David Gerard wrote:
On 18/06/07, Eagle 101
<eagle.wikien.l(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The primary reason for blocking proxies of any
kind is to make sock
puppetry very difficult.
Not really - the primary reason is that open proxies are
overwhelmingly used for vandalism and trolling, not merely
sockpuppetry (though that too).
Sure. But this still begs the question, that we've been dancing
around for a couple of days: is it the case that if a sysadmin
leaves a proxy open, we will block *it*, or that if a Wikipedia
editor uses an open proxy, we will block *him* (or her)?
Is a good-faith user of an open proxy guilty of anything?
(Some will and have already said "yes", but is that the
right answer?)