On 7/2/05, SJ 2.718281828@gmail.com wrote:
Well, here is what the text looks like, so you all don't have to go try it yourselves. It doesn't explicitly suggest the reader is a vandal, but it certainly isn't polite. It is rather deceptive...
That is the standard blocked text (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Blockedtext) which doesn't really apply to blocked-by-sorbs users. The default text really needs to be ignored, since it suggests contacting User:SORBS DNSBL, which is an account anyone can create (it was created by a vandal on en: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/SORBS_DNSBL).
I've edited MediaWiki:Sorbsreason on en and meta. On meta, the message will now be:
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= User is blocked =
From <projectname>
Your user name or IP address has been blocked by [[SORBS DNSBL]].
The reason given is this: Your IP address is listed as an open proxy in the SORBS (http://www.sorbs.net) DNSBL.
If you are wrongfully blocked by this RBL check, please get tested at http://www.sorbs.net/faq/retest.shtml for automatic removal from the blacklist.
This feature is still very much in testing, so if you are wrongfully blocked by it we would very much like to know about it as well. Please contact Tim Starling, whose email address is the reverse of is ua.ude.bleminu.scisyhp@gnilrats.t, or email the developers' mailing list (http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l).
A description of the details of this feature can be found at proxy blocking.
This block is automatic, and was not carried out by User:SORBS DNSBL as is suggested above. The text below is given to all blocked users. It may not be applicable to you.
You may contact [[SORBS DNSBL]] or one of the other [[administrators]] to discuss the block. Note that you may not use the "email this user" feature unless you have a valid email address registered in your user preferences. Your IP address is 194.117.134.72. Please include this address in any queries you make.
==Note to AOL users==
Due to continuing acts of vandalism by one particular AOL user, this wiki often blocks AOL proxies. Unfortunately, a single proxy server may be used by a large number of AOL users, and hence innocent AOL users are often inadvertently blocked. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
If this happens to you, please email an administrator, using an AOL email address. Be sure to include the IP address given above.
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Angela.