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* '''Theory''' — It takes some time for an exit node to be added to the list of blocked IPs. As a result, Tor users that randomly happen to be routed out of a recently added exit nodes (in the period before Wikipedia has blocked the exit nodes IP) are sometimes allowed to edit. | * '''Theory''' — It takes some time for an exit node to be added to the list of blocked IPs. As a result, Tor users that randomly happen to be routed out of a recently added exit nodes (in the period before Wikipedia has blocked the exit nodes IP) are sometimes allowed to edit. | ||
* '''Theory''' — Some exit nodes don't get added to Wikipedia's block list automatically through TorBlock. Tor users who are routed through these exit nodes are allowed to edit Wikipedia until an administrator or bot notices and blocks the IP address. | * '''Theory''' — Some exit nodes don't get added to Wikipedia's block list automatically through TorBlock. Tor users who are routed through these exit nodes are allowed to edit Wikipedia until an administrator or bot notices and blocks the IP address. | ||
== Identifying IPs that are/were Tor exit nodes == | == Identifying IPs that are/were Tor exit nodes == | ||
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What we can tell about how it works: | What we can tell about how it works: | ||
* during a period from XXXX to | * during a period from XXXX to XXXX it read from the Tor Project bulk list service (link?) | ||
* after | * after XXXX, it pulls from the newer "Onionoo" service | ||
* pulls perioditically, typically from a cronjob | * pulls perioditically, typically from a cronjob | ||
=== Blocked by Administrators "by hand" === | === Blocked by Administrators "by hand" === | ||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ProcseeBot ProcseeBot] (apparently closed source but we could contact the author/operator [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Slakr Slakr]) | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ProcseeBot ProcseeBot] (apparently closed source but we could contact the author/operator [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Slakr Slakr]) | ||
== Structure of Special:Log XML file == | == Structure of Special:Log XML file == | ||
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* 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 that doing the blocking? | * 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 that doing the blocking? | ||
* 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). | ||