On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 6:38 PM, Simetrical Simetrical+wikilist@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 6:30 PM, jayjg jayjg99@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 6:01 PM, Chad innocentkiller@gmail.com wrote:
Perhaps someone who prefers to browse the web more anonymously?
Browsing via TOR is not blocked.
And as for someone who prefers to *edit* the web more anonymously, well, I don't see any reason Wikipedia (or anyone else) needs to indulge them. They only gain anonymity from checkusers, and I *hope* we think that's a bad thing -- else why have the rank to begin with?
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From the raw IPs, I agree. However, if we have a user wishing to edit
via TOR and they have a registered account, we should grant them ipblock-exempt. TOR's still hardblocked, yes. Anon edits aren't allowed in. However, single users who wish to edit and can be trusted should be allowed to do so.
It's not as though giving them ipblock-exempt suddenly makes the IP free and wild for everyone. Nor does it permit them to confer the right onto other accounts. It's easy to keep an eye on a single user.
-Chad