[WikiEN-l] Editing with open proxies

[Ray Saintonge]

Slim Virgin wrote:

>On 6/18/07, John Lee <johnleemk at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>Nevertheless, the pertinent issue
>>is whether it is against policy to edit through open proxies.
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>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.
>
Now you're imputing motives.

>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?
>
Perhaps it would be better to develop a consensus about what 
accountability is instead of having individuals enforce their own 
idiosyncratic interpretations.

Ec