On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Erik Moeller <e...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 9:10 AM, Chris Steipp <cste...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > >> To satisfy Applebaum's request, there needs to be a mechanism whereby > >> someone can edit even if *all of their communications with Wikipedia, > >> including the initial contact* are coming over Tor or equivalent. > >> Blinded, costly-to-create handles (minted by Wikipedia itself) are one > >> possible way to achieve that; if there are concrete reasons why that > >> will not work for Wikipedia, the people designing these schemes would > >> like to know about them. > > > This should be possible, according to > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/NOP, > > which Nemo also posted. The user sends an email to the stewards (using > tor > > to access email service of their choice). Account is created, and user > can > > edit Wikimedia wikis. Or is there still a step that is missing? > > I tested the existing process by creating a new riseup.net email > account via Tor, then requesting account creation and a global > exemption via stewa...@wikimedia.org. My account creation request was > granted, but for exemption purposes, I was requested to go through the > process for any specific wiki I want to edit. In fact, the account was > created on Meta, but not exempted there. > > The reason I gave is as follows: > > "My reason for editing through Tor is that I would like to write about > sensitive issues (e.g. government surveillance practices) and prefer not > to be identified when doing so. I have some prior editing experience, but > would rather not disclose further information about it to avoid any > correlation of identities." > > This seems like a valid reason for a global exemption to me, so I'm > not sure the current global policy is sufficient. I use an anonymous encrypted VPN when accessing the Internet from home, and found myself unable to edit on en.wp. I requested IPBE <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Nathan&diff=572887054&oldid=568388651> and was initially denied because I was able to turn off the VPN to edit. Exemption was only granted because an administrator familiar with me was watching my talkpage and stepped in. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
