I recently noticed on Wikipedia, an option has been added which allows administrators to disallow anonymous editing from an IP or from a range of IPs, while still allowing logged-in registered users to edit. They've also added an option which blocks creation of new accounts from a blocked IP address. Are there any plans to add these options to Wikia wikis? Thanks,—Silly Dan _(talk) 16:50, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

It will be very helpful. Szoferka 16:54, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

A similar form of limited protection is available on the Wikia too. Check it out. (I believe admin rights are required to set protections on pages.) However, please remember the guidelines against over protection. If there is a page that is being subject to repeated vandalism from IP users, it may be helpful. Contact an administrator of the affected Wikia.

I don't know about the IP range blocks. --CocoaZen 17:06, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

I've seen the protection options in action (I'm an admin on Wookieepedia), and they are helpful. However, the subject came to mind today when someone with a frequently changing AOL IP kept on creating new nonsense pages. We shouldn't block AOL ranges for very long, but if we only blocked anonymous users and problematic registered users from editing, it would be a big help. (Of course, this might also tempt administrators to apply anonymous-only range blocks more often and for longer than strictly needed.) —Silly Dan _(talk) 17:11, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

We should get that feature on the next upgrade. *However*, it should no longer be needed for AOL addresses, as (also on the next upgrade) we should be getting XFF header blocks for AOL. --Splarka (talk) 20:25, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

I see...so AOL would start forwarding their users' actual IP addresses when they attempted to edit. That message only referred to Wikipedia, and presumably the rest of Wikimedia, though: does Wikia have to ask seperately? Did Wikia already ask? Or is this going to be done when AOLers post to any website now? Even if we don't need this for AOL's proxies, it's still a very useful option for any dynamic IP range. Looking forward to the upgrade! —Silly Dan _(talk) 20:47, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, wikia.com was added to that request along with wikimedia.org (notice it was Angela who made the request ^_^). We still need the upgraded block system to use it, though. --Splarka (talk) 21:57, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm really happy to hear about the AOL change... That'll make life a lot easier! -- Danny (talk) 09:49, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

So, when do we get this upgrade? And will other major ISPs with dynamic IPs use a similar system? —Silly Dan _(talk) 03:13, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

The last I heard was that it hadn't been coded yet by the MediaWiki developers (the name mentioned was Brion, but I'm not certain that it has to be him). I know they are working on single log in (among other things) so it seems that this has moved down the list. It's anoying, because it will be a very useful feature -- sannse (talk) 17:54, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

What are we supposed to be doing with AOL vandals now? Are we allowed to/supposed to be blocking them? --StBacchus 03:36, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

• I've been continuing to block their IPs for short terms: but it seems like their IPs have been changing less frequently lately. Does this mean the XFF headers are now working? And will Wikia be applying the "block anonymous users only" upgrade soon? —Silly Dan _(talk) 01:23, 7 October 2006 (UTC)