User talk:50.30.44.229


 * I have notified User:Materialscientist who placed the range block in 2012. But this is one of the IPs offered by http://newipnow.com/ipdir/50.30.44 which seems to be an open proxy service. In my opinion an unblock isn't justified. You are blocked only when accessing Wikipedia through this range. If you have some other way of connecting to the internet you would be OK. You haven't supplied any contribution history so we know basically nothing about you other than your current IP. EdJohnston (talk) 05:02, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
 * This IP belongs to a webhost. We often block webhosts for extended periods because their users may run custom software on their IPs, including open proxy servers, which may go on and off-line any time. Editing Wikipedia through open proxies is forbidden by policy. In 2012, when I blocked this IP range it hosted at least 10 open proxies, i.e., there is a history of abuse, which is why we are generally cautious about unblocking such ranges, even if they are cleaned up. I'll check this range for proxies in a few hours to be more certain about the current state, leaving the unblock template untouched for now. Materialscientist (talk) 05:19, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Looks like proxies are inactive on this range at this moment, but this is still a webhost, thus I would decline the unblock request. However, I am the blocking admin, and thus leave the decision to another admin. Materialscientist (talk) 09:43, 22 October 2014 (UTC)