[WikiEN-l] Editing with open proxies

[Anthony]

On 6/19/07, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
> On 6/19/07, Ilmari Karonen <nospam at vyznev.net> wrote:
> > Anthony wrote:
> > >
> > > I am not the one wikilawyering.  Yes, the IP addresses are blocked by
> > > policy.  That is pretty much indisputable.  If your only comment is
> > > that Charlotte *knew* the IP addresses were blocked, I don't think you
> > > need to look at this AfD to know that.  Of course Charlotte knew the
> > > IP addresses were blocked.  The question is whether or not Charlotte
> > > knew that it was wrong to edit using them anyway.
> >
> > This seems pretty disingenious.  The message normally shown when one
> > tries to edit via a blocked Tor node, [[Template:Tor]], says:
> >
> >    "This IP address has been blocked because it is believed to be a Tor
> >    network open proxy.  To prevent abuse, editing Wikipedia from these
> >    proxies is prohibited."
> >
> > For an analogy, imagine you wanted to get into a building and, for some
> > reason, didn't want to use the door.  So you try to climb in through a
> > window, but it's barred, with a sign saying: "Entering the building
> > through windows is forbidden!"  So you try another window, and it too is
> > barred with a similar sign.  You try a couple more, and they're all
> > barred.  Then finally, you find a window that's ajar and has no sign.
> > Would you conclude:
> >
> >   a) that entering through *this* window is perfectly acceptable, or
> >   b) that the signs you saw previously in fact apply to *all* the
> >      windows, but someone simply forgot to bar this one?
> >
> Depends.  If I had permission from the owner to enter the building,
> for instance if I was supposed to feed her cat, then I'd assume that
> the other windows were barred to keep out burglars, and not me.
>
Especially if the sign said "To prevent burglary, entering the
building through windows is forbidden!"