https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58237
--- Comment #3 from Kunal Mehta (Legoktm) <legoktm.wikipe...@gmail.com> --- (In reply to comment #2) > (In reply to comment #1) > > Wow, great catch! > > I'm curious whether any change should be made in MassMessage. We could potentially make the account ipblock-exempt regardless of the wiki's settings (enwiki gives ipblock-exempt to the bot group, ruwiki doesn't) > Or perhaps we > should simply update the documentation (e.g., [[m:MassMessage]] && > [[mw:Help:Extension:MassMessage]]) to note that blocking localhost will cause > this issue and then mark this bug as resolved/invalid. That would also work. Wikis really shouldn't be blocking 127.0.0.1 FWIW, it's just going to cause weird problems like this one. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list Wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l