And to answer your question, I don't know. If I guessed, but it is really just a guess, it's because it is almost trivial to get an account to confirmed user status and thus would make it too easy to avoid blocks from the usually malicious actors that the block is aimed to stop.
Nagaram •
Doug Webb •
Jan Ainali •
Doug Webb •
Do you know what stops confirmed users, logged in, from being allowed to edit?
Jan Ainali •
Doug Webb •
Doug Webb •
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IP_block_exemption#Used_for_anonymous_proxy_editing
You have to send an email request to the 'checkuser VRT team'. Let's see how this goes... 🍿
@ainali @pocketapocketa @Nagaram
Jan Ainali •
If I guessed, but it is really just a guess, it's because it is almost trivial to get an account to confirmed user status and thus would make it too easy to avoid blocks from the usually malicious actors that the block is aimed to stop.