User talk:185.187.168.164

How can I find out why this IP address was blocked?
Hello! Laura Morland here, spending time in our apartment in southern France for the first time since January 2022. The other day I went to edit a wiki page, and found my IP address blocked! In researching, I discovered that my IP address was "globally blocked" by Martin Urbanec on 16 May 2022, which is during the time period when we let a friend-of-a-friend stay in our apartment for several months.

I fill out the request form, and I have a screenshot of the Appeal Key. But I cannot find where to enter the Appeal Key in order to determine the status of my request.

In any case, the day after my appeal, I clicked on "edit" on a random wiki page, and I discovered that I have editing rights again! But I still would like to know: what did our guest do to incite the block? How can I find out?

By the way, I've had an wiki account for longer than I can recall, and I was aware that I could overcome the block by simply logging in. But I wanted to pursue the matter. First, I'm curious; and second: this "friend-of-a-friend" is starting to pester us to stay in our apartment again. He's made himself unwelcome for other reasons, but if he continues to persist, I'd like to be able to add this wiki block to the list of reasons that he will not be invited to return.

The below text is all that currently appears on the talk page. I presume that Blablubbs' action is subsequent to that of Martin Urbanec, because our apartment was unoccupied in December 2022.

Many thanks in advance to anyone who is willing to help me unearth the story of our guest's "bad behavior."

21:47, 12 December 2022 Blablubbs  talk contribs blocked  185.187.168.0/24  talk with an expiration time of 2 years, 31 days, 12 hours, 21 minutes and 36 seconds (account creation blocked) LMorland (talk) 03:16, 17 January 2023 (UTC)


 * @LMorland: The IP is blocked because it appears to belong to a VPN provider (specifically NordVPN); we pre-emptively block anonymising proxies like this one because they are frequently abused (see WP:NOP). This does not imply individual wrongdoing, and users are able to edit freely once they turn off the proxy. --Blablubbs (talk) 03:48, 17 January 2023 (UTC)