User talk:184.207.3.25

Well, I guess that answers my question as to whether my portable wifi hotspot had a static or dynamic IP with Sprint or not. For the record, I'm not the user above, and I haven't yet tried to contribute nor edit anything. I do hope this is resolved before I ever desire to. I cannot help what Sprint does. --184.207.3.25 (talk) 07:44, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * The above user used this IP briefly; and other users such as yourself who get assigned this same IP are not automatically assumed to be that user. Vandals like Veryverser evade scrutiny by using IPs in this way, knowing it is harder to track them. Don't be discouraged from editing because of this tag. Cheers Doc   talk  07:54, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, thanks for that. Will I ever see the warning disappear were I to retain this IP address, or is it a mark for "life", as it were? --184.207.3.25 (talk) 08:02, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * The tag is only there to show that this IP was used by Veryverser. The first three edits are confirmed to be him, so removing the tag would be counterproductive in documenting his long term pattern of abuse here. You could edit with this IP, switch IPs, or you could create an account. I'm not comfortable removing the tag; and to be honest with you, this comes up very rarely. Most IP users who've never edited here don't even know they have a talk page. Doc   talk  08:23, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * OK. I was only alerted to this by the fact the tag appeared on every page I visited (like the notifications of these messages) which brought me to this talk page. As for the IP, I hope it does change (I expect it will if dynamic), but I don't think I have any way to change it on my own. I'm a browser really, so will hold off on the account creation until that changes. Thanks. --184.207.3.25 (talk) 08:36, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * No problem! Some editors are against tagging IPs because IPs get recycled, but others (like me) will tag the talk page only of long-term abuser-types in order to preserve evidence. There's no rule against tagging IP talk pages that I'm aware of, but it can obviously cause the same confusion. If you want to edit under any IP that has a tag like this, please do so freely and with the knowledge that you or anyone else that uses it can be discerned from the target very easily. Happy browsing, and happy future editing! Doc   talk  08:51, 21 October 2015 (UTC)