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<br><div style=""><div>On Mar 30, 2014, at 1:05 PM, Platonides <<a href="mailto:platonides@gmail.com">platonides@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">On 30/03/14 17:43, rubin.happy wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">Hello!<br><br>I wrote a tool that scans IP-s that recently edited Wikipedia and tries<br>to connect to these IP-s: in case bot succeeds in this, IP is blocked as<br>an open proxy.<br></blockquote><br>I hope it both verifies you can request *a Wikipedia page* and it is successfully returned. It is not a crime to edit from an IP where there is a web server running. :)<br><br><br><blockquote type="cite">I want to move this tool to Labs, I looked through terms of use and<br>found nothing that prohibits such "IP scanning". Anyway, I want to<br>consult whether such work is really acceptable for Labs: any thoughts?<br><br>Thanks.<br></blockquote><br>I don't think that's the kind of thing WMF will want to do, but it's up to them. If I were them, at least I would want to use a dedicated ip with a meaningful reverse-dns suggesting the project goal (eg. <a href="http://proxy-scan.wmflabs.org">proxy-scan.wmflabs.org</a>).<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Labs-l mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Labs-l@lists.wikimedia.org">Labs-l@lists.wikimedia.org</a><br>https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/labs-l<br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>