https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46457

--- Comment #18 from Liangent <liang...@gmail.com> ---
(In reply to comment #17)
> (In reply to comment #15)
> > Hm, not really. Special:BlockList gets it right, Contributions and
> > DeletedContributions get it wrong. The logic here should be the same and
> > autoblocks are visible under the block number (also as such are reported to
> > the
> > blocked user).
> > 
> > I had to remove an autoblock recently due to complaints of the shared IP
> > users
> > recently and knowing the actual IP address was not necessary at all to do
> > this.
> > And CheckUser was not required, of course - only block ID.
> 
> Note that sometimes block appeal is done by editing talk page. If the
> behaviour
> is changed, how would admin be able to tell if it is really blocked? Should
> one
> 'try to unblock it'?
> 

If you really think this is a reason to keep this behavior, I would say its too
implicit to identify an autoblock in this way.

> Asking for autoblock ID on the talk page also seem like a bad idea. 
> 
> Though it seems like a flaw in the current system as well.

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