On 12/08/07, NavouWiki <navouwiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
You are not banned for doing anything.
Considering how many people told me I was willfully flouting policy, I
think it is safe to say I am.
An extract from your block log:
No matching items in log.
It's a collection of autoblocks.
You are able to freely use a proxy until it (read: the
proxy) is blocked.
'We're okay with subverting entry-blocks. This isn't hypocrisy; this
is because entry blocks are fundamentally different. When Alice
connects to Tor to connect to Bob, an exit block means that Bob
doesn't want anonymous connections, whereas an entry block means that
somebody doesn't want Alice to have privacy. Entry blocking subverts
Alice's self-determination, whereas exit blocking on Bob's part *is*
self-determination, even if we don't like it.' -- Nick Mathewson, Tor
developer, September 2005
http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/Sep-2005/msg00260.html
Thanks,
Armed Blowfish
Respectfully,
Navou
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Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 8:48 PM
To: English Wikipedia
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Hardblocking usernames
On 12/08/07, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I still
feel banned. There is more than one option available to
unblock individual Tor users.
Allowing individual Tor users to edit Wikipedia involves adding a line
to LocalSettings.php and having a Steward give you the permission.
It's easy. But why would we do that? We don't allow people to edit
through anonymous proxies (and there is no consensus that Tor nodes
are not anonymous proxies - I, for one, certainly don't see any
significant difference) for a reason. That reasons applies to you just
as it applies to anyone else. If there is a reason to make an
exception for you, then there is a reason to make an exception for
pretty much anyone, in which case we should simply remove the rule.
Okay, so I am banned for using Tor and running a Tor exit node, right?
So can I pretty please qualify for emotional protection under
[[Wikipedia:Banning_policy#Dealings_with_banned_users]], where it
says, 'Wikipedia's hope for banned users is that they will leave
Wikipedia with their pride and dignity intact, whether permanently or
for the duration of their ban. As such, it is inappropriate to bait
banned users or take advantage of their ban to mock them.'
Also BLP....
Armed Blowfish
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