Geonotices are only as good as the database underneath. If the IP database doesn't think you're in London, no amount of tinkering with skins will fix that. Cheers, Craig Franklin On 15/10/2012 9:56 PM, "Gordon Joly" <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote:

Hi Gorgo, What does http://geoiplookup.wikimedia.org report for you? The database is usually pretty accurate. Harry -- Harry Burt On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote:

On 15/10/12 14:07, Harry Burt wrote: Geo = {"city":"London","country":"GB","lat":"51.514198","lon":"-0.093100","IP":"86.157.yyy.xxx","netmask":"22"} Looks like that is correct then....(I have hidden my actuall IP). Gordo

Sometimes all it needs is a reboot and a good hard kick... Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* On 15 October 2012 14:57, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote:

Geonotices are known for being... temperamental. The MediaWiki page is very fragile and a single character out of place can break it, and obviously the database is imperfect. They work pretty well, but they're not 100% reliable, so cases like this aren't unheard of.   Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ Phone: 024 7698 0977 Skype: harry_j_mitchell ________________________________ From: Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Sent: Monday, 15 October 2012, 15:43 Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Geonotices. Yes, most kludges need that level of TLC. Gordo On 15/10/12 15:23, Richard Symonds wrote: Sometimes all it needs is a reboot and a good hard kick... address, and it works... Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

On 16 October 2012 10:21, Charles Matthews <charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: Done. (Still not sure if we should have this one national-level notice, or if we should try much more targeted ones - London area, Cambridge area, Manchester area, etc. Hmm.) -- - Andrew Gray andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk

On 16/10/12 13:24, Thomas Dalton wrote: Not the datacenter (first hop)? I did find that one IP address said Bank, which is the registered off of BT (well St. Paul's). Gordo

so what can i do? But is it true the google make a winner to the e-mail programs? ________________________________ De : HJ Mitchell <hjmitchell(a)ymail.com> À : UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Envoyé le : Mardi 16 octobre 2012 13h18 Objet : Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Geonotices. What Tom said. Also, these meetups are often of interest to peopld further afield, and perhaps they might inspire somebody to set one up in their neck of the woods if there isn't one near them. Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ Phone: 024 7698 0977 Skype: harry_j_mitchell ________________________________ From: Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Sent: Tuesday, 16 October 2012, 13:24 Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Geonotices. On 16 October 2012 13:14, Andrew Gray <andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk> wrote: It is very difficult to accurately identify geographic locations within the UK. IP addresses are generally assigned from an ISPs pool which they use nationwide, so they just identify to wherever the ISP is based. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org/ _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org/

On 18/10/12 00:11, Alison M. Wheeler wrote: Indeed. I once suggested the multicast (Class D IP addressing) might help with issuing geonotices. But I am told that multicast is not longer tied to geographic location, or location as measured by TTL (time to live) or hops in the network. Gordo