[WikiEN-l] Editing with open proxies

[James Farrar]

On 17/06/07, Slim Virgin <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/16/07, James Farrar <james.farrar at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > CW had accepted the nom; hadn't mentioned the open proxies; and people
> > > > > had started commenting. It's not clear there was time for an e-mail
> > > > > correspondence. It was up to CW to sort this out *before* accepting
> > > > > the nom.
> > > >
> > > > How could she, if she was not aware of it until after accepting the nom???
> > >
> > > How could she not have been aware that she was using open proxies, James?
> >
> > Do you have any evidence that she was aware that she was using open
> > proxies *in violation of Wikipedia policy*, Slim? If you do, please
> > provide it.
>
> I think the policy is fairly well known, and if it wasn't, all CW had
> to do was explain that when asked about it. But instead, there was no
> explanation at all.
>
> This is getting a bit repetitive, so I'll summarize then stop
> commenting unless there's a new point:
>
> CW could have made arrangements with the ArbCom or Jimbo before the
> nom to edit with open proxies if there were special circumstances.
> S/he didn't. S/he could have mentioned them when accepting the nom.
> S/he didn't. S/he could have explained on the RfA page when asked
> about them. S/he didn't.  S/he could have e-mailed Jayjg to explain
> privately. So far as we know, s/he didn't. So it's a question of poor
> judgment as much as the issue of open proxies.

I conclude from your failure to answer three calls for evidence to
back up your point that you have none.