https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72501
Bug ID: 72501
Summary: Need a way for trusted OAuth apps to make edits for
from blocked IPs
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: OAuth
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
Web browser: ---
Mobile Platform: ---
In general, Amazon Web Services and other cloud services get blocked on
Wikipedia and other wikis. (This is because they have traditionally been used
by spammers, and there have been few to no legitimate edits coming from them.)
This means that legitimate OAuth apps that make edits can't be run on AWS
(including Heroku, which was the platform my team was developing our app on
before we ran into this problem). Perhaps approved OAuth apps (or some subset
that have limited potential for abuse) could make edits with already-existing
user accounts even from blocked IPs?
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