On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 1:19 PM, WereSpielChequers < werespielchequers@gmail.com> wrote:
One of my objections that I hope some others share is that an IP based system inevitably means one person deciding what others may see - which to my mind is the point where an image filter becomes a censor.
The system is still supposed to be such that anyone can switch a filter off at any time, so I don't see how anyone 'decides what others may see'. Still, an IP-based system does not sound like a good idea, because some IPs may be shared by several people accessing Wikimedia at the same time, causing strange cases of filters being switched on or off without the person themselves realizing why. However, this does not mean a priori that we have to restrict it to logged-in users. We could use cookies instead.