On 12/08/07, NavouWiki navouwiki@gmail.com wrote:
You are not banned for doing anything.
Considering how many people told me I was willfully flouting policy, I think it is safe to say I am.
An extract from your block log:
No matching items in log.
It's a collection of autoblocks.
You are able to freely use a proxy until it (read: the proxy) is blocked.
'We're okay with subverting entry-blocks. This isn't hypocrisy; this is because entry blocks are fundamentally different. When Alice connects to Tor to connect to Bob, an exit block means that Bob doesn't want anonymous connections, whereas an entry block means that somebody doesn't want Alice to have privacy. Entry blocking subverts Alice's self-determination, whereas exit blocking on Bob's part *is* self-determination, even if we don't like it.' -- Nick Mathewson, Tor developer, September 2005
http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/Sep-2005/msg00260.html
Thanks, Armed Blowfish
Respectfully, Navou
-----Original Message----- From: wikien-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Armed Blowfish Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 8:48 PM To: English Wikipedia Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Hardblocking usernames
On 12/08/07, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
I still feel banned. There is more than one option available to unblock individual Tor users.
Allowing individual Tor users to edit Wikipedia involves adding a line to LocalSettings.php and having a Steward give you the permission. It's easy. But why would we do that? We don't allow people to edit through anonymous proxies (and there is no consensus that Tor nodes are not anonymous proxies - I, for one, certainly don't see any significant difference) for a reason. That reasons applies to you just as it applies to anyone else. If there is a reason to make an exception for you, then there is a reason to make an exception for pretty much anyone, in which case we should simply remove the rule.
Okay, so I am banned for using Tor and running a Tor exit node, right?
So can I pretty please qualify for emotional protection under [[Wikipedia:Banning_policy#Dealings_with_banned_users]], where it says, 'Wikipedia's hope for banned users is that they will leave Wikipedia with their pride and dignity intact, whether permanently or for the duration of their ban. As such, it is inappropriate to bait banned users or take advantage of their ban to mock them.'
Also BLP....
Armed Blowfish
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