Editing Tor and Wikipedia
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* Why does the distribution of edits edits over the time periods that IPs are marked as exit nodes in our dataset of Tor exit node "spells" not bunch up near the beginning of the period when the IP is a new Tor node and the IP seems less likely to be blocked? Why are there Tor exit nodes that seem to have been listed in CollectTor for long periods of time without being blocked by Wikipedia? | * Why does the distribution of edits edits over the time periods that IPs are marked as exit nodes in our dataset of Tor exit node "spells" not bunch up near the beginning of the period when the IP is a new Tor node and the IP seems less likely to be blocked? Why are there Tor exit nodes that seem to have been listed in CollectTor for long periods of time without being blocked by Wikipedia? | ||
* If TorBlock identifies a Tor exit node, are these IP addresses added to or reflected in the Special:Log block log? | * If TorBlock identifies a Tor exit node, are these IP addresses added to or reflected in the Special:Log block log? | ||
* Does an IP address need to make an edit first in order to be blocked as an open proxy? Can we find examples of this happening? If so, is it always bots | * Does an IP address need to make an edit first in order to be blocked as an open proxy? Can we find examples of this happening? If so, is it always bots? | ||
* What bots are involved in detecting and blocking IP addresses that are open proxies (especially Tor). | * What bots are involved in detecting and blocking IP addresses that are open proxies (especially Tor). | ||
* It seems that after some time in 2014, the amount of users blocked by Wikipedia dramatically reduced, and in their reason for blocking, they stopped mentioning Tor. Did they change their blocking method as well as policy? Did the new method help reduce the number of succesful revision attempts through Tor, or did they allow Tor users to start editing Wiki pages? Note that, during this time, TorNodeBot also got deactivated. | * It seems that after some time in 2014, the amount of users blocked by Wikipedia dramatically reduced, and in their reason for blocking, they stopped mentioning Tor. Did they change their blocking method as well as policy? Did the new method help reduce the number of succesful revision attempts through Tor, or did they allow Tor users to start editing Wiki pages? Note that, during this time, TorNodeBot also got deactivated. |