[WikiEN-l] Editing with open proxies

[Anthony]

On 6/18/07, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
> On 6/18/07, Slim Virgin <slimvirgin 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.
> >
> > I think the most pressing issue is not the policy thing, but that
> > someone who wanted adminship was very keen to ensure that no one, not
> > even the Foundation, could find out anything about them. Not even the
> > location s/he edits from, or the ISP.
> >
> > Perhaps we should focus on that question: do we want any kind of
> > minimum accountability from admins, or do we not care who they are, or
> > that one person might easily be controlling multiple admin accounts?
> >
> > If we do want minimum accountability, how do we get it?  If we don't
> > want minimum accountability, are we willing to accept the consequences
> > e.g. that it's currently easy for a  banned or malicious user to get
> > adminship, not just once, but multiple times?
>
> I'd support requiring admins to provide their real identity to the
> foundation.  In fact, I'd support making everyone who provides their
> real identity to the foundation an admin, at least unless they prove
> to be unworthy of such a position.
>
Oh yeah, and I'd also support adding anyone who has verified their
identity to the foundation to the ipblock-exempt list, regardless of
whether or not they're an admin.