Hi,
Jimmy Wales wrote:
Brian, I'm forwarding your email to the wikien-l group, and someone will be able to help you promptly.
Charles tried to assist me nearly a month ago. Still didn't work. Here's our latest correspondence. If someone who has "a bit more technical savvy" as Charles puts it, would contact me privately, I'll send along the problem IP.
I am still blocked from editing from this IP, even if I log in.
However, when I search for my IP in the block list, I cannot find it.
Brian
That is correct - the IP number should not be blocked.
You really need to talk to some admin who has a bit more technical savvy about this.
Charles
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Getting Unblocked at Wikipedia Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 14:22:09 -0800 From: Brian C brianwc@ocf.berkeley.edu Reply-To: or-talk@freehaven.net To: or-talk@freehaven.net
Hi,
I like to occasionally contribute to the Wikipedia. I also run a tor server. I do not want a Wikipedia username, and so I always just contribute anonymously.
During the recent fracas about tor and Wikipedia, my static IP address from which I run my tor server was blocked for an "infinite" time period. I have since decided that until I get more than one static IP, I will only run my tor server in "middle-man" mode, so it is not presently possible that defacement of Wikipedia (or Slashdot, or the Gentoo Forums, etc.) is exiting from my IP address.
I was able to email Slashdot and can login there again, and I don't presently contribute to the Gentoo Forums often enough to worry about it. However, I am finding it impossible to correct the Wikipedia block, because without a username the only way to contact an admin is to edit their "talk" page, but I am forbidden from editing any page because of the block. A vicious cycle.
Does anyone have any experience with this such that they could direct me to an actual email address of a Wikipedia admin who could remove the block or otherwise advise me on how to proceed? Thanks.
Brian