User talk:MichaelHensley

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Hi!

I followed a link from a page indicating that 75.19.129.45 has been temporarily blocked from editing pages on Wikipedia. I'm the I.T. Supervisor for Fremont Community Church and Christian Community Schools, and that IP address is our external NAT address.

Vandalizing Wikipedia (or any other site) is obviously against our net use policy, but since we have a lab and multiple classroom computers accessible by students in the 3rd grade through Junior High school, it is somewhat difficult to policy every action by every student.

Because I can't figure out a way to block editing of Wikipedia specifically, I wouldn't have any objections to making that "temporary" block permanent. I don't know enough about Wikipedia to guess whether that is in general a desirable solution, or if the temporary blocks are sufficient, but I'm willing to learn.

I do apologize for any inconvenience our students may have caused.

MichaelHensley 19:26, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Hello Michael

Thanks for your message. I understand the problem. Some schools track usage, and can point at individuals who are adversely affecting the school's reputation; other schools don't. If your school doesn't track, then, with your agreement, I can set a {{schoolblock}} on your IP address. This will refuse all further anonymous editing from your school and require all editors to log in. Each editor will then individually responsible for his/her edits. I'll copy this discussion to the IP address' talk page for information.

Thanks, Ian Cairns 21:18, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

User:75.19.129.45 is now schoolblocked, as per discussion. Ian Cairns 21:27, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

That sounds great, thanks!

To help educate the students, I'm trying to track down some more information about the February 13th vandalism. The time stamps are all after 5pm (when, of course, no students are on campus) -- for example: "17:42, 13 February 2007 (hist) (diff) Christopher Marlowe". We're in California. Is the problem that I don't know what time zone this time stamp reflects?

Thanks much for your advice and assistance!

MichaelHensley 21:42, 20 February 2007 (UTC)