[WikiEN-l] block open proxies only for non-logged-in users please

[Phroziac]

Because that would allow trolls and vandals and other evil items to
make accounts using a tor, and freely evade any ban. I really don't
see why any government would care what you're doing..

On 8/1/05, Tor Ville <tor_ville at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Your policy of indiscriminate blocking of edits from
> IP addresses of the TOR anonymous network is a serious
> violation of individual privacy. At the moment you
> generate a "User is blocked" page as tor is classified
> as "open proxy".
> OK, I understand that you want to prevent abuse from
> open proxies when the use is not logged in, but WHY
> BLOCK LOGGED IN USERS who use the Tor network only
> because they don't want everyone (and any government
> agencies) to be able to track what they are personally
> interested in.
> 
> Please block only users who are not logged in from
> open proxies. Abuse from logged in users can be dealt
> with by blocking the user rather than the IP of the
> open proxy. Please don't be indiscriminate, please
> don't block innocent users who prefer privacy.
> 
> This is very important. I realized I cannot edit
> Wikipedia any more if anyone can check everything I am
> interested in. Thanks!
> 
> 
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