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[-] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Banning bad actors ip’s. […]

Wouldn't that only be relevant for an admin/moderator? Why does it need to be publicly viewable?

[-] Harvey656@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Took a two month nap?

It's important for it to be public, otherwise bad actors can far too easily destroy the entire platform. Wikipedia is too big, and smart to privatize editors. While it sucks really bad that this happened to this poor guy, the alternative could doom Wikipedia.

The real evil here is Saudi Arabia (they are the ones that pursued him correct? It's been a few months I forgot.)

Edit: it was, he was an admin of Saudi Arabia Wikipedia, and they blamed him for some bs. There was no hiding his editing regardless, he was the administrator sadly. Blame the country.

this post was submitted on 05 May 2025
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