On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
I tested the existing process by creating a new riseup.net email account via Tor, then requesting account creation and a global exemption via stewards@wikimedia.org. My account creation request was granted, but for exemption purposes, I was requested to go through the process for any specific wiki I want to edit. In fact, the account was created on Meta, but not exempted there.
Thanks for taking the initiative to check that out. Now maybe the stewards will be paranoid that any further Tor requests might be from you, and act accordingly. It kinda reminds me of the Rosenham Experimenthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenhan_experiment. Just the known possibility that there might be a mystery customer keeps the service providers on their toes, and they are much more likely to mistake an ordinary customer for the mystery customer than vice versa, as demonstrated by the non-existent impostor experimenthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenhan_experiment#The_non-existent_impostor_experiment .