Éder, to clarify, does your "We will discuss secure forms..." sentence refer to things like Wikimedia DNS or to responses to IP blocks? I'm somewhat unclear, as you reference WMF teams being involved.
Best regards, Rae ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ User:Vermont <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Vermont> on Wikimedia projects they/them/theirs (why pronouns matter <https://pronouns.org/what-and-why>) On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 4:09 PM Harry Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: > Speaking as someone who has made such blocks but only later found out the > off-wiki context, sometimes they're absolutely necessary to prevent > disruption. The people facilitating the event these events (I've done that > too, back in the days when Wikimedia UK actually did stuff) need to be > careful, especially if the event involves multiple people editing a small > group of articles from one IP address because the people who respond to > those edits on-wiki don't know there's an editathon happening if nobody > tells them. > > We also see a lot of abuse coming from places like public WiFi hotspots. > University WiFi often gets blocked because of trivial problem edits but > public WiFi hotspots are sometimes used for more sophisticated abuse - for > example, we have problem editors who drive between coffee shops/fast-food > outlets/other places that offer free WiFi solely to evade blocks and make > disruptive (sometimes extremely problematic) edits to Wikipedia. > > Harry > > On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 8:33 PM Éder Porto <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello to all, >> >> This point specifically deals with IP blocking actions carried out in >> outreach activities, in which newcomers are sumarily blocked, especially in >> universities or public spaces (probably because of others that might have >> vandalized Wikipedia using that IP address or other reason), affecting the >> flow of the events. We will discuss secure forms of implementation of this >> type of measures with the Wikimedia Foundation and the teams involved. >> >> Cheers, >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
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