User talk:RobertMfromLI/Archives/2013/April

IP unblock Part 2
More information is needed before this request can be considered. For one thing, you have not told us what particular IP address you are trying to edit from, so it is impossible to check it. However, I have checked a number of IP addresses in the range you mention that have edited Wikipedia at one time or another, and every one of those I checked is a public proxy, which is not promising as far as your request is concerned. Contrary to what you evidently think, even if you were to tell us your particular IP address, it would not be possible to remove just one IP address from a range block. Are you using a proxy to edit? If so, why? In rather limited circumstances it is possible to give a user IP-block exemption, but only if you can convince an administrator that there are good reasons why you should be editing from a range that seems to be a host to a whole family of open proxies. One final point: the range block you mention has been in place for several years, but you have edited articles up to 17 days ago, so you were evidently using a different IP address. Is there any reason why you can't do so now? JamesBWatson (talk) 20:17, 17 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi! Actually, I did, but someone deleted it from the original request (as well as the details I put in the original request). It is here.


 * The IP address is 206.71.149.10


 * The IP address is part of a static pool registered to a big data center in NYC (Brooklyn) used by many companies (including Verizon, CBS and others). The particular IP address in question is (and has been for many years) in the use of Interboro Insurance.


 * Thanks, Rob


 * R OBERT M FROM LI &#124; TK/CN  20:30, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, I see that you did give both the IP address and other information in the original unblock request. In fact, it is still here in the page, but invisible, apparently due to some sort of formatting problem. No doubt if I tried I could figure out what went wrong, but it doesn't seem worth the effort. I can see no evidence that the IP address you give is a proxy. Perhaps your suggestion of a smaller range block will be acceptable, but I will refer it to the WikiProject on open proxies to check. Sorry this means a delay in your case being dealt with, and I hope you don't have to wait too long. JamesBWatson (talk) 20:53, 17 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi James, no worries on the wait... been here for a long while... helped fight vandalism for quite some time... so, I well remember the battle. So, I don't in the least bit mind the wait to get this looked at properly. I'd rather it done right, than for it to create more headaches for others. :-)


 * Thanks again, Rob R OBERT M FROM LI &#124; TK/CN  20:57, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Robert, at least until the range is sorted through, I have granted you IPBE. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 22:09, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

IP block exempt
I have granted your account an exemption from IP blocking. This will allow you to edit through full blocks affecting your IP address when you are logged in.

Please read the page IP block exemption carefully, especially the section on IP block exemption conditions.

Note in particular that you are not permitted to use this newly-granted right to edit Wikipedia via anonymous proxies, or disruptively. If you do, or there is a serious concern of abuse, then the right may be removed by any administrator.

Appropriate usage and compliance with the policy may be checked periodically, due to the nature of block exemption, and block exemption will be removed when no longer needed (for example, when the block it is related to expires).

I hope this will enhance your editing, and allow you to edit successfully and without disruption. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 22:09, 17 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi DoRD, much thanks! I will be editing from within the class C that my current IP is in (and virtually always from the .10 address) - and of course, from the "usual locations" I've been editing from before for the last few years (my personal office via my small little static IP pool), so, I expect no issues. Thanks again, Rob R OBERT M FROM LI &#124; TK/CN  22:32, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Now if only I could remember what page prompted this... it was a copyvio (a sentence or two in the lede). Time for more coffee I think. ;-) R OBERT M FROM LI &#124; TK/CN  22:34, 17 April 2013 (UTC)