User talk:203.166.96.237/Archive 1

Are you blocked from editing? Due to vandalism this IP address has been blocked from editing permanently. However, this is in Ozemail's proxy server IP range, so to get around this block you will need to stop using the Ozemail proxy server.

Attention: This IP address, , is registered to New South Wales High Schools and users of Internet service provider Ozemail and is shared by multiple users. Comments left on this page may be received by other users of this IP and appear to be irrelevant. Caution should be used when blocking this IP or reverting its contributions without checking. In the event of vandalism from this address, efforts will be made to contact New South Wales High Schools and users of Internet service provider Ozemail to report abuse.

If you are an unregistered user operating from this address, note that this need not necessarily be the IP address of your machine. In many cases, it turns out to be the IP address of a proxy server that communicates between your browser and the Wikimedia servers. Such proxies are shared among a huge number of users compared to the number of persons using your particular machine. If you are frustrated by irrelevant comments appearing here, you can avoid them by creating an account for yourself. However, you will still be unable to edit Wikipedia while the IP you are using is blocked.

No longer blocked indefinitely. I will keep blocking for one hour everytime a new bit of vandalism happens. That should slow people down. - Ta bu shi da yu 03:10, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

Old
Stop it. Evil Monkey∴Hello 03:19, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

Old Messages
Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. Joyous 01:26, May 3, 2005 (UTC)

This IP is used by schools all over Australia

On behalf of the school children of Australia, please excuse our behaviour!

Sorry for the misunderstanding

--Disgruntled Student

(Gotta go, Lunchtime!)
 * Just how many students use this IP address, anyway? Is it a proxy for all the public terminals in every computer lab, or what?  --[[User:Ardonik|Ardonik(talk)]] 02:29, Sep 1, 2004 (UTC)
 * Just about every student in New South Wales, Australia!
 * You mean that right now, I'm actually typing this message to every student in New South Wales that has access to the Wikipedia? How interesting (and somewhat comical!)  Why don't some of you register a user name (click the "log in" link--couldn't be simpler) to avoid further confusion?  We could use some fresh blood at the New user log.  --[[User:Ardonik|Ardonik(talk)]] 02:42, Sep 1, 2004 (UTC)

Do not vandalize or you will be blocked. Meelar 04:09, 6 May 2004 (UTC)

This IP address is a proxy server. Commonly used among public schools in NSW, Australia.

Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has now been removed. Please use Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing material in articles will normally be removed quickly. Please see the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. -- Graham :) | Talk 23:49, 30 May 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. andy 22:42, 28 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I just speedy deleted your extremely poorly-written "Joseph Priestly" article. I only realized it was meant to be a joke after attempting to rewrite it. Please refrain from contributing junk articles to the Wikipedia; you're only wasting your time. We do see them, and they will be removed. --Ardonik 02:48, Jul 29, 2004 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, you will be prevented from editing Wikipedia. -- Grunt (talk) 23:38, 2004 Aug 1 (UTC)

This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. -- Evil saltine 04:36, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. Hadal 03:43, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)

This IP adress is that of a computer in a class at Carine Senior High School, Perth, Western Australia - used by dozens of different students per week. -Mitch Edgeworth
 * Can you somehow convince them to stop adding nonsense to the Wikipedia in their free time? --[[User:Ardonik|Ardonik(talk)]] 00:19, Aug 20, 2004 (UTC)
 * No. It's funny. We have nothing else to do during boring computer classes, and you obviously have nothing else to do with your lives.

This IP address is also used by students from Wesley College in Perth, Western Australia. I believe we are connected via AMNet so this is probably one of their proxy machines. --Sam 02:35, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Information
Note: This array of IP address' are used by the Department of Education, NSW, to provide internet access to pretty much every school, DET office, and adult education centre the state (2.5 million people!).

This IP is an ISP proxy server. A large number of people will use the same address.

Reverse DNS ==> cache3.syd.ops.aspac.uu.net

A web search revealed this site where a pupil identifies himself as coming from Helensburgh public school

Other machines to check are cache0 - cache6

IPs


 * 203.166.96.234
 * 203.166.96.235
 * 203.166.96.236
 * 203.166.96.238
 * 203.166.96.239
 * 203.166.96.240

Theresa Knott (The token star) 16:40, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Your vandalism
Do not vandalize articles. If you continue you could be blocked from editing. - T&#949;x  &#964;  ur&#949;  01:48, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Evidently, this is the culprit: [[Image:NSW in Australia map.png]] --Ardonik.talk 03:17, Sep 14, 2004 (UTC)
 * Yeah, except Perth is on the other side of the country. The world does not revolve around Sydney/NSW. - Ta bu shi da yu 04:11, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. -- 02:35, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Queen Street massacre
Thanks for the recent edits to the article on the Queen Street massacre. Considering the recent vandalism from this ip address, it's good to see a worthy improvement :) -- Longhair | Talk 21:05, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

Lord Byron
OK, schoolchildren of Australia, one of you just vandalised an article about one of the pre-eminent Romantic poets of the 19th century. No one is going home until the culprit confesses, is that clear? I don't mind how long we wait here...

Blocked
For repeated vandalism on this and related IPs, and your vandalism of Spectrophotometry this morning, you are temporarily blocked again. -- Solipsist 19:32, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC) ... and blocked again. -- Solipsist 00:07, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Blocked for one week
For persistent vandalism in spite of numerous warnings. Take the time to consider how you might edit productively rather than wasting our time. Thanks. Antandrus (talk)  02:05, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Well done, you just blocked the entire NSW school system by the looks of it. If you guys keep score, you must be near the top of the table.Grace Note 03:18, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Multi user IP number
Note that it is not only students, people accessing wikipedia via schools or department of education computers, and not only people in New South Wales who are affected by the constant blocks placed on this IP number. Non-school based home users are also regularly affected by the bans on this IP number. Please be very careful before placing more blocks on this IP Number.

MinorEdit 08:31, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Recent wave of vandalism
Another vawe vandalism today. I have not seen any good edits recently. Perhaps the IP should be blocked permanently for anonymous users to save time. Pavel Vozenilek 17:36, 21 July 2005 (UTC)


 * If anonymous users can be blocked without also blocking signed-in users who have been allocated this IP number by their proxy server then that's fine. I have frequently been blocked (innocently) because this and associated IP numbers are widely allocated to Australian users. My edits show up under my username and not this IP number, but blocks on this IP number will block me too. MinorEdit 20:08, July 21, 2005 (UTC)

Edit access revoked.
I have blocked this IP address permanently. If you are a teacher editing, I'm sorry but you really should look into controlling your students better. I know NSW schools can be rough, but that's really not our problem. - Ta bu shi da yu 01:05, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Please do any testing here. -- BMIComp (talk, HOWS MY DRIVING) 03:32, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

I'm tracking you down.
If Ozemail cannot assist me tracking you down, I will block their whole damn subnet. Then you'll have no access at all. If they do assist, your school will be taking steps to track you down. - Ta bu shi da yu 03:44, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Bocked again
I have blocked your IP for the rest of the school year, it is clear that you students cannot handle editing wikipedia constructively. If you are still on the same IP next school year I urge you to reconsider whether you would like to have the option of editing wikipedia or not before you decide whether to continue vandalizing the project. Jtkiefer T - 00:37, 10 October 2005 (UTC)