On 6/18/07, K P <kpbotany(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
On 6/18/07, jayjg <jayjg99(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
On 6/18/07, K P <kpbotany(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> However, as CW had never been banned, and plenty of admins with check
> user tools knew she had an open proxie, she might not have expected it
> would be a cause to sink her RfA, or that it was banned for her to do
> so.
As far as I know 3 checkusers knew of it, but CW would *have no way of
knowing that*. I'm not sure why people are spinning ever more fanciful
yarns about CW's ignorance of this policy, in the face of nearly
irrefutable evidence that CW was well aware of it.
This isn't a fanciful tale supposing CW's ignorance of the "no open
proxies" policy. What it is a comment about her expectations or not
of being allowed to use it.
She knew Armedblowfish wasn't being given a "pass" on this; why would
she expect that she would be?
>
After all, she is a registered user who uses open proxies and has
> not been banned or told not to use them.
That doesn't even logically follow. Armedblowfish wasn't banned for
using TOR proxies either, but it was also made clear that there would
be no exceptions made for him using them, he would have to edit from
real IPs
Yes, it does logically follow that she has been allowed to use them,
so she might not expect to be torpedoes for using them.
But she wasn't "torpedoed" for that; rather, her own responses
torpedoed her. If, for example, CW had said "I use TOR proxies because
I edit from China" I'm sure there would have been a tidal wave of
support *for* her. Or, if CW had said "I wasn't aware that this was
forbidden, but I'll make sure not to do that from now on", I'm sure
the response would have been positive.
Still, CW was allowed to edit
from open proxies, probably knew she was allowed to edit from them, at
least 3 admins know she edits from them, and no one blocked her or
made mention of them until it came to her RfA.
Well, except for the fact that she would keep running up against
blocked TOR proxies all the time.
"Fabulous tales" etc., etc.
Yes, of which you are one of the primary authors.
Open proxies apparently aren't all the inappropriate as registered
users in good standing are allowed to use them.
No, they're not, which is why admins keep blocking them when they find
them. But if you truly believe what you're saying, then asking that
question could not possibly have "torpedoed" CW's arbcom nomination,
since everyone would just look at it and shrug and say "Well, no
problem there, registered users in good standing are allowed to use
them."
No, you never blocked HER. And, that is how it should be handled if
htey are somehow the threat to Wikipedia that Slim makes them out to
be. You should block the sign-ins of all editors using TORs.