User talk:Anthony Rushton

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:EVN map.jpg}
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 * ✅? Has sufficient "fair use" rationale been added to Image:EVN map.jpg? Anthony Rushton (talk) 11:03, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Your question
Hi there, thanks for your question. "Soft block" and "hard block" are terms which only really apply to user accounts, not to IPs. When blocking an IP the key criteria are whether the block only blocks anonymous users, or blocks registered accounts operating from that IP as well, and whether the creation of new accounts is permitted from that IP during the term of the block. In the case of the IP you mention, the block is fine as it currently stands - firstly it only affects anonymous users, so anyone with an account operating through that IP is fine. Secondly account creation is blocked (naturally enough) during the term of the block. Finally it is a short term block (31 hours) which is pretty much the de facto standard first block length for an IP engaging in vandalism, so by the time the IP recycles to a new end user, the block will almost certainly have expired. GbT/c 11:34, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, hang on. I was looking at a different block. GbT/c 11:52, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Same principle, though - a longer block (1 week) but this is part of an escalating series of blocks (the third, I think) because of continuous vandalism from this IP. Where schools are involved, sometimes they are blocked for a year at a time - with the start of the new school term in the States recently we were renewing a bunch of 1 year blocks, and we generally post a notice on the talk page telling people who do actually want to contribute constructively to create an account at home, and then log in with it at school - because the block is of anonymous users only, their account would be unaffected by the block. GbT/c 11:55, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, the Schoolblock template does allow for us to create an account on behalf of a pupil if they wish, an option they could use if they did not have internet access at home, by emailing in a request - people could also go to WP:ACC from an unblocked IP. I'm not particularly sure that there are any better solutions than the way it's presently done - it is conceivable that a school's IP could change over time, so a permanent block wouldn't work...GbT/c 13:42, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use File:EVN map.jpg
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Orphaned non-free image File:National Radio Astronomy Observatory (logo).png
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Orphaned non-free image File:Onsala rymdobservatorium (logo).jpg
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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 10:36, 23 March 2018 (UTC)