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

[White Cat]

Yes, I know. Thats the current process. I commented on it before anyone
brought it up. :)

    - White Cat

On 9/9/07, Casey Brown <cbrown1023.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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