[Foundation-l] TOR Nodes

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
You are wrong that this proposal primarily enwiki. The nl.wikipedia has as
strong policies effected as the English has. This policy seems to fit best
when Single User Login.

Apart from that it is a happy proposal.

Thanks,
     GerardM

On Jan 15, 2008 2:03 AM, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:

> (Was Ipblock exempt proposal for en wiki)
>
> This seems like something that, while it affects primarily en.wiki,
> should be run by the Foundation because of the potentially serious PR
> consequences (Wikipedia makes it impossible to edit from China etc.).
>
> If a solution of generally blocking Tor exit nodes (prior to abuse
> from that specific node) is adopted it looks like the technical
> solution provided by RonaldB is by far the best option. It offers
> constant updating, operation by an experienced expert and quick
> (relatively) unblocks of former Tor exit nodes.
>
> Others have raised a good point, though: The trade off is between
> vandalism by TOR users and editing from China / other nations with
> selecting blocking of Wikipedia.
>
> In any event, it looks like the link provided by Mercury has dissolved
> into indecision and it seems unlikely much will come from it (except
> sniping between Mercury and Raul...).
>
> Nathan
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: NavouWiki <navouwiki at gmail.com>
> Date: Jan 14, 2008 7:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Ipblock exempt proposal for en wiki
> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
>
>
> On a ip hardblock, can't do anything but read.  Ip exempt would permit a
> bypass per username.
>
> Merc
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Nathan
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 6:16 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Ipblock exempt proposal for en wiki
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>
> Can you login from a TOR node? Or is traffic from TOR banned
> completely? If you can login, I don't see the problem. Frankly, I
> think logging in to make a substantial edit isn't a bad idea. The old
> argument is that a great deal (perhaps the majority) of content has
> come from IPs. True probably, but only because they didn't have to log
> in!
>
> On Jan 14, 2008 7:13 PM, Majorly <axel9891 at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > On 15/01/2008, Chad <innocentkiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > This mentality must change before any process can move forward.
> > >
> > > Chad
> > >
> >
> > Oh indeed.
> >
> > --
> > Alex (Majorly)
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