Last modified: 2011-01-25 01:49:10 UTC
Enable IP (range) block exemptions on all Wikimedia wikis. There is no reason why every single wiki would have to request this. Reasons for this: 1. The proposed tightening of TorBlock will make this necessary! http://techblog.wikimedia.org/2009/04/planning-to-tighten-torblock-restrictions/ 2. E.g. my bot is running on a VPS, but the whole IP range of Server4You is blocked on jawiki e.g., but jawiki doesn't have IP block exemption it seems, so no way to run my bot there. It would be even cooler to have a "*global* IP block exemption" SUL feature ;-)
In answer to your last point, there is a global IP block exemption. You can request it at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_requests/Global#Request_for_global_IP_block_exempt.
(In reply to comment #1) > In answer to your last point, there is a global IP block exemption. You can > request it at > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_requests/Global#Request_for_global_IP_block_exempt. > Well, that section was yesterday created by Spacebirdy herself ( http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steward_requests%2FGlobal&diff=1448743&oldid=1448708 ) in order to be prepared for handling future requests. Kind regards DerHexer
see also bug 18337
(In reply to comment #3) > see also bug 18337 Ugh, blond moment, I meant bug 18343
Fixed! See http://techblog.wikimedia.org/2009/04/tor-configuration-changes-and-ip-block-exemption-rollout/ ---- A "global IP block exemption" feature would still be a cool thing, though. Compare http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_requests/Global#Global_IP_block_exempt_for_MelancholieBot See bug 18343.
