Project Name:
wikisource

Request:
Enable XFF headers for the wikisource VPS project, or if it is done on a per-instance level, specifically wsexport-prod01.wikisource.eqiad.wmflabs

Rationale:
Similar to the situation with XTools (see T135046#6056334), WS Export is subject to significant disruptive automation by web crawlers and click-happy bots, which can compromise the health and uptime of our service. Community-Tech maintains the tool and have blocked most everything we can by user agent, but some users (which I can only suspect are bots, but nonetheless are disruptive) continue to hammer away, very often with human-like user agents that we can't block without risk of collateral damage.

Having the ability to block IPs in XTools has been absolute blessing. Stability has been better than ever as a result. We are requesting to have the same luxury with WS Export so that we can ensure our users have a dependable service. Thank you for the consideration!