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

[Casey Brown]

I said nothing in my post about developers doing the blocking themselves...

On 9/8/07, White Cat <wikipedia.kawaii.neko at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Indeed. We are defenseless right now and I dislike it. Dev blocks are not
> a
> solution, devs have far more important things to do and blocking open
> proxies would come after "watching empty walls aimlessly" on my to do list
> if I were a dev.
>
>   - White Cat
>
> On 9/8/07, Casey Brown <cbrown1023.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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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> > This discussion is completely premature.  Last I checked, the 'Open
> > proxies' page on meta was removed from its state of ''policy''.  What
> > you are talking about is surely doable, but we do not have a consensus
> > on if to block OPs, let alone which types of proxies or what type of
> > block.
> >
> > Another solution to the problem you bring up would be cross-wiki
> > blocking by a certain user group like stewards.  It would stop any
> > vandal-script globally for a short amount of time. (vandals rarely use
> > the same proxy twice).
> >
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> > Casey Brown
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