Template talk:Unblock-auto
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[edit] Functionality
Hi everyone, I recently created this template and incorporated it into MediaWiki:Blockedtext to streamline the lifting of autoblocks. Since autoblocked people are innocent, every minute waiting will make them more disillusioned with Wikipedia as a whole. The template was designed to minimise the time wasted reaching for the keyboard when it a copy and paste job would suffice, hence the length. Centrx (talk • contribs) calls this template "too long and flashy", but I would have to disagree in that since we started using it, we've cut back considerably on downtime from people not providing their IP address or an unblock reason. Anyway, the length of the template shouldn't be a real concern because it's not subst'ed and the administrator's copy/paste portion disappears once the block request has been reviewed. Does anyone else have any suggestions on how we can streamline or simplify this template further? -- Netsnipe ► 07:04, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
Make sure you fix {{autoblock}} for us CAT:RFU patrollers, so it makes sense with the new template. Otherwise, I like it. Daniel.Bryant 07:15, 5 October 2006 (UTC)I see it has already been done. Cheers, Daniel.Bryant 07:16, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Signatures
I rather enjoy the default "Not an autoblock, you have been blocked directly," feature that kicks in when we don't leave a decline reason; my only bother with it is that when doing that, we can't sign the message. There's three fixes I can think of: (1) subst the template, (2) add the "not an autoblock" message to the list of pre-written messages we can copy-paste in, or (3) add a "sig" parameter to the template, so that we can still have a signature without putting anything in "decline". So something like {{unblock-auto reviewed|127.0.0.1|sig=~~~~}} (since "decline" is still omitted, the default would kick in, and then be followed by "sig" (which if left undefined just won't show)). Any thoughts? Luna Santin 21:44, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
- I agree, it would be nice to be able to sign when it a block is declined, especially because if an administrator wants to discuss the block with the administrator who declined it. -- Natalya 00:17, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
Done. -- Netsnipe ► 12:36, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] autoblocks link
shouldn't the link to "autoblocks" be under the second name/ip, the one that is entered be the autoblocked user? ST47Talk 19:14, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, when you follow the link to the autoblock tool, it seems to be searching for autoblocks with the current name as the original blockee. That doesn't see quite right. Also, would it be possible to make the template display the autoblock number, rather than the IP, in the case of an autoblocked account? I thought it's the autoblock number you actually need for unblocking, and also we don't really want to force the autoblocked account to reveal their IP if not strictly necessary, right? Fut.Perf. ☼ 12:51, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
No. You can lift an autoblock by unblocking the IP address directly. The autoblocks link in this template is really a relic left over from {{unblock}}, but having it there is better than nothing I guess. It's not possible to link to the original blockee unless someone writes up a parser function to extract it from the Autoblocked because your IP address was recently used by "$USER" message. Note that MediaWiki:Blockedtext does not provide an autoblocked user with their autoblock number and there would be an incredible amount of confusion out there if we asked a user to dig it up themselves. An IP address is incredibly useful for determining if a user is indeed editing from a SharedIP such as a school or company and it's also handy in tracking down potential sockpuppets. -- Netsnipe ► 15:04, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
- To narrow down what Netsnipe said, this is apparently impossible because the username of the original blockee is not available as a variable. Luna Santin 20:24, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] color problems with firefox.
The background color don't show up correctly in firefox. It sure makes it harder to read a page when the template doesn't stand out. ---J.S (T/C) 18:43, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Unblock
Hi. This may be the wrong page, but someone blocked me on wikitionary because they did not like my addition of legitimate slang words, without notifying me first. It says to contact an administrator, but I can't, as I'm blocked. Any help? Thanks. Tim Long 06:07, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
