[Foundation-l] [foundation-l] Open proxies an interwiki matter

[teun spaans]

I think there are many countries in the world where people would edit rather
through open proxies than directly through an easily traceble ip-address.
See hrw.org and amnesty.org

teun spaans

On 9/8/07, White Cat <wikipedia.kawaii.neko at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I think we really need to have some automation in dealing with these.
>
> Granted there are notable exceptions on some wikis such as the Chinese
> wikis, but for every other wiki there needs to be a more centralized block
> on open proxies.
>
> How likely is an average person to edit a wiki from an open proxy? How
> likely is a spam bot or some destructive vandal script to preform the
> task.
>
> I think a solution could be like the spam list - a centralized meta page
> for
> open proxy blocks.
>
>    - White Cat
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