[Foundation-l] On the blocking of anonymous proxies (pt. 2)

[Walter van Kalken]

kylelutze wrote:

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> well, here's my question then, if you don't want to block proxies, then
> what is your suggestion to take care of the massive ammount of spam?
> wikipedia isn't ment to be an opinion based site for people to express
> their views, it's meant to be an encyclopedia, stating only the facts,
> so why would people need to be anonymous when editing or adding new
> articles, unless trolling?
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> On another point, for blocking proxies, it may be nice to somehow take
> advantage of the abusive host blocking list (ahbl.org, hosted by
> sosdg.org). I believe that's the one for blocking proxies, etc. or there
> may be another one on that site. I personally believe that proxies
> shouldn't be used for going to wikipedia as you can hide your IP by
> creating an account.
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> Kyle
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Well if you propose blocking these you propose blocking ME and a couple 
of hundred thousand Thai's who are with True / Asia internet as the 
provider forces us to use open proxies. I am one of the most active 
editors on nl.wikipedia. So they will be glad to hear you think that. 
For your info I cannot change internet ISP. I wonder how many other 
people this is the case for!

Walter van Kalken (Waerth)