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Hiya I saw you recent post at the village pump, and thought I'd come an teach you how you could have done it.

Firstly do a reverse DNS check to see the internet provider. If it's AOL give up. AOL is far too large, has far too many computers for you to ba able to block the vandal.You'll sucseed in blocking loads of legit users and probably won't get the actual vandal.

Assuming it's not AOL then proceed as follows,

64.12.116.10 through 64.12.117.22

Set the last digits to 0 64.12.116.0 ->> 64.12.117.0

do two /24 blocks 64.12.116.0/24 and 64.12.117.0/24 that will block a total of 512 IPs

Stick to /24 only if you are at all unsure about what you are doing. Note that /31 will block fewer than /24 and /16 will block a lot more. Never go lower than /16 ( I don't you you can in actual fact anyway) Also since range blocks catch innocents as well as vandals keep them short. Policy is 24 hours only I think.

HTH theresa knott 22:28, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)

You always seem to be under a lot of stress, what with dealing with trolls and vandals and people who just don't get it. Relax and have a cookie. You'll feel better (food allergies excepted). -- Cyrius|✎ 06:18, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for uploading Image:RobertATaft.jpg. I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status?.

See [1]

Thanks so much, Duk 09:24, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)

so what's the copyright? see Wikipedia:Image copyright tags, Duk 09:30, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)

the site you note specifically says ...Not all images are in the public domain

Also - Image:RobertLaFollette.jpg

I've killed most of the redlinks in the primary and secondary education section (and can probably do the rest tonight), some of the 'attractions' redlinks (most with free-use pics), and used a variety of methods to greatly reduce the number of long lists. About the only thing keeping me from switching to support is the city council member links. I was wondering if it's getting close to that for you. PS, the article now mentions the Electric Light Tower now, tho' I haven't gotten around to starting the actual article. Niteowlneils 19:39, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I'd just as soon see it disappear altogether, but if you think a sub-page would be a more widely accepted compromise, that'd resolve my objection. Niteowlneils 21:02, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I've got the govmt section open to add sister cities, but can't think of a good name/fmt for the sub page. Did you have anything specific in mind (doesn't have to be perfect--we can always tweak/move/rename/whatever later. Niteowlneils 21:15, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)