admin wrote:
23:32, 3 October 2005, Talrias http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Talrias blocked 217.43.0.0/16 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:217.43.0.0/16 (expires 23:32, 5 October 2005) (contribs http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=217.43.0.0/16) (Irish republican vandal (please email User:Talrias http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Talrias).)
this seems to block a range of ips?
The block did ask you to email me if it hit you.
The reason I blocked this range of IPs was to prevent the Irish republican vandal (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:217.43.198.7). This user has been inserting pro-Republican material into Wikipedia (typically non-mainstream views such as the CIRA is the legitimate ruler of the entirety of Ireland; rejection of various treaties between the UK and the RoI). He's been using a number of IP addresses that fall within 217.43.0.0/16 but as I see there are other contributors within this range of IPs.
What ISP are you using, and is it dialup? Do you get a dynamically-generated IP address or is it the same each time?
Chris