On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 10:58:30AM -0800, freakofnurture wrote:
So, I'm wondering whether this is a shaggy dog story, or blatant trolling, or possibly an alibi with plausible technical merit. I was about to post this to [[WP:BJAODN]], but a fellow administrator referred me to this list. All I know is... if *I* was able to make a sandbox edit of "Tor proxy ~~~~" using his IP, anybody could just as easily the IP for abusive purposes. Suffice it to say I don't know what to tell the guy.
Well, for what my opinion is worth (I'm not a Wikimedia admin, but I've been on the net for about 23 years) the writer doesn't sound like a) an idiot, or b) a kook. He may be slightly uninformed technically (though I'm not sure I even think that), but...
Let me make sure I'm following your perception: he says the HTTP proxy which is blocked a) isn't his, b) isn't easily avoidable c) causes collateral damage and d) is "safe", and you believe one or more of those assertions to be factually inaccurate?
Cheers, -- jra