On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 8:17 AM, jayjg <jayjg99(a)gmail.com> wrote:
In practice, soft-blocking proxies is the same as not
blocking them at
all.
My understanding is that the primary problem with tor is page-move
vandals such as the user known as 'Grawp'. These were the main
objections to the extension that came from my discussions with
CheckUsers and stewards. In response to this, I implemented the
additional restrictions on tor users becoming autoconfirmed. A number
of CheckUsers were happy with this compromise, but apparently, I
didn't speak to enough of them.
On the CheckUser list there is considerable opposition
to what
appears to be a unilateral over-riding of both local and meta policy,
creating a new policy that might work for a little edited wiki but
would not be appropriate at all on wiki-en. I encourage the developers
to ensure that this change has wide acceptance at the local level and
support from the Foundation before implementing.
Of course, the extension can always be disabled for further
development, but I do encourage those who oppose the use of this
extension to think about alternative treatment of tor by the software
(similar to the expanded autoconfirm limits), rather than simply
hard-blocking tor.
--
Andrew Garrett