who happen to edit from the same IP.

2) User blocks. Thes woulld apply to the user involved, no matter what IP that user is editing from.

3) Hard IP blocks (I want a better name for these). Thjes would apply to any user editing from the IP involved, adn would only be applied when a user seems to be trying to evade other sorts of blocks by creating sockpuppets or making annon edits. Admins should be particularly wary of imposing these on shared IPs.

Ihope the above is useful. I son't see why it would be technically hard. DES 21:51, 19 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]