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| notes = This page provides information about prohibition on open proxies on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. It was discussed in February 2004, and the policy page was created in March 2006. (If you have been blocked as an open proxy, please see [[m:WM:OP/H|Help:blocked]].) |
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<div style="width:100%; margin:0; padding:0.2em; border:1px dotted #888;">This policy is copied from [[m:Meta:No open proxies|Meta:No open proxies]]. Edits should be made to that page, or they might be lost in the next update.</div> |
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This policy page is based on an older revision of [[m:No open proxies]]. The current wording is disputed (see [[Wikipedia talk:No open proxies|local]] and [[m:talk:No open proxies|crosswiki]] discussions). |
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==Policy== |
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Users are prohibited from editing Wikimedia projects through '''[[w:open proxy|open or anonymous proxies]]'''. Although {{ns:Project}} encourages anyone in the world to contribute, such proxies are often used abusively. '''If you have been blocked as an open proxy, please see [[m:WikiProject on open proxies/Help:blocked|Help:blocked]]'''. Proxies are left open due to deliberate or inadvertent configuration or because hackers have changed the configuration. No restrictions are placed on ''reading'' {{ns:Project}} through an open or anonymous proxy. |
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[[w:open proxy|Open or anonymising proxies]] may be blocked for any period at any time. While this may affect legitimate users, they are not the intended targets and may freely use proxies until those are blocked. No restrictions are placed on ''reading'' {{ns:Project}} through an open or anonymous proxy. |
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Proxies are left open due to deliberate or inadvertent configuration or because hackers have changed the configuration. Non-static [[w:IP address|IP addresses]] or hosts that are otherwise not permanent proxies should typically be blocked for a shorter period of time, as it likely the IP address will eventually be transferred or dynamically reassigned, or the open proxy closed. Once closed, the IP address should be unblocked. |
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==Rationale== |
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Once "closed", the IP address should be unblocked. {{ns:Project}} administrators and editors frequently check IP addresses from which vandalism originates, to see if they might be proxies. There is also a {{ns:Project}} project, the [[{{ns:Project}}:WikiProject on open proxies|WikiProject on open proxies]], which seeks to identify and block open proxy servers. |
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Although Wikipedia encourages anyone in the world to contribute, such proxies are often used abusively. Since [[w:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] (the wiki software) depends on IP addresses for administrator intervention against abuse, open proxies allow users to completely circumvent administrators. The use of scripts or bots allow malicious users to rapidly rotate IP addresses, causing continuous disruption that cannot be stopped by helpless administrators. Several such attacks have ocurred on Wikimedia projects, causing heavy disruption and occupying administrators who would otherwise deal with other concerns. |
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This policy is known to cause difficulty for some editors, who must use open proxies to circumvent [[w:censorship|censorship]] where they live; a well-known example is the government of the [[w:People's Republic of China|People's Republic of China]], which sporadically attempts to [[w:Internet censorship in China|prevent its citizens]] from reading or editing Wikipedia. Chinese readers who wish to edit Wikipedia should read [[w:Wikipedia:Advice to users using Tor to bypass the Great Firewall|advice to users using anonymizing proxies to bypass the Great Firewall]]. |
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* [[Project:WikiProject on open proxies|WikiProject on open proxies]] |
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* [[m:Editing with Tor]] |
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* Original discussion |
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== External Links == |
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* [http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2004-February/ |
** [http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2004-February/010660.html WikiEn-l: "Anonymous proxies (was Re: Desysop Morwen)"], [[User:Jimbo Wales|Jimmy Wales]] on 16 February 2004 |
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Revision as of 03:07, 8 July 2007
| ←List of policies | No open proxies |
| This page provides information about prohibition on open proxies on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. It was discussed in February 2004, and the policy page was created in March 2006. (If you have been blocked as an open proxy, please see Help:blocked.)
This policy is copied from Meta:No open proxies. Edits should be made to that page, or they might be lost in the next update.
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Policy
Open or anonymising proxies may be blocked for any period at any time. While this may affect legitimate users, they are not the intended targets and may freely use proxies until those are blocked. No restrictions are placed on reading Wikipedia through an open or anonymous proxy.
Proxies are left open due to deliberate or inadvertent configuration or because hackers have changed the configuration. Non-static IP addresses or hosts that are otherwise not permanent proxies should typically be blocked for a shorter period of time, as it likely the IP address will eventually be transferred or dynamically reassigned, or the open proxy closed. Once closed, the IP address should be unblocked.
Rationale
Although Wikipedia encourages anyone in the world to contribute, such proxies are often used abusively. Since MediaWiki (the wiki software) depends on IP addresses for administrator intervention against abuse, open proxies allow users to completely circumvent administrators. The use of scripts or bots allow malicious users to rapidly rotate IP addresses, causing continuous disruption that cannot be stopped by helpless administrators. Several such attacks have ocurred on Wikimedia projects, causing heavy disruption and occupying administrators who would otherwise deal with other concerns.
This policy is known to cause difficulty for some editors, who must use open proxies to circumvent censorship where they live; a well-known example is the government of the People's Republic of China, which sporadically attempts to prevent its citizens from reading or editing Wikipedia. Chinese readers who wish to edit Wikipedia should read advice to users using anonymizing proxies to bypass the Great Firewall.
See also
- WikiProject on open proxies
- m:Editing with Tor
- This policy is copied from No open proxies on the Meta-Wiki.
- Original discussion
- WikiEn-l: "Anonymous proxies (was Re: Desysop Morwen)", Tim Starling on 15 February 2004
- WikiEn-l: "Anonymous proxies (was Re: Desysop Morwen)", Jimmy Wales on 16 February 2004
- WikiEn-l: "Anonymous proxies (was Re: Desysop Morwen)", Jimmy Wales on 16 February 2004