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Likewise, if somebody signs up and finds out his IP was blocked and that he can't edit, he will likely move on instead of, oh, I don't know... ''share his knowledge''.
Likewise, if somebody signs up and finds out his IP was blocked and that he can't edit, he will likely move on instead of, oh, I don't know... ''share his knowledge''.
But I could almost swallow the "Protect CP against Internet Terrorists" argument if it was applied with more precision. For example, the 207.58.0.0/16 block covers 65,536 IPs. The [http://www.xroxy.com/webproxy611.htm URL] you gave shows that the ''network'' this proxy is operating in (which doesn't even mean that the proxy uses the entire network!) only uses 16,384 IPs (if I didn't miscalculate). That's ''a fourth''. This means that ''at least'' 75% of the range you blocked never had anything to do with the proxy. --[[User:AlanS|AlanS]] 16:26, 2 December 2008 (EST)
But I could almost swallow the "Protect CP against Internet Terrorists" argument if it was applied with more precision. For example, the 207.58.0.0/16 block covers 65,536 IPs. The [http://www.xroxy.com/webproxy611.htm URL] you gave shows that the ''network'' this proxy is operating in (which doesn't even mean that the proxy uses the entire network!) only uses 16,384 IPs (if I didn't miscalculate). That's ''a fourth''. This means that ''at least'' 75% of the range you blocked never had anything to do with the proxy. --[[User:AlanS|AlanS]] 16:26, 2 December 2008 (EST)
As the puppet master for "RobertPressley" and others mentioned above, I would also like to point out how utterly useless range blocks are for keeping vandals out (as evidenced by my posting this). All large range blocks serve to do is block legitimate users. Wandals will simply find an ip range that isn't blocked. And there will always be one, trust me. Hundreds of new proxies are posted on the internet everyday as old proxies die out. TK, of course, doesn't understand this. But that is ok. By the time I have no more usable proxy ranges, virtually the entire free world will be blocked from Conservapedia. Which is ok by me. So..uh..keep up the good work, TK! [[User:DavidJohnson|DavidJohnson]] 16:31, 2 December 2008 (EST)