https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17092
Summary: Autoblock expiry time versus admin selected block expiry
time.
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
URL: http://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spezial:Jesperrt?uselang=e
n
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Normal
Component: Blocking
AssignedTo: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
ReportedBy: bugzilla.wikime...@publi.purodha.net
CC: bugzilla.wikime...@publi.purodha.net
After a user was blocked with auto-IP block, two similar log
messages were generated, the later of which is an autoblock
message. The wiki block the IP address for a day, while the
user per his/her name was blocked for months, i.e. considerably
longer. Since autoblocks may be seen in relation to dynamically
assigned IP-addresses, this may be a good decision.
However, if the admin selected a consideralby shorter period
than a day, an autoblock of 1 day would be inappropriate.
If that is automatically taken care of (which I did not find
a sample for), then this is not-a-bug.
On the other hand, I'd see it as a feature request, of low
priority though, to make autoblock durations selectable,
too, since at times, you know about the typical lifetime of
connections, a specific provider has in specific ones of
his IP ranges.
Here are the log entries FYI:
* 09:19, 20 January 2009, Purodha (Talk | contribs | block)
blocked #147 (expires 09:19, 21 January 2009, account creation
blocked) (Automatich jesperrt. Ding IP_Adress wood vör kootem
vun däm Metmaacher „Black gangsta panther“ jebruch. Dä es
jesperrt woode wäje: „<i>hät motwellesch Shtuß en Sigge erin
jeschrevve: http://ksh.wikipedia.org/w/in) (unblock)
* 09:19, 20 January 2009, Purodha (Talk | contribs | block)
blocked Black gangsta panther (Talk | contribs) (expires 09:19,
20 July 2009, account creation blocked) (hät motwellesch Shtuß
en Sigge erin jeschrevve: http://ksh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php
title=Barack_Obama&diff=1027385&oldid=1026653) (unblock |
change block)
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