User talk:Bigpresh~enwiki

Question for administrator
I'm affected by an over-wide block on editing; I work for the organisation responsible, and wish to discuss getting it removed. The original block on 83.170.64.0/19 was placed by DeltaQuad - I've tried contacting that user, but with no response. I can be reached on david.precious@uk2group.com to discuss the block and what can be done to remove it (or "bigpresh" on Freenode)

--Bigpresh (talk) 16:33, 27 March 2013 (UTC)


 * There is no block on this account. If you are affected by an IP block, we need to know more before we can help. Try to edit the WP:Sandbox. If you can, you are not blocked. If you cannot, please copy below here the message you get. JohnCD (talk) 16:46, 27 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Yes, I know my account isn't blocked, but the range 83.170.64.0/19 is. I'm within that range.  That range is owned by my employer; I'd like to discuss getting that block removed. Bigpresh (talk) 16:53, 27 March 2013 (UTC)


 * ... and, to provide the message as you requested:
 * "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 83.170.64.0/19 has been blocked (disabled) by DeltaQuad for the following reason(s): ... The IP address that you are currently using has been blocked because it is believed to be an open proxy...."


 * Thanks. I have asked the WikiProject on open proxies to check it. JohnCD (talk) 17:07, 27 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Thank you! Should any open proxies be detected in that range, I would like to hear about them, so I can get our abuse team to take the appropriate action. Bigpresh (talk) 17:10, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi there, I'm one of the users who originally found proxies on your range. Let me explain what I mean by proxies, because I just found two that are still active, but they may not meet your abuse department's definition of an open proxy.   The two IPs I find that are still proxies are 83.170.106.45 and 83.170.104.98.  The former is the host ems23.your-freedom.de and the latter is vpn10.usaip.edu.  We consider these sorts of servers open proxies since anyone can use them to edit wikipedia without paying a fee (e.g usaip allows for demo editting, your-freedom allows for three free hours a day).  As a result, problematic users could use those services to disrupt the encyclopedia (e.g. banned users, but there are certainly worse possibilities).  So unfortunately we have to block them.... Sailsbystars (talk) 07:44, 28 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi Sailsbystars, thanks for the details. Have any abusive actions been recorded from the two IPs you quoted?  If so, were they reported to us (UK2.net) or to the customers direct, and was appropriate action taken?  I find it a little over the top to block a whole /19 because of a couple of IPs within it running what appear to be legitimate businesses; I could certainly understand blocking just those IPs, if you believe abuse through them is likely.  Could the block on 83.170.64.0/19 be replaced by blocks on just the IPs in question? Bigpresh (talk) 11:54, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
 * 83.170.106.45 was used to harass an editor here. I don't know what exactly the harassment was as the edits have been hidden from non-admin view (I'm not an admin, but I assist admins with open proxy checking).
 * Uk2 is primarily a hosting provider, is it not? Our policy on hosting providers goes something like this. If there's no problems from a hosting range, it isn't blocked.  If one or two IPs cause a problem, we block the individual IPs.  If three or more IPs cause problems we block the range (aside, there's actually a 83.170.64.0/18 block in addition to the /19).  We are all volunteers, and there's simply not enough manpower to check every IP in a range.  Since users never need to edit from a server, they can find other ways to edit the wiki.... Sailsbystars (talk) 14:53, 28 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Yes, we're a hosting provider primarily, but some users also use VPN connections either using our VPN services, or by setting up a VPN connection to their dedicated server/VPS with us, so the blocks on our IP range will prevent them from editing Wikipedia. (It also covers our main office IP.)  I've been put off contributing to Wikipedia multiple times by this block - I'll go to improve an article, get told the range is still blocked, and decide it's not worth going to the effort of hopping through another system to reach WP from another IP.  I understand your point in that checking every IP in a range would be unrealistic, but I still personally believe blocking individual IPs if you receive abuse from them (and also reporting said abuse so it can be dealt with) would be better and fairer than blocking a wide IP range instead. However, if that's how it stands, fair enough. Bigpresh (talk) 15:10, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
 * There are two ways we could potentially get you back to editting. If you know the range for the office, we might be able to tweak the rangeblocks to exclude the office IPs.  Unfortunately, the hosting ranges will probably have to stay blocked since many vpn-type services are problematic on wiki, as I mentioned.  The other possibility is getting your account ip block exemption, but we've gotten pretty strict about handing out that user right after it was abused recently and led to some confusion and an incorrect block of a prolific editor...  Sailsbystars (talk) 16:28, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

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