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

[kylelutze]

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sorry, I didn't know that was the situation for people there, in that
case I think we need to come up with a better alternative solution,
what, I don't know yet

Walter van Kalken wrote:
| 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?
|>
|> 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.
|>
|> Kyle
|>
| 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)
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