On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Andrew Garrett andrew@epstone.net wrote:
On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 6:51 AM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
2008/6/5 David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com:
Is there a way to allow exempt IPs to edit through Tor anyway?
I mean exempt usernames (I believe sysops are presently immune to IP blocks, for example).
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ListGroupRights
You'll notice an extra permission under User, called torblock-unblocked, or something. All that would need to be done is for that to be reassigned to a user group given out.
However, I don't like the idea of hard-blocking tor, even when we do give out flags to people who need to use it. I maintain that we are best to come up with some other form of novel handling that balances the need to prevent vandalism with other needs.
Why do you not like the idea of hard-blocking tor? What other needs are you referring to?