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Re: Wikipedia: Sandbox

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I can never edit Wikipedia when I have private relay enabled unfortunately :(

Well yes, the entire point of a private relay is to make it impossible for websites to be able to distinguish between you and a spammer. There are exceptions to this policy, but you generally need to have a really good pre-existing reputation to qualify https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IP_block_exemption

I mean, I am logged in, I feel like that is pretty strong signal of who I am

Re: Wikipedia: Sandbox

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post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well yes, the entire point of a private relay is to make it impossible for websites to be able to distinguish between you and a spammer. There are exceptions to this policy, but you generally need to have a really good pre-existing reputation to qualify https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IP_block_exemption

I mean, I am logged in, I feel like that is pretty strong signal of who I am

When anyone can create a large number of sleeper accounts, it isn't really. Its not like you provided ID when you made your account. So the compromise is that if you accured enough reputation you can ask for an exception.
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