<snip> > > Also....I'm a little unclear about something. If a "Tor-enabled" account > creates new accounts, will those accounts be able to edit through Tor, > too?
The account creation would come from the proxy, so the wiki would have to trust that the proxy is only handing out accounts to users who have been
Sorry Chris, I seem to have been unclear. For the purpose of responding
to this, let's call the account created by the third party the "Special Account". What I wanted to verify was whether or not child accounts created by the Special Account would also be conferred with the privileges of the Special Account (i.e., the ability to edit through Tor) or if they would be treated as any other newly created account. Remember that all autoconfirmed accounts can create child accounts (I believe on enwiki it is throttled to 5 accounts per day, absent special permissions).
To summarize the proposal as I understand it:
- In addition to the existing process for experienced editors to obtain IPBE, which may vary from project to project, they could also request the creation of a new account, unlinked to their existing accounts, that will have the ability to edit viaTor. - The community will develop the process for approving which accounts will have this ability. When granted, the user will be given a token - The user will take the token to a third party which will create for them a new account that has the requisite permissions to edit via Tor - The new, unlinked account will edit Wikipedia in the same manner as a regular user, subject to the same policies - There will be a process by which the token can be "broken" or removed from the account (still to be determined)
In other words, the difference between the existing process and the proposed process is the addition of the third party and the deliberate separation of the two accounts. (I'm trying to put this into plain language so that it can be explained to a broader audience on a project.)
Do I have this right?
Risker/Anne