[WikiEN-l] Editing with open proxies

[Anthony]

On 6/16/07, Slim Virgin <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/16/07, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
> > On 6/16/07, Joe Szilagyi <szilagyi at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 6/16/07, George Herbert <george.herbert at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > If being able to identify admins is that important, we should consider
> > > > if the OTRS show-the-foundation-your-ID should be extended to normal
> > > > admins.
> > >
> > > An admin who is doing nothing wrong wound have nothing to hide from the
> > > Foundation. If they're editing from a situation however, where they
> > > shouldn't be--say, work conflict of interest, personal risk, extreme
> > > concerns for privacy--they they perhaps shouldn't be admins.
> > >
> > It's one thing to show your ID to "the foundation", and quite another
> > to give it to all of the members of the foundation who have access to
> > these logs.  The very fact that someone obtained and then revealed
> > this information about CW without permission is enough of a reason to
> > be concerned about one's privacy, in my opinion.
>
> No identifying details were revealed. If an admin candidate (or anyone
> else) is violating policy, they have to anticipate that they could be
> found out at any time, not only when it's convenient for them.

Well, in this case they were "found out" long ago, which suggests to
me that the person who "found out" didn't consider this to be a policy
worthy of enforcement.

> > FWIW, I don't think editing using a proxy *is* against policy.
>
> Yes, it is. See [[WP:PROXY]]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:PROXY

Fair enough.