---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: DannyDyer.com info@dannydyer.com Date: 16-Sep-2006 18:05 Subject: Blocking issue To: wp@davidgerard.co.uk
Dear Sir,
I am the editor of Danny Dyer's official website and he has advised me about some serious errors on his listing. I have tried creating an account so I can amend the listing but for some reason it states that my IP address (82.37.50.138)) has been blocked for misuse.
Please can you explain how this can be blocked as the computer with this IP address has never been used to access Wikimedia and as Danny's editor I should be able to remove any offending material on his Wikimedia listing.
I would appreciate it if you could please let me know how I can create an account using my current computer and IP address.
Regards
Chris Andrews Editor info@dannydyer.com www.dannydyer.com the official web site.
Hi Chris,
From time to time, IPs are blocked for serious vandalism, and
depending on the severity this can be for long periods of time. However, dynamic IP addresses are constantly reassigned, and as a result blocks can be misdirected.
If you visit your talk page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:82.37.50.138), click the 'Edit' link at the top and add {{unblock}} followed by a brief explanation of the situation, one of our admins will unblock you.
Regards,
Akash
On 9/18/06, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: DannyDyer.com info@dannydyer.com Date: 16-Sep-2006 18:05 Subject: Blocking issue To: wp@davidgerard.co.uk
Dear Sir,
I am the editor of Danny Dyer's official website and he has advised me about some serious errors on his listing. I have tried creating an account so I can amend the listing but for some reason it states that my IP address (82.37.50.138)) has been blocked for misuse.
Please can you explain how this can be blocked as the computer with this IP address has never been used to access Wikimedia and as Danny's editor I should be able to remove any offending material on his Wikimedia listing.
I would appreciate it if you could please let me know how I can create an account using my current computer and IP address.
Regards
Chris Andrews Editor info@dannydyer.com www.dannydyer.com the official web site. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@Wikipedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
G'day Akash,
Hi Chris,
From time to time, IPs are blocked for serious vandalism, and
depending on the severity this can be for long periods of time. However, dynamic IP addresses are constantly reassigned, and as a result blocks can be misdirected.
If you visit your talk page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:82.37.50.138), click the 'Edit' link at the top and add {{unblock}} followed by a brief explanation of the situation, one of our admins will unblock you.
This is not the solution. As you can see from his contribs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/82.37.50.138
And his block log: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&pag...
The problems encountered by Mr Andrews are, ISTM, the result of a range-block. Clearing it up will be much easier if we know who the original blocking admin is.
By-the-bye, is it now SOP to throw up the "{{unblock}}" solution whenever someone experiences problems accessing Wikipedia's edit facility? If so, would it be overly cynical of me to publicly wonder how long it will be before people --- not necessarily Akash, of course --- begin saying things like, "I'm sorry, you can't be unblocked because you don't have that template there"?