On 0, Luna lunasantin@gmail.com scribbled: ...
There has to be more we can do. On IRC, it's as simple as getting +e set on your nick, to overrride the general quiet on Tor users. Maybe we can to implement a new class of ipblock-exempt. Maybe we can to implement a new class of blocking for proxies, which certain users could circumvent. Such permissions could be granted by invitation, by discussion, by some community process to deal with requests. I'm no tech whiz, but I certainly hope we're open for suggestions, here. Our problem is with the abusive use of proxies, not with the helpful people behind them. There probably is no perfect solution.
But we should try. -Luna
Freenode's nice enough that if you have a hostmask (only moderately tedious to get), you can easily use Tor without any problem, and it seems to have worked out well for them. I really don't see why WP couldn't have some moderately tedious process for getting a wiki equivalent of a hostmask protecting from Tor blocks. It doesn't even have to be particularly complex - perhaps 20 CAPTCHAs? (Since they're already installed...)
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