Hmmm... Now I see I sent this to wikipedia-l, not foundation-l. Those interested can read the discussion there. I'm getting as angry as Waerth, almost...

To put this thing to something that actually belongs on foundation-l: I would favor repealing the foundation policy that open proxies are blocked.

My reasons are: * Main reason for the policy is that there is no reason for editing Wikipedia from a proxy. I disagree, seeing already three; ** Editing on subjects where one could get problems for writing from a searching POV and/or NPOV ** People who always use a proxy for extra anonymity and have to switch it off to work on Wikipedia now ** Cases like Waerth who are automatically sent through an anonymous proxy by their provider * Large-scale vandalism using many proxies does occur, but is rare enough that blocking the proxies when they are being used for vandalism is no big issue.