On 6/2/07, Open Phugu openphugu@gmail.com wrote:
- Can the blocking mechanism be set up to disallow anonymous
edits but allow edits from registered users? 2. Would blocking all the Tor exit nodes in the manner above cause an increase in vandalism?
The answer to both questions is yes.
This policy of blocking edits from Tor exit nodes seems to contradict several policies on Wikipedia:
It's consistent with the Foundation level policy against anonymous or open proxies:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/No_open_proxies
Tor does have an unusual place in that not all of the projects tend to enforce the policy as strictly against Tor nodes as they would against other services. On English Wikipedia the policy tends to be followed strictly.