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

[Casey Brown]

Ah, I see what you mean now. :-)

On 9/8/07, White Cat <wikipedia.kawaii.neko at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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).
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Casey Brown
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