User talk:Jarrett Barrios

Welcome
 Hello, Jarrett Barrios, and Welcome to Wikipedia!  Welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you enjoy the encyclopedia and want to stay. As a first step, you may wish to read the Introduction.

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Jarrett Barrios, good luck, and have fun. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 20:10, 29 June 2018 (UTC)


 * Here's something funny. That's MY network IP. GOLDIEM J (talk) 15:51, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

If you are unsure what's going on, please ask and I'm happy to clarify. Note that I can't provide tech support with regard to SurfControl, but would be happy to go into more detail on what's happening. Note also if you are fundamentally required to use this, you may qualify under WP:IPBE (though in general, this would not be granted except in exceptional circumstances). --Yamla (talk) 14:32, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

Could use some help getting started
Could use some help getting started

Please help me with getting started. Specifically, I've tried twice and had a user disapprove of my attempt because the user said my host or IP is not actually one--that the given IP address is at SurfControl and functioning as an open proxy. This is only my computer and it is through work. I am trying to determine whether I will be able to participate in the WIkipedia Community despite not having the resources at this time to purchase my own computer. Is there a route to participating?

The most recent communication (on Jan 3) from the user who blocked me is here:

That IP address belongs to SurfControl and is functioning as an open proxy. You'll need to disable this if you wish to edit here. Yamla (talk) 14:30, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

Finally, I mean no offense nor do I question the reasons why I continue to be blocked, but I do want to assess and understand once and for all whether I will have a route to participating.

Jarrett Barrios (talk) 16:39, 17 February 2019 (UTC)