[WikiEN-l] Editing with open proxies

[K P]

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?
>
You don't know her reasons for using a TOR, so it' a bit rich to
elaborate on the unknown to such a degree.

KP