[WikiEN-l] Editing with open proxies

[John Lee]

On 6/18/07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 18/06/07, jayjg <jayjg99 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 6/18/07, John Lee <johnleemk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Nevertheless, the pertinent issue
> > > is whether it is against policy to edit through open proxies. There
> seems to
> > > be evidence that there isn't a consensus.
>
> > Except for the fact that admins and CheckUsers keep blocking them as
> > soon as they come across them.
>
>
> Yes, but are good edits through an open proxy an offense per se? That
> is the one that's a new one to me.


Precisely. The policy is to block open proxies on sight, but not to block
those using them just because they were using an open proxy.

Johnleemk