[OSM-talk] [OSM-dev] disputed areas

[Jon Stockill]

John McKerrell wrote:

> I must say, I wondered this earlier, wouldn't this be the simplest  
> option or would it lock out too may people?

One of two things happens:

1) You've just blocked a proxy address, resulting in lots of innocent 
people being unable to edit anything.

or

2) The person you've just blocked realises what happened and power 
cycles their modem/router/whatever, gets a new IP address, and continues.

Jon