User talk:73.170.180.171

I do not see a block on this IP. If you are still unable to edit, please copy and paste the exact message that appears when you attempt to edit. If you are using a VPN, you will need to disable it in order to edit. 331dot (talk) 08:47, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

>> please copy and paste the exact message that appears when you attempt to edit

The IP address that you are currently using has been blocked because it is believed to be a web host provider or colocation provider. To prevent abuse, web hosts and colocation providers may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. You will not be able to edit Wikipedia using a web host or colocation provider. Since the web host acts like a proxy, because it hides your IP address, it has been blocked. To prevent abuse, these IPs may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. If you do not have any other way to edit Wikipedia, you will need to request an IP block exemption.

If you do not believe you are using a web host, you may appeal this block by adding the following text on your talk page:. You must fill in the blank with your IP address for this block to be investigated. Your IP address can be determined using whatismyip.com. Alternatively, if you wish to keep your IP address private you can use the unblock ticket request system. If you are using a Wikipedia account you will need to request an IP block exemption by either using the unblock template or by submitting an appealing using the unblock ticket request system.

Looks like its working now, thanks much.

I don't know why you don't want to paste the block message - but given the timestamp I can narrow this block down to 6 ip ranges - all owned by the same company.


 * - Owned by Amazon AWS - a colocation provider
 * - Owned by Amazon AWS - a colocation provider
 * - Owned by Amazon AWS - a colocation provider
 * - Owned by Amazon AWS - a colocation provider
 * - Owned by Amazon AWS - a colocation provider
 * - Owned by Amazon AWS - a colocation provider

Now obviously - these are my blocks, so I won't review them, but typically the only scenario where editing from Amazon happens, is using a VPN, or other anonymizing app. You will likely have to turn this sort of app off in order to edit here. SQL Query me! 02:46, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

>I don't know why you don't want to paste the block message

There is no reason. Frankly, I am not sure what message you want me to include. Here is all I see:

"You are currently unable to edit Wikipedia. You are still able to view pages, but you are not currently able to edit, move, or create them.

Editing from 54.240.196.0/24 has been blocked (disabled) by SQL for the following reason(s): Server-multiple.svgThe IP address that you are currently using has been blocked because it is believed to be a web host provider or colocation provider. To prevent abuse, web hosts and colocation providers may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. You will not be able to edit Wikipedia using a web host or colocation provider. Since the web host acts like a proxy, because it hides your IP address, it has been blocked. To prevent abuse, these IPs may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. If you do not have any other way to edit Wikipedia, you will need to request an IP block exemption.

If you do not believe you are using a web host, you may appeal this block by adding the following text on your talk page:. You must fill in the blank with your IP address for this block to be investigated. Your IP address can be determined using whatismyip.com. Alternatively, if you wish to keep your IP address private you can use the unblock ticket request system. If you are using a Wikipedia account you will need to request an IP block exemption by either using the unblock template or by submitting an appealing using the unblock ticket request system.

This block has been set to expire: 22:44, 16 January 2019.

Even if blocked, you will usually still be able to edit your user talk page and email other editors and administrators."

>Now obviously - these are my blocks, so I won't review them, but typically the only scenario where editing from Amazon happens, is using a VPN, or other anonymizing app. You will likely have to turn this sort of app off in order to edit here. SQLQuery me! 02:46, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Thank you so much for looking into this. I agree with you that I was behind the Amazon VPN when I first tried but I did try the same request by disconnecting from my Amazon VPN and I still run into the same issue.

Now, that you mentioned that all the requests came from 54.240.196.*, that gave me the clue. It looks like my client browser is doing some tricks. If I try from the different browser, it works for me. That also explain why it was not working before, then started working for sometime and then stopped working because I connected to Amazon network again in between.

Anyways, sorry to trouble you and hopefully there will be no more issues. Have a good day!