User talk:Iowaboy277


 * Thank you for your informative, kind, and timely response. It's very helpful to me as I work to solve the problem on my end. I wanted to clarify a few points that I didn't communicate very well in my original message:
 * I understand and completely support the IP rules.
 * I am not seeking an IP block exemption. Instead, I'm seeking—on my end—to find the best way to be confident that every time I come to the Wikipedia site, as an editor or even simply as a reader, that I'm coming from my "regular" IPs that I've used before installing the VPN product on my home machine recently.
 * My record will show that I've made only a handful of Wikipedia edits over the years. I believe that all of these would have come from one of two IPs: my home desktop computer (which is where I've unintentionally used the VPN product in recent weeks) and my work desktop computer (which does not and never will have any sort of VPN).
 * So my question essentially is: Once I reach my own confidence that I'll consistently be coming to Wikipedia from my "regular," historical home IP, what steps will I need to take to restore Wikipedia's confidence in me? For instance, will the Wikipedia servers automatically "accept" me if I come in from the old IP? Will I need to log in via the old IP several times, knowing that logging in from a VPN IP would only blemish my record further? Is there some other sort of test? This is what I want to know in order both to make the process most efficient for me and to cause the least inconvenience possible for Wikipedia editors.
 * Side note : As soon as I can get this situation resolved, my plan is to engage in a substantial amount of self-guided learning about contributing to Wikipedia. Over the years, I've identified articles that would benefit from additional information and topics without articles where I believe one would be appropriate and beneficial, but I've felt a bit intimidated in meeting the justifiably high standards of Wikipedia. Learning more of the principles, processes, and policies could make me into a productive contributor to this excellent resource.
 * Thank you for listening. While I await another response (which I do not consider to be at all urgent for me in a timeliness sense), I will find the steps that I need to take on my end to eliminate the issue of attempting to edit from a VPN IP. iowaboy277 (talk) 04:29, 28 February 2018 (UTC)