Yes, but when a relatively small project such as li: is forced to choose between denying access to a group of potential contributors and saving itself from complete chaos at the hands of a maniacal vandal, the logical choice is to ban (at least temporarily) all proxies.
My personal suggestion is to ban ALL IPs except those of known legitimate contributors for a period of perhaps 1 month. After this, unban them and see if anything happens.
Mark
On 23/05/05, Walter van Kalken walter@vankalken.net wrote:
Timwi wrote:
Wouter Steenbeek wrote:
We must take an emergency measure: block ALL open proxies. Only that can prevent the guy from constantly returning and practicing his infamous deeds. But we don't know for heaven's sake how to do that.
I'm sure that any lists of open proxies he has available, will be available to you. Try to Google for them and block all their IPs.
Unfortunately, that's all the advice I can give. I'd hate to see an active project go to waste because Wikimedia folk are too slow to react, or because the software doesn't have adequate tools to fight organised vandalism. How many active vandals does it take for a smaller Wikipedia to receive attention and assistance? :/
Cough ..... There are wikimedians whose provider forces them behind an open proxy and who do not have the financial means to change provider.
Me
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