It isn't, but outside Wikimedia you are far more likely to want to check that box, in particular I'm thinking of smaller wikis copying baseline templates from Wikipedia.

Meh... true for Wikimedia wikis, less true elsewhere.

Sorry for missing this. I can no longer reproduce the issue, and because EricPupper and (presumably) Aklapper also can't reproduce it, it’s probably just a one-off.

Noting T339810

The WMF privacy policy doesn't apply, but the WMCS privacy policy does, although it's not as strictly enforced.

You’re right, my bad.

I went ahead and sent him an email.

I see now I haven’t fully answered your comment.

Will you do it or should I?

I see. You’ve convinced me on c2.com.

Currently the limited width toggle button is just hidden in this case, is that an insufficient solution?

I think we should trial this on one language for now. If it works out well, we can bring it elsewhere. And I'm not sure how this affects GIPBE. Would any of the subscribed stewards like to comment on that?

I've found the system message, it's MediaWiki:Signupstart. So that could be used. Before continuing, there should probably be some sort of consensus on zhwiki for this.

Alright, I’m convinced. In terms of how this would be done technically, I think that it could potentially be made entirely on Toolforge. The portal could validate the IP address and then create an account with IPBE with a bot account. Is there an interface page that appears on Special:CreateAccount? We could link to the portal through that.

I'm not confident the fact the portal doesn't directly host censored content will be convincing to whoever manages the Great firewall. VPNs and Tor don't directly host censored content, they grant access to it, and that's exactly what this portal would be doing. In addition, granting automatic IPBE to Chinese users seems like... not the greatest of ideas.

It seems like this can be closed as a duplicate of it, no?