---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andrew Garrett andrew@epstone.net Date: 2008-6-4 17:27 Subject: [Wikitech-l] TorBlock extension enabled To: Wikimedia developers wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Hi all,

After working through the code with Tim for a few hours this afternoon, the TorBlock extension has been enabled on Wikimedia.

The TorBlock extension will override local IP blocks to provide a consistent treatment of tor. Currently, this involves allowing only logged-in users to edit, and requiring tor users to have 100 edits, and a 90-day-old account, prior to being autoconfirmed.

Hopefully, this will provide a balance between allowing users to edit through tor without the difficult process of granting per-wiki IP block exemptions, and preventing pagemove vandals (such as the user known as 'Grawp' on English) from using Tor for vandalism and so on.

I haven't yet implemented this, but I am interested in the prospect of marking Tor users as such on either CheckUser, or (privacy policy depending) on Recent Changes.

-- Andrew Garrett

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