Thread:Spike144/@comment-30336302-20170228084754/@comment-4795804-20170228094346

That's how it SHOULD work. However, in some specific situations, it still allows people to post on the archived threads.

This person obviously came to the wiki only to vandalize. My experience is that time limited blocks have no purpose in these cases as the block usually expires before the person changes their approach. It is better to wait until the person asks for being unblocked.

Blocking unregistered users is different as many people around the world have a dynamic IP address, so some different user, who has never vandalized, may get the blocked IP address. I don't usually give longer blocks of IPs until the particular IP is really destructive.