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Thanks for your alert block of new user "CPishilarious", but I'm going to change the block duration from 2 years to 1 month.  Long blocks are disfavored on wikis because they block the IP address as well as the user.  The IP address could be a library or other general access IP address, or the user could move or be a college student, or the user could have a change of heart.  But thanks again for your quick action.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] ([[User talk:Aschlafly|talk]]) 22:11, 20 November 2017 (EST)
 
Thanks for your alert block of new user "CPishilarious", but I'm going to change the block duration from 2 years to 1 month.  Long blocks are disfavored on wikis because they block the IP address as well as the user.  The IP address could be a library or other general access IP address, or the user could move or be a college student, or the user could have a change of heart.  But thanks again for your quick action.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] ([[User talk:Aschlafly|talk]]) 22:11, 20 November 2017 (EST)
 
:OK, and you're welcome. I have seen blocked vandals come back with their same accounts after their blocks expire, so I wanted to protect against that. But I will shorten blocks like these in the future. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 08:54, 21 November 2017 (EST)
 
:OK, and you're welcome. I have seen blocked vandals come back with their same accounts after their blocks expire, so I wanted to protect against that. But I will shorten blocks like these in the future. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 08:54, 21 November 2017 (EST)
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::Thanks so much for your alert block this morning, but again the block duration is too long.  Another user could be trying to use that same IP address within a few months, or the user himself could have a change of heart.  I'll shorten it to 4 months.  Thanks!--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] ([[User talk:Aschlafly|talk]]) 11:25, 4 December 2017 (EST)
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