Wikipedia talk:Autoblock

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1 Autoblock detects proxy server IPs rather than actual user public IPs
2 Google Web Accelerator
3 What are the numbers for?
4 Is there a way to filter Autoblocks by the blocking user?
5 question
6 Seriously Annoying
7 autoblocks SUCK
8 Queston about autoblock
9 Is there any point?
10 Autoblock bypass proposal
- 10.1 Autoblock bypass policy proposal #2 (a feature request)
11 Problem
12 No idea how to block people
13 Autoblock disable
14 Very outdated
15 Duration/number of blocks
16 Carrier Grade NAT
17 Where user has posted IP address
18 Unblocked users remaining autoblocked

Autoblock detects proxy server IPs rather than actual user public IPs

I was effected by collateral damage caused by an autoblock incident today, which led me to make two disturbing discoveries.

Autoblock incorrectly blocks the IPs of proxy servers instead of user IPs
The time out of 24 hours doesn't work, the IP of my proxy server remained blocked for more than 24 hours

These are very serious issues for wikipedia, the incorrect blocking of the proxy servers would likely prevented tens of thousands (or more) of Sydney wikipedians from making any edits.

What is the state of the code for the detection of user IP addresses? Aside from incorrectly interpreting proxy IPs as user IPs?

I have avoided putting this on the main page for WP:Autoblock as it is kinda embarassing. We need to sort this out ASAP. By comparison the time out of the autoblock seems minor.

Please advise me of what may be done.

BTW all users of the ISP tgp.com.au have no choice but to deal with the ISP's transparent proxy system, which works fine apart from when websites incorrectly detect the proxy IP as the user's public IP. This is a website's issue. Other websites have it correct http://whatismyipaddress.com/ for instance does a fine job detailing both the public IP and the proxy IP and the reverse DNS-lookup of the proxy server.

(I am writting this from a different Internet connection). Dananimal 08:48, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

I tride to edit a talk page it sed useer is blocked wene I was autoblocked. I tride this by creating an ancant with a bad name and wate till I got blocked. The statement saning that autoblocked can edit talk pages is not true?.**My Cat inn @ (talk)** 01:35, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Google Web Accelerator

File:Don'tAccelerate.png

I was one of the lucky few to be invited to the beta of Google Web Accelerator during its launch. I've had no problems for almost a month... but, today, while trying to edit a page, I got a WikiMedia warning notice that my IP address was blocked from editing!

...except it's not my IP that was shown. The blocked IP was 72.14.194.19 ... I pay my ISP for a high-bandwidth high-availability DSL line with a static IP, and that certainly wasn't it. It, in fact, is one of the many IP addresses for the Google Web Accelerator cache proxies.

When you use GWA, the program "cheats" by keeping a web connection open the entire session instead of opening and closing per file like regular web accesses go. Typically, the first time you connect to a remote machine, it registers your ISP-assigned IP address as its incoming connection, but subsequent connections are provided through Google's proxy. Since your internet "pipe" is being used full time instead of constantly making and breaking connections, this speeds up many websites with little problem.

Of course, when someone else before you has vandalized a page and you happen to land on the same proxy as they just used for that session, you find yourself blocked as well.

There is a solution, however. Simply go to your Google Web Accelerator toolbar, click the "Accelerator" button, which brings up the GWA menu, and select "Don't accelerate this website." The latest versions of the software include this as a dialog box on the preferences page. Add en.wikipedia.org to the box marked for "Sites that you do not want to use Google Web Accelerator". You may want to do this for other sites that let you edit content and administer your account (such as DeviantART and MySpace).

What are the numbers for?

Why do autoblocks look like this?:
"Admin" blocked # (expires )(Autoblocked because your IP...)
What is the number for? It seems random, jumping (for example) from #147619 to the next autoblock #147624. Why? --68.124.137.51 03:14, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

If you are logged in as a CheckUser, would that reveal the IP address? Keyboard mouse (talk) 02:00, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Is there a way to filter Autoblocks by the blocking user?

I want to check which autoblocks have been generated on the basis of blocks I have made, but can't find a way to filter the list (search filters on the blocked

Nothing was found!