[WikiEN-l] Re: How do I edit a page from inside China?

Wed Oct 26 10:45:47 UTC 2005

Jimbo Wales wrote:

>Still, your point is absolutely valid in the broader sense.  What
>changes could be make that might allow us to mitigate the problems of
>anonymous proxies in a gentler way than wholesale blocking?

Looking at http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=550 , the
problem isn't having the code to hand - we have code patches on hand
for lots of possible options. The problem is deciding what is actually
a good idea socially. What's an obviously elegant solution to the
problem? If there isn't one, what compromise would make things better
rather than worse?

- d.