Wikipedia globally blocks Apple Private Relay IP ranges from editing
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Wikipedia globally blocks Apple Private Relay IP ranges from editing
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Between this and the T-Mobile IP ban, why not just say "Only registered users can edit pages" and be done with it? When you're blocking millions from unregistered editing, just go full tilt.
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#4Is the premise over at Wikipedia still that an IP address meaningfully identifies a single editor? I think that ship sailed.
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#5Wikipedia appears to be living proof that "no good deed goes unpunished" today.. coincidentally on Good Friday in this part of the world
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#6Where does this end? Like if the end goal is to block every IP that has a bad reputation score, why not go all in and block every Tor exit IP and every popular VPN exit node too? If you're gonna do something, do it right.
That said, there's nothing stopping me hacking a residential router to make my (anonymous) Wikipedia edits.
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#7Is the premise over at Wikipedia still that an IP address meaningfully identifies a single editor? I think that ship sailed.
"I cannot stress this enough, and I think it's important to frame this debate correctly when it comes to discussing these blocks. I have made somewhere around 1200 rangeblocks of webhosting providers in the last 5 weeks or so. Not one of them was targeted at a user." — [[User:Blablubbs]] in linked page
Wikipedia doesn't block to punish individuals. It blocks to protect itself. There are plenty of ways around most blocks, like simply creating an account.
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#9Where does this end? Like if the end goal is to block every IP that has a bad reputation score, why not go all in and block every Tor exit IP and every popular VPN exit node too? If you're gonna do something, do it right. That said, there's nothing stopping me hacking a residential router to make my (anonymous) Wikipedia edits.
> why not go all in and block every Tor exit IP and every popular VPN exit node too? If you're gonna do something, do it right.
Everything sounds like that is already the case? Is it not?
> Communities typically block edits from IP addresses that obscure individual users.
Re: Wikipedia globally blocks Apple Private Relay IP ranges from editing
#10Where does this end? Like if the end goal is to block every IP that has a bad reputation score, why not go all in and block every Tor exit IP and every popular VPN exit node too? If you're gonna do something, do it right. That said, there's nothing stopping me hacking a residential router to make my (anonymous) Wikipedia edits.
Open proxies and Tor exit nodes are very often blocked on sight already on the English Wikipedia; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Open_proxies.