User talk:Oliverlewis

JFW | T@lk  12:10, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC) --UTRSBot (talk) 10:53, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

The expression "genuine and exceptional need" appears on that page in the section "Used for anonymous proxy editing". I am not using an anonymous proxy. I believe the section "Used to bypass an IP address range block" applies to me. That says: "Who may request - A user affected by an IP address block that is unrelated to their editing and that prevents them editing with a logged-in account." I am using a logged-in account, so I don't understand why the block on this IP address block should apply to me. Oliverlewis (talk) 14:46, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Yeap, that indeed looks like it may apply to you. You can make your request via WP:UTRS. --Yamla (talk) 17:12, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I did that first (referenced above), before trying the "unblock" message here.  I got a reply by email with some standard text about the problems caused by open proxies and then the statement: "Unfortunately, you won't be able to edit while using this open proxy. Just Chilling English Wikipedia Administrator".  If I try again can I expect a different outcome?