Talk:OGame Wiki Pillory

Problems with current system
There's certain problems with blocking someone for 999 days:
 * 1) In cases where the vandal is using a dynamic/floating IP address, the block should only last for 24 hours to prevent other users who by chance get assigned the blocked IP later on from being blocked themselves. For example, you shan't block an AOL IP for an extended period of time.
 * 2) Similarily, some ISPs assign a single IP to thousands of users; thus, your block affects many more people than that one wise guy.
 * 3) Long-term blocks are only recomendable on static IPs, and even then, a slap on the wrist -- a warning or a 24 hour block -- might show them the error of their ways. This is the practise at Wikipedia and plenty of now great contributers vandalized/fooled around/experimented when they first stumbled upon the wiki without knowing what it was all about. Three years is a bit of an overkill, eh? :)

Cheers. 00:42, 25 Oct 2005 (UTC)

I concur on the three years overkill, but it does follow the ogame pillories( here), Which frequently have 28 year 'permabans'. Yes, 999 is a lot different than 28. --Master Bob 00:46, 25 Oct 2005 (UTC)

ok, I'll reduce it to 24 hours. I know the single IP address can be a problem because I'm on NTL and all their nottingham customers have the same IP address :(

oh well.