User talk:70.68.198.124

February 2019
There are tools that do show a VPN in use like this so it isn't without cause. (For admin eyes only), have you used the new scanner? Proxy API Checker with port scan. It also incorporates ipqualityscore results. SQL and MusikAnimal did a good job with this tool. — Berean Hunter   (talk)  17:54, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Bookmarked, thanks. This block is based on the ipqualityscore.com result. MER-C 19:57, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

I'm just using Shaw Internet, a mainstream provider in Canada. Also the question that I posted in wiki discussion page was pretty benign.
 * Blockchain and cryptocurrency is a hotspot for paid touts who abuse Wikipedia for promotional purposes and won't accept no for an answer. Users of TOR, VPN or proxies are more likely to be hardcore spammers than those on normal IPs. MER-C 19:57, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

Respectfully, that is a straw man argument. Also the article in question wasn't about a cryptocurrency or blockchain. I wasn't banned until I posed a question about rewriting the draft. Sorry for being persistent, but how am I supposed to react to being banned for making a benign comment?

, I've done a port scan here and found 0 open ports and a number of specifically closed ports. I'm aware this contradicts the ipqualityscore report, but I believe a plausible explanation is that this IP address was running a proxy but no longer is, and ipq hasn't updated yet. I therefore suggest it would be appropriate to lift the block. Thoughts? --Yamla (talk) 21:45, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Sounds reasonable. MER-C 21:54, 14 February 2019 (UTC)