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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Ryttaren (talk | contribs) at 21:48, 26 July 2011 (WP:WOCP Edit crit resolved). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Please add new sections to the bottom of the page

Archived discussions

Rewrite

  1. I have removed the section on https servers; if China blocks them, not much point in listing them.
  2. I have corrected the section on the TorBlock extension; as I understand it, it is active on all wikis but the override is disabled. (That is, it was written to automatically softblock all exit nodes and override any local hard blocks. Only the override has been disabled.)
  3. Added IP block exemption.
  4. Modified the section on soft blocks. Hard blocks should be much less controversial now that IPBE has been implemented.

--Thatcher 16:06, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why is it Wikipedia's job to help others circumvent the law?

I have severe reservations about this article. In my opinion Wikipedia shouldn't state or support opposition of the law. I don't care if China's censorship of Wikipedia is wrong, we shouldn't support the circumventing of any law anywhere in any place. I will talk with Jimbo on this. If he agrees, this may need speedy deletion.--Ipatrol (talk) 19:19, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As long as these articles don't circumvbent western law, it won't matter. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.230.116.183 (talk) 04:34, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Are we still hardblocking Tor?

And can anyone tell me why? I thought there was a system in place for legitimate users to create accounts and then edit via Tor... -- AndySimpson talk? 11:09, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tor is hardblocked because we get an overwhelming amount of abuse from it. Legitimate users with good reason to use it can request IPBE. I've updated the page to reflect the status quo - the system for creating accounts is described there. -- zzuuzz (talk) 13:19, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

3,000 diffs for new users in China

The project page states:

Ask someone outside of mainland China to set you up with an account

However, Wikipedia:WikiProject on closed proxies/Criteria states:

Do you have over 3000 edits on Wikipedia?

How is someone from China supposed to make 3,000 edits in order to qualify? Is one supposed to make 3,000 diffs and e-mail them to a closed proxy operator? --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 14:39, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the 3000+ edits criteria for WP:WOCP. Ryttaren (talk) 21:48, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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