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Users are prohibited from editing Wikimedia projects through ''']'''. Although {{ns:Project}} encourages anyone in the world to contribute, such proxies are often used abusively. '''If you have been blocked as an open proxy, please see ]'''. Proxies are left open due to deliberate or inadvertent configuration or because hackers have changed the configuration. No restrictions are placed on ''reading'' {{ns:Project}} through an open or anonymous proxy. Users are prohibited from editing Wikimedia projects through ''']'''. Although {{ns:Project}} encourages anyone in the world to contribute, such proxies are often used abusively. '''If you have been blocked as an open proxy, please see ]'''. Proxies are left open due to deliberate or inadvertent configuration or because hackers have changed the configuration. No restrictions are placed on ''reading'' {{ns:Project}} through an open or anonymous proxy.

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This page documents an English Misplaced Pages policy.It describes a widely accepted standard that editors should normally follow, though exceptions may apply. Changes made to it should reflect consensus.Shortcut
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Users are prohibited from editing Wikimedia projects through open or anonymous proxies. Although Misplaced Pages encourages anyone in the world to contribute, such proxies are often used abusively. If you have been blocked as an open proxy, please see Help:blocked. Proxies are left open due to deliberate or inadvertent configuration or because hackers have changed the configuration. No restrictions are placed on reading Misplaced Pages through an open or anonymous proxy.

Open proxies are banned from editing Wikimedia projects. Anonymizers and other companies or organizations that offer open proxies may be blocked indefinitely by an administrator. Non-static IPs or hosts that are otherwise not permanent proxies typically warrant blocking for a shorter period of time, as the IP is likely to be transferred, the open proxy is likely to be closed, or the IP is likely to be re-assigned dynamically.

Once "closed", the IP address should be unblocked. Misplaced Pages administrators and editors frequently check IP addresses from which vandalism originates, to see if they might be proxies. There is also a Misplaced Pages project, the WikiProject on open proxies, which seeks to identify and block open proxy servers.

This policy is known to cause hardship to some editors, who must use open proxies to circumvent censorship where they live; a well-known example is the government of the People's Republic of China, which attempts to prevent its citizens from reading or editing Misplaced Pages. Chinese readers who wish to edit Misplaced Pages should read Misplaced Pages:Advice to users using Tor to bypass the Great Firewall.

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