[WikiEN-l] Editing with open proxies

[jayjg]

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.

Well, *I* certainly don't revert them, nor do I block otherwise good
editors if they are using proxies. I, like most everyone else, just
block the proxies and move on. That said, the vast majority of editors
using proxies (though certainly not 100%) are using them for nasty
reasons.