On 10/25/05, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
Ben Yates wrote:
There's no way to keep anonymous proxy users blocked and let logged-in
proxy
users edit?
Some of the worst vandalbots create accounts.
Still, your point is absolutely valid in the broader sense. What changes could be make that might allow us to mitigate the problems of anonymous proxies in a gentler way than wholesale blocking?
Keep in mind that ideas are essentially useless, at least as compared to simple running code. So those of us who want to get something done in this area have a responsibility to either code it, or make sure that our great heroes the programmers understand that their humble subjects would be overjoyed to see something good in this area. :-)
--Jimbo
Yes, code is better than ideas, but it is my understanding that people at Tor offered to help code up a plugin that would allow any admin to block all Tor exit nodes for 30 minutes. Also, some users have already been working on code to block all Tor exit nodes permanently, citing a policy against open proxies and then listing *your name* as the person to contact. It's even been run for a while (that's why about half the exit nodes are blocked), but it was stopped because so many complaints were received). If I recall correctly, you declared on this list that all open proxies should be blocked (implying if not saying that they should be blocked permanently). Is this how you feel about Tor?
If people are working on the code to block these proxies anyway, you're not seriously suggesting that the people working on the code have the sole right to determine how long the blocks should last, are you?