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Secondly, While it makes good sense to block those people forever, it doesn't really work that way.  A ban applies to the username, and the IP from which they edited if the option is selected--nothing more.  Vandals almost always use servers to redirect their connection, however, so that their true IP is never seen by CP.  This means that when we block those users, we are really just blocking the server they were using.  This is a good thing too, but the problem is that these servers are usually assigned new IPs periodically, so the block no longer applies--now the blocked IP is unassigned.  Since most people in the western world still use IPv4, there are not that many spare IP addresses, so the IP is soon assigned to someone else. Now some innocent person is using an IP which for all eternity has been blocked on CP.  They probably will never even know, but if we set infinite blocks enough, the chances of that happening regularly increase continuously.  I know some people here do use infinite block regularly, but in my opinion its a logistical problem.  This is why I almost always set a time limit, or block only the username infinitely, and leave the IP unblocked (which I prefer not to do).

Secondly, While it makes good sense to block those people forever, it doesn't really work that way.  A ban applies to the username, and the IP from which they edited if the option is selected--nothing more.  Vandals almost always use servers to redirect their connection, however, so that their true IP is never seen by CP.  This means that when we block those users, we are really just blocking the server they were using.  This is a good thing too, but the problem is that these servers are usually assigned new IPs periodically, so the block no longer applies--now the blocked IP is unassigned.  Since most people in the western world still use IPv4, there are not that many spare IP addresses, so the IP is soon assigned to someone else. Now some innocent person is using an IP which for all eternity has been blocked on CP.  They probably will never even know, but if we set infinite blocks enough, the chances of that happening regularly increase continuously.  I know some people here do use infinite block regularly, but in my opinion its a logistical problem.  This is why I almost always set a time limit, or block only the username infinitely, and leave the IP unblocked (which I prefer not to do).

Thanks for your ongoing efforts! --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">David B</font>]] ^{<small>([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])</small>} 22:05, 31 January 2017 (EST)

Thanks for your ongoing efforts! --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">David B</font>]] ^{<small>([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])</small>} 22:05, 31 January 2017 (EST)