[tor-bugs] #24758 [Community/Outreach]: Wikipedia blocks edits from non-exit relays?

Thu Feb 27 20:34:13 UTC 2020

#24758: Wikipedia blocks edits from non-exit relays?
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 Reporter:  arma                |          Owner:  alison
     Type:  defect              |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium              |      Milestone:
Component:  Community/Outreach  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal              |     Resolution:
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Comment (by woswos):

 I found this paper "Are anonymity-seekers just like everybody else? An
 analysis of contributions to Wikipedia from Tor"
 https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.04324

 You might want to take a look.

 Their conclusion is "Our analysis suggests that although Tor users who
 slip through Wikipedia's ban contribute content that is more likely to be
 reverted and to revert others, their contributions are otherwise similar
 in quality to those from other unregistered participants and to the
 initial contributions of registered users."

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