Thread:Sannse/@comment-842519-20120916170524/@comment-842519-20121022212620

G'day Sannse

I did indeed use the Contact Form to request access.

Yes, the range block we used has blocked 20% of Greece. However, it has proved to be very effective against the Troll we refer to as Scourge (his first Sockpuppet account).

Ever since we have done this, we had a long reprive where we weren't bothered by him and he's now Trolling in other forums related to the game our Wiki is devoted to - where he promptly gets banned by that forum's Admins until he creates another account (his "style" is easy to spot).

We know that this Jerk is in Chicago, and that he is using a method to Mask his IP, however the IPs that he always uses is from the Greek ISP that we have blocked. We have a net-buddy that is Greek that has told us that blocking this ISP isn't that big a deal, since they're a dodgy company anyway.

Since we don't have the ability to check IP addresses of registered users, we felt that blocking the Greek ISP was our only option. We felt that pestersing you guys every time we see an account that we think is him is going to get very old very quickly.

In addition, we had our first instance of a new User that we are 98% sure is TheScourge. My preference would be that as soon as I see a new User that I believe to be him, that I could check the IP Address, ban him and move on without engaging with him. But since we can't, we identify him, alert the other Admins of our Wiki to watch him, wait for him to engage in his usual behaviour, we post a message on his wall reminding him of our Wiki's Code of Conduct, wait for him to abuse which ever Admin has given him a chance, then Ban/Block him.

We would prefere to use a, "don't feed the Trolls method", especially when we know through every fibre of our being that this is the same Jerk that makes being an Admin of our Wiki not a happy fun time. But when there is the possibility that it might be someone else...

In the meantime, he gets a few days where he gets to abuse our Users. My preference is the ban/block him before he gets the chance. But without this tool, we can't do it.

I realise that it's a big responsibility. But how much more work do we have to make for ourselves and members of Wikia staff just for one Troll?

I did notice that Randomtime has blocked him too (same behaviour that he uses with us). I couldn't help but laugh at Scourge's threat at the end of the thread, and the arogance this jerk has.

At this point, now that I know that my request hasn't been received, normally I'd resubmit my request. But if you feel that it won't get approved, I'm not sure that there's much point in doing so.

Again, thank you for all your time and help with this. Being an Admin is a good experience on the whole - except when we have to deal with TheScourge.

RG xoxoxo