On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
I tested the existing process by creating a new riseup.net email account via Tor, then requesting account creation and a global exemption via stewards@wikimedia.org. My account creation request was granted, but for exemption purposes, I was requested to go through the process for any specific wiki I want to edit. In fact, the account was created on Meta, but not exempted there.
I feel like a much better experiment would be to:
1) Do what you just did 2) Request Tor access on a specific wiki 3) Edit for a while and become an established editor 4) Then ask for a global exemption
If anything it is good for stewards to not randomly grant global exemptions to anybody who walks in off the street.
If anything I would try testing out the enwiki-specific exemption process and see how that works out for you.
*-- * *Tyler Romeo* Stevens Institute of Technology, Class of 2016 Major in Computer Science