User talk:Naleksuh: Difference between revisions

Just as a heads up (and a courtesy ping to [[User:Justarandomamerican|Justarandomamerican]]), I did a quick check on [[Special:Contributions/144.76.99.123|144.76.99.123]] to get the range since the user subsequently jumped to [[Special:Contributions/144.76.195.51|144.76.195.51]] (blocked by the abuse filter) calculated range is a /16, which agrees with what RIPE is showing as the allocated CIDR ([https://apps.db.ripe.net/db-web-ui/query?searchtext=144.76.0.0 link]) and whatismyipaddress has already identified this (and hence the entire range) as an open proxy ([https://whatismyipaddress.com/ip/144.76.195.51 link]).<div style="margin-top:.5em"></div>Since anyone who uses the proxy can jump between 65k IP addresses in the range, any blocks or unblocks on individual IP addresses are essentially wastes of time. The default LocalSettings.php setup will (just barely) allow a large enough rangeblock if needed however (see [[mw:Manual:$wgBlockCIDRLimit]]).<div style="margin-top:.5em"></div>I have opted against doing so for the moment as this involved a total of two edits one of which was prevented by the abuse filter, and I'm sympathetic to the idea that some users who edit from work or from some of the less free areas of the world may have justifiable reason for editing through proxies. However if disruption becomes sustained any block that does not include the whole /16 will be ineffective. Best, [[User:Fast|Fast - ZoomZoom]] ([[User talk:Fast|talk]]) 23:26, 31 December 2020 (UTC)