On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Gregory Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Anthony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > > On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 11:22 PM, Gregory Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> The editing problems are purely from the technical incompetence in the > >> manner in which the UK censorship is being performed, and not from the > >> censorship itself. > > > > > > C'mon, what about the technical incompetence in the manner in which the > > Mediawiki software identifies unique individuals? > > > > IP addresses aren't people. > > Come now: We have accounts. Just barely. > We use 'having a unique IP' as a type of "proof of work". I don't remember seeing the RFC for that. > We'll gladly except XFF from their proxies if they'd bother sending it. Actually, there's no RFC for that either. While a common practice, you shouldn't rely on it. > Can you suggest anything better that we can do to > prevent people from minting as many accounts as they like and causing > trouble. You could require an email address... _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l
