[jwales at wikia.com: Re: [roy at rant-central.com: Re: [arma at mit.edu: Re: Wikipedia & Tor]]]

[Roy M. Silvernail]

Quoting Alan Barrett <apb at cequrux.com>:

> > ----- Forwarded message from Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> -----
> > We are not looking for a perfect solution.  Yes, Wikis will be
> > vandalized.  We're prepared to deal with that, we do deal with that.
> > But what I am seeking is some efforts to think usefully about how to
> > helpfully reconcile our dual goals of openness and privacy.
>
> Wikipedia should allow Tor users to register Wikipedia nyms.
> Then they could block:
>      Tor users trying to edit without a nym;
>      Tor users trying to edit with a nym that has a bad reputation;
> and they could rate-limit
>      Tor users trying to edit with a nym that has insufficient history
>      to be classified as good or bad;
> while not blocking
>      Tor users trying to edit with a nym that has a good reputation.

s/Tor/all/g

This is an excellent summation, except that there is no compelling reason to
treat Tor-carried traffic differently than any other traffic.  Credentialing
and reputation tracking are good ideas, and should be applied universally.
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