User:Xinbenlv/Propose:Allow Login Users By Default When IP Range Blocked

Currently, there are active global IP exemptions against IP ranges that is shared such as Amazon AWS Cloud IP range.

The purpose of IP exemptions is because "Wikimedia discourages hosting service in third-party shared hosts (it may host VPN or reverse proxy, which can hide users' IP address)." according to, thanks for the explanation.

I'd like to argue that we should lift the IP exemptions if users are logged in.

First of all, not all users have access to stable and independent global IP addresses. NAT technology, IPv6 etc are used to address this. Users in developing countries are disportionately depending on NAT etc due to IP addresses limits. And such blockage will not alleviate the problem that users are using shared IP addresses, in return, reduce our ability to welcome more new users.

Secondly, if users have logged in, they have shown a good-faith of identifying themselves by using a Wikipedia account, this shall overrule the disadvantage of using a shared IP range.

Therefore my proposed solution is: for existing Global IP range block for shared IP addresses, can we by default allow logged users to edit from that blocked IP range?

This is an essay, if you like the idea, feel free to help edit and add facts and arguments. If you disagree, please leave your feedback below in the feedback section too.

I don't know where are a good place to send this discussion to, please kindly advice.

Update: thanks to T.B.(I don't know the exact Wikipedian's username) according to Wikipedia Weekly friends, this is already a EN policy per en:Wikipedia:Blocking_policy

'' Prevent logged-in users from editing from this IP address will disallow any non-exempt user accounts from editing from the IP address during the duration of the block. This option should typically not be checked, and is typically only used in cases of long-term abuse, sock puppetry, for IP addresses with a history of significant and high level abuse, or for being an open proxy or location host. See hard block under the IP address common block list below. This option is disabled by default and is only available when applying a block to an IP address or IP range. ''

Your feedback welcomed
+ 73.238.61.203 (talk) 19:39, 27 October 2019 (UTC)