Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TorNodeBot

TorNodeBot

Automatic or Manually assisted: Automatic

Source code available: http://toolserver.org/~mpdelbuono/torbot.txt

Function overview: Blocks unblocked TOR nodes as anonymous only, account creation blocked

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): No public discussions regarding the bot directly, but this is in response to a discussion on IRC regarding WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Zealking

Edit period(s): Continuous

Estimated number of pages affected: Initial estimates suggest about 100 IPs in the first hour, however this is likely to drop off after the initial spike. All depends on the TOR network status.

Exclusion compliant (Y/N): N (not applicable)

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N

Function details:

The bot scans the current TOR network to get a list of potential IPs that are exit nodes. After establishing a list of possible IPs for exit nodes (which is approximately 1400 at last check), it checks each IP against the official TOR tracker via DNSEL. If DNSEL confirms that this is a TOR exit node which has access to Wikipedia, the bot will block the IP anonymous-only, account creation blocked for 3 months.

While this is supposed to be handled by the TOR extension in Wikipedia, some vandals have found a way to avoid this extension. As a result, this bot is necessary to deal with ongoing issues as indicated in the above WP:SPI link.

Discussion

Support approval -- This dude is giving our SPI clerks premature grey hair. Auntie E. (talk) 18:29, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict)

Approved for trial. Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. Normally I'd want this request to sit for a while and gather comments from other users, especially considering it is an adminbot, but due to the urgency of the task I'm approving this for a trial. Please run the bot as long as you need, I was thinking somewhere in the range of 25 to 50 blocks. — The Earwig ^(talk) 18:32, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]