On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 05:22:55PM -0700, Damian Johnson wrote:
- Sumana and Rob from Wikimedia
Unsurprisingly Wikipedia occasionally has issues with spammers using Tor. We talked about some possible options, such as requiring accounts for Tor users to edit with a sort of proof of work in account creation to make ban evasion more of a pita.
FYI. We've discussed this with Wikipedia folks and presented solutions since about 2005. Whoever we've talked to has generally been very enthusiastic about suggested solutions but never seem interested in following up. Technical solutions have been evolving all the while: nym, nymble, verbs, blakr, etc. (cf. the freehaven anonbib for papers and/or websearch for system names) It would be great if this engagement actually moves forward to actual success, but I thought you should know this disappointing history. (The panel I arranged that Jimmy Wales was very enthusiastic and extensively engaged about but then bailed on as final arrangements were being made led ultimately to the following paper with Geoff Goodell ``The Right Place at the Right Time: Examining the Use of Network Location in Authentication and Abuse Prevention,'' Comm. ACM, vol. 50, no. 5, 2007.)
aloha, Paul