User talk:Theresa Knott

The same person as User:Theresa knott

Wikibooks is not Wikipedia, does not have same blocks
On WB:RFA you wrote: ''The problem is that this school is on a huge shared network that regulaly gets blocked from Wikipedia because of vandals from other schools. I need to be able to unblock the network so that my (lovely, well behaved) pupils can edit (and reblock when we have finished if necessary).''

I wonder if this is causing confusion? Wikibooks is a sister project of Wikipedia. Wikibooks is not Wikipedia, in the same way that Wikibooks is not Wikiquote. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, but Wikibooks is not an encyclopedia. The two projects also have separate sets of administrators, and separate lists of blocked users and IPs. If a Wikipedia administrator blocks your network from editing the Wikipedia encyclopedia, then access to Wikibooks is not affected. Users of your network can continue to edit Wikibooks, even when they are blocked from Wikipedia. I sometimes use an IP address which is blocked at Wikipedia, but not at Wikibooks. When I use that IP, I can edit Wikibooks, but not Wikipedia.

So, in short, if your "huge shared network" becomes "blocked from Wikipedia", you do not need to unblock it on Wikibooks. This is unless someone blocks it from Wikibooks also.

You might also want to read Names on MetaWikipedia. --Kernigh 19:10, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

LOL yeah I know all that already, I was involved at the very start of wikibooks. I was IIRC the third administrator on wikibooks. I figured that if wikipedia regulaly blocks the whole school network than so most likely will wikibooks. Theresa Knott 19:54, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Sysop rights
I contacted the developers about your problem. See w:User_talk:Theresa_knott.

Anyway, I'm going to be online at 6 am UTC (10 hours from now) and if the issue won't get resolved, I would just grant you sysop rights. --Derbeth talk 20:25, 24 April 2006 (UTC)