User talk:Jamdor/Archive 1

Talk page as it appeared May 28, 2015 at 24:57 (UTC -6)

 * As this account, you have three edits - one here and two creating a sandbox for an IP address. The IP has one edit - to the Wikipedia sandbox. Neither you nor the IP appear to be blocked. What message are you getting? Peridon (talk) 16:15, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Getting A message.
Here's what is says exactly:

Editing from 69.63.114.3 has been blocked (disabled) by GraemeL for the following reason(s):

I'm at school; I want to make a few grammatical corrections. That's not vandalism, right?

Well, I hope this helps.


 * OK, thanks. Someone who knows about proxies will have a look at this. (It's a bit specialised, and out of my area...) Peridon (talk) 15:47, 2 April 2014 (UTC)


 * The administrator who placed the block has not edited Wikipedia for nearly six months, so there is unfortunately not much prospect of consulting him. At present I am unable to connect to a proxy on this IP address, and at present there are no open unfiltered ports. However, the IP address has been listed as an open proxy on various proxy-listing web sites, including at least one which claims to have checked it within the last 24 hours, so I am unwilling to unblock without further evidence. Both you and another editor have indicated that this is a school IP address, but I can find no confirmation of that anywhere. I shall consult another editor with a knowledge of proxies for a second opinion, with a view to considering making the IP block into an anon-only block, which would allow you to edit from your account. Meanwhile, I see that you have made two edits to other pages since posting here, so evidently you are able to edit. It is possible that you will just have to settle for only editing when you are not at school. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 10:31, 4 April 2014 (UTC)


 * It has now been established that the IP address certainly is running an open proxy, so it is not going to be unblocked. An open proxy running on a school IP address would suggest incompetence on the part of the school's IT staff, but if it really is a school IP address then it just means you will have to edit outside school time. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 14:40, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

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69.63.114.3 is no longer an open proxy. it is still accessible from port 3128, but now it requires authentication. Just wanted to let you know. Jamdor (talk) 15:44, 3 March 2015 (UTC)


 * I have checked that the IP address is not running an open proxy now, but since many open proxies do not operate continuously, but come on and off from time to time, that is not definite proof. I shall check a few more times, and if there is still no sign of an open proxy after a few days, I shall be willing to change the block to anon-only, which will allow logged-in accounts to edit. However, in my opinion there is no case for completely unblocking, because apart from a few edits to the IP talk page in connection with the block, the edits from the IP address have been 100% vandalism (as is often the way with school IP addresses). If after a few days I have neither changed the block nor told you that I have decided not to change it, please feel welcome to contact me again. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 14:58, 6 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Since I wrote the above message, I have found that the IP address has been the source of spam up to less than three weeks ago. That makes me somewhat less willing to lift the block, and I am inclined to wait for more than just a few days before considering doing so: at least one week. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 15:04, 6 March 2015 (UTC)