[WikiEN-l] (no subject)

[David Gerard]

On 08/01/2008, Ian A Holton <poeloq at gmail.com> wrote:

> Question: Is it possible to use Tor and log in to edit? I spend a lot of
> time in the PR China and hate having to use silly methods to view
> Wikipedia and still not being able to edit. This really needs to be
> sorted out!


That's soft-blocking. We used to do that a lot but it turned out to
attract vandals, trolls and sockpuppeters by the ton. Tor is great in
theory, but in practice it appears to be a conduit for buckets of
sewage. Which is sad.


- d.