Wikipedia:Consented blocks

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When vandalism is too frequent at an institution, be it a grade school or college, network administrators have few possibilities. They can: let the objectionable actions continue, take action against the responsible students they can identify, or simply ban Wikipedia entirely. The last option means students have no way of researching Wikipedia, except for using mirror sites.

An alternative to this is to allow for "consented blocks". Provided that the school has an IP address that is unique, and not shared with outside facilities, we can simply get approval from the school's administration to block editing from within the institution.

Students may still edit via an account if at some point such a feature were added to the MediaWiki software.

For the purposes of brevity, B. is short-form for "Block" or "Blocked".

For now, such blocks should only be carried out in High schools or lower. Colleges, universities, and any like postsecondary training facilities, including student residences, should not be blocked. A high percentage of Wikipedians, including administrators, may be negatively affected.