[Wikimedia-l] Re: Open proxies and IP blocking

2022-04-29 Thread dhorn
(cross-posted from https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:No_open_proxies/Unfair_blocking#Help_from_WMF) Hi folks, I'm DannyH from the Wikimedia Foundation. I manage the product teams that build Contributor Tools -- Community Tech, Campaigns, CheckUser improvements and sockpuppet detection,

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Open proxies and IP blocking

2022-05-02 Thread dhorn
I've been getting really helpful replies both here and in the Meta discussion, thank you very much. I'm going to summarize what I'm seeing so far, and ask some new questions. One thing that's come up is that there are many kinds of good-faith people who experience collateral damage from the

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Open proxies and IP blocking

2022-05-03 Thread dhorn
Paulo, you're right — I'm sorry, I shouldn't use "anonymous" to describe unregistered editing. I misspoke on that. Danny ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: