On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Andrew Garrett <agarr...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > Just a quick note to let everybody know that in a few days I'll be > changing the TorBlock configuration to require explicit block > exemption rather than merely being logged in. <snip> > > To facilitate this, I will also be activating explicit IP block > exemption on all wikis. Like on English Wikipedia and many other > wikis, administrators will be able to add users to an "IP block > exempt" group, which exempts its holder from IP blocks, range blocks > and autoblocks, *but not explicit user blocks*. This is a helpful, > albeit inaccessible way to defray some of the problems associated with > blocking Tor users carte blanche.
I've gone ahead and implemented this. Please tell me if there are any problems. -- Andrew Garrett _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
