Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3026053-20130621001540/@comment-3467474-20130621121407


 * I posted this on Avatar Wiki, now I am reposting it here so as to make sure Staff see it.

So you are not allowed to pass IPs out onto the net. Why not, you pass the IP through say a SHA-1 hash, or since it isn't the most secure, pass it through a SHA-512 hash. For example, I took the 1st IP I saw on RWA (180.73.92.248), and passed it through a SHA-1 hash and got this, 80:df:1b:79:85:a8:69:f3:50:5c:20:a2:bf:91:df:0e:be:9b:8b:df. Instead of banning anons, pass the IP through a hash, and you are set, without breaking COPPA, as you can't put up their IP on the net. However, I do realize this maybe tough for you, as it would require going into the core of MediaWiki. As others said, I have nothing against you, you have been helpful to me before in the past.