User talk:Shirik/Archives/2013/May

IP 192.197.82.153 - Canadian Government
You just blocked this IP (which certainly needed it) but did you see the note from AIV Helperbot:
 * Note: This IP matches the mask (192.197.80.0/22) in my special IP list which is marked as: "Government of Canada - See Sensitive IP addresses for important information before blocking" HBC AIV helperbot7 (talk) 17:15, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

I haven't met one of those before. The guideline says "you are required to immediately notify the Wikimedia Foundation Communications Committee." I semi-protected the article for 3 days, in case they come back from another IP. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 17:28, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Yup, thanks for double-checking on me. I actually already fired off an email. Thanks, Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 17:28, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Good. I was afraid you might have picked up the edit-war by some means other than AIV, and so not seen the warning. Cheers, JohnCD (talk) 18:06, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Oh, I did :) I was notified about it on IRC and addressed it accordingly. And then someone (fortunately) pointed out to me that same message. But I appreciate your coming here too because if that person hadn't, I wouldn't have noticed. (We really should have a bot for this, but I guess it doesn't happen very often.) -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 21:10, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank You
Hello Administrator Shirik,

Thank you for considering my unblock appeal. I greatly appreciate it. --JustBerry (talk) 16:43, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Why was this editor unblocked? He has been completely untruthful and has attempted to deceive the community. He has canvassed around to get unblocked. As the original blocking admin, I would have appreciated being consulted regarding this. --Rschen7754 18:34, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Mostly I didn't contact you because I misread the block log and didn't realize you were the original blocking admin. Let's talk about this a little bit, though. If you wish to reblock him I don't have a problem with it, but so far I have only seen useful contributions since the unblock. My inclination based on the detailed unblock request I received was to apply WP:ROPE and leave it at that. I will email you the unblock request if you have your email account linked. -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 18:50, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, you can send me the email. --Rschen7754 21:31, 28 May 2013 (UTC)