https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41479
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Bug #: 41479
Summary: [Spam/vandalism] Raise $wgAutoblockExpiry noticeably
Product: Wikimedia
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Keywords: shellpolicy
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Site configuration
AssignedTo: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
ReportedBy: federicol...@tiscali.it
CC: bar...@email.de, benap...@gmail.com,
billinghu...@gmail.com, bsadowski1wikipe...@gmail.com,
cste...@wikimedia.org, felo...@gmail.com,
matanya.mo...@gmail.com, trijns...@hotmail.com,
w...@jyothis.net, wikimedia.b...@snowolf.eu,
wikipedia_emails-nachfr...@yahoo.de
Classification: Unclassified
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$wgAutoblockExpiry might be unrealistically low for today's needs.
After gerrit change 23924, twn /seems/ to have experienced way less problems
https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:Log/block&dir=prev&offset=20111230070847&type=block
Autoblock is an effective measure, easier that CU+block and more flexible than
rangeblocks, to reduce usage of bad IPs, so increasing it could be useful,
especially until bug 17929 is fixed; cf. bug 25305.
This bug is just for tracking, to avoid forgetting this possibility, which has
some big drawbacks on some wikis which have e.g.:
1) legitimate users from dynamic IPs quickly "polluted" by vandals/spammers
changing them continuously;
2) sysops not aware of how autoblock works.
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