On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 08:18:11AM -0400, Christopher W. wrote:
A suggestion on this: I just remembered the "hidden" servers....there
was one listed on Privoxy's page, I believe, that can only be accessed
by someone using a tor/Privoxy combination. Perhaps our possible Chinese
dissident could post her/his edits and additions on such a server, have
them reviewed by someone at Wikipedia, and if they were non-vandalizing
type posts, they could then be added to the Wikipedia page.
I realize that this violates Wikipedia's open-source, anyone can
edit philosophy to an extent, as someone would have to read and review
these entries. It would also put additional burdens on Wikipedia's
staff. But it would allow both the free flow of information and the
protection of privacy.
Actually, anyone could provide this service right now. It doesn't
have to place a burden on Wikipedia in any way. All you need to do is
widely publicize some place where content can be dropped off
anonymously (a mailing list, a wiki, an ftp server), and volunteer to
post it to Wikipedia as long as it's not obviously spam.