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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). | ||
* 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? | * 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? |