User talk:Nixeagle/Archive/2008/October

IP block on 61.18.170.127 and others in range?
I use the broadband provider iCable, the dominant cable operator in Hong Kong. Once in a while when I am editing Wikipedia, I get the following message that my IP has been blocked by nixeagle.

"Editing from 61.18.170.127 (your account, IP address, or IP address range) has been disabled by Nixeagle for the following reason(s):

This IP address has been blocked because it is believed to be an open proxy or zombie computer. To prevent abuse, these proxies may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. If your ISP has misconfigured its proxy, you can try bypassing it by logging into Wikimedia's secure gateway at https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/. For more information about open proxies and what you can do, please see the WikiProject on open proxies.

This block has been set to expire: 13:30, 26 May 2012."

This block will not achieve it's goal of blocking a zombie computer, as this IP (and others in the range that you have blocked?) is one of many IPs assigned dynamically by iCable to their broadband customers. The IP addresses are assigned randomly and dynamically, and seem to change very frequently. When I'm not logged in, and I edit a page, I find that a series of edits a few minutes apart will all have different IPs.

Usually I refresh the page and the block goes away, and so I haven't bothered to take it up with you, but I thought I should do so, as it may inadvertently prevent new users to Wikipedia from correcting a page.

LK (talk) 10:54, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * As you recently edited your post, I'll let you know that I know about the issue, unfortunately I don't have the tool handy that will let me check the IPs on that range for blocks. Give me a day or so to find that. My quick checks do show that these IPs are dynamic, which makes me wonder how they missed my checks before. :S Anyway I'm aware of the issue and as soon as I find the tool I'll go about unblocking them. ——  nix eagle 18:02, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

You may want to have a chat with David Gerard. I recently encountered this page (which went away after a refresh): {{quote| You are currently unable to edit pages on Wikipedia.

You can still read pages, but cannot edit, change, or create them. {{quote| Editing from 61.18.170.232 (your account, IP address, or IP address range) has been disabled by David Gerard for the following reason(s):

This IP address has been blocked because it is believed to be an open proxy or zombie computer. To prevent abuse, these proxies may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. If your ISP has misconfigured its proxy, you can try bypassing it by logging into Wikimedia's secure gateway at https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/. For more information about open proxies and what you can do, please see the WikiProject on open proxies. (Multi-RBL lookup • Sandbox test edit)

This block has been set to expire: indefinite. }}


 * You forgot to sign :P Anyway that particular block was not made by myself. It looks like more then one person managed to screw up :). I'm still investigating whether or not we should even be unblocking. Thanks for letting me know though ——  nix eagle 13:45, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

WikiDiscussion Manager
Hi there. Is the WikiDiscussion Manager still an active project? I downloaded it and tried to use it today but it stays stuck on "getting edit count" and says I'm not logged in. In the project's bug reports page a couple of users complained about similar problems dating back to May of this year, but there was no response to the posts. I see that the latest version is two years old. So... is this project deprecated, or is there just a glitch with the toolserver or something like that? Thanks for your help! &mdash;Elipongo (Talk contribs) 13:21, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Hello
Hello. I believe you created an editcounter. Could you give a web address for it? Also, if you are going to leave a response on this page, use the talkback template. Thank you, Mathematiquizard 16:51, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Sirocolor
Hi, I saw that you restored this article due to an OTRS permission to use the content from this website. I have no problem with your action here, since that ticket would invalidate the original deletion reason. However, the fact that it was a commercial description brings it into the realm of another speedy criterion (G11), which someone else tagged it as. After reviewing the article, I agreed with that assessment and deleted the article. Sjakkalle (Check!)  11:10, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

IEA
Seriously? I mean, I have no problem using licensed text in articles, but this thing is clearly spam. The user account name even contains the IEA abbreviation. Unless you can give me a reason not to, I think I'm going to have to G11 the article and spamusername the user. What are your thoughts? Ioeth (talk contribs friendly) 19:51, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Heh, looks like it's already been done by 2 other admins. So much for checking with you first!  Ioeth (talk contribs friendly) 20:22, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for checking with me, but those admins did the correct action. If you check the deletion log the reason for deletion prior was copyright issues. I undeleted it to demonstrate that copyright issues are not a problem anymore (we have permission from the copyright holder though the WP:OTRS system). That does not mean it can't be deleted for other reasons though ;). ——  nix eagle 01:50, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Gotcha. I was just completely thrown off when I saw the article!  I thought to myself that if I had gotten the ticket I probably would have restored it like you did but then immediately deleted it under G11, so I wasn't sure if you didn't do that for a specific reason.  Thanks for clearing it up!  Ioeth (talk contribs friendly) 14:37, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah ok, btw, if you are going to take the time to use the talkback template, just copy your response to the user's page. :). ——  nix eagle 18:47, 23 October 2008 (UTC)