Re: IRC Controversy
- Posted by CoJaBo Aug 10, 2010
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This is entirely correct. I previously had an unrelated problem with a series of network trolls and did this in frustration. I later set up access for CoJaBo so he could fix this for me, which he did... but it may be time to ask him for more help.
Hasn't that access since been revoked? Or am I missing something?
Regardless, I've mentioned this several times- ban the user, if they continue ban-evading, bring it up to #freenode staff. Do NOT ban an entire ISP, country, IRC client, or cloak affiliation to deal with one member- I strongly suspect this may even be the goal of such trolling. You are playing right into their hand by denying legit users access. Do not ban any IP indefinitely either, as IPs are frequently reassigned to other people.
And do we really need to nest quotes indefinably? This is really confusing and pointless- most if not all forums strip all but the topmost level of quoted text, like I have to do manually every time. Nested tags are hellishly complicated to deal with.
