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

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#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              |   Keywords:
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 We heard a report in the 34c3 relay operator meetup that wikipedia is
 blocking edits from non-exit relays. If this is so, it's clearly an
 unnecessary step on their part -- and the wikipedia people in the room
 declared that they would want to fix it.

 One theory was that these non-exit relays had been exit relays for a
 little while in the distant past, and that was enough to get on a multi-
 year wikipedia blacklist.

 One way to move forward would be to gather anecdotal data from more non-
 exit relay operators. It looks like just clicking on the 'edit' link on a
 random page is enough to tell?

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