Thread:Support/MediaWiki:Userrenametool-errorlocked/en/reply (3)

So this should be explained, otherwise the translations will be very fuzzy. Can you confirm that we can translate it as "blocked from all projects" ?

Is it a temporary "locking" or permanent one ? Can it apply to IP users (permanent "locking" for an IP may not be appropriate, when so many IP users just have a temporary IP which will not survive more than one day or one week, depending on the ISP's policy or infrastructure, it would mean that this blocks in fact a whole ISP, and not really a malicious user)

In general, all blockings for IPs should state if this applies to a single IP (with the intent to block a single user), or a larger set of IPs (i.e. blocking the ISP itself, for its lack of preventive measures, or its active support of misbehaving users, such as sellers of haven proxies for anonymizing spammers, and ISPs using various tricks like DNS poisoning to maintain their "business").

I don't know exactly what Wikia does, but "locking" accounts the way it is described could be counter-productive if there's not some agreed policy on how to best solve the issues. If someone is "blocked" or "locked" from editing, because only of its IP, there should be a way to contribute by registering a personal account, using an email address from some other free mail providers that are easy to find on the Internet. I hope this is the case.

Anyway, the terminology of "locked" versus "blocked" really very fuzzy even in English. I much prefer the terminology used by Wikimedia as it is more helpful.