Thread:TotallyWitchy/@comment-32894576-20191208235801/@comment-1346067-20191210060937

The IP address of many people's home internet will change very frequently. A person's IP address can be changing to something new everyday. So one day they could be connecting from an IP address that is one of your wiki's blocked IP addresses, while the next day they'll be connecting from an IP address that is not. This would explain the sometimes-blocked-sometimes-not situation with Benny.

The changing IP addresses are usually not completely random though. To put it simply, it's possible that Benny could be stuck in this flip-flopping situation of blocked and non-blocked IP addresses for a while until it "randomizes" a bit more some time later.

IMO it's probably safe to just unblock that IP address on your wiki, which should allow Benny to edit again. Whoever was spamming links at that IP address back in 2013 is pretty much long gone now (because of the changing IP address stuff I mentioned above, the spammer's IP probably changed away from the blocked one to something else after a couple of weeks. And now after 6 years of randomly changing, Benny randomly got the original spammer's blocked IP address from 6 years ago).

Feel free to consult with your wiki's other admins first if you need to of course.

Hope this has helped you out!