[WikiEN-l] emailing to "query being blocked"

[David Alexander Russell]

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A quick 'WHOIS' reveals that your IP is registered to Austin College.
Most colleges operate 'proxy' systems so that everyone accessing the
internet from that college will have the same IP address. The problem
this presents is that if ANYONE in your college vandalizes Wikipedia,
you will see the warning messages and suffer from the ban that has to be
imposed. There isn't a lot that can be done about this - all you can do
is wait for the ban to expire or try editing from a non-college computer

Cynical

Lauren Sweat wrote:
> This evening I saw something that I knew to be inaccurate on a Wikipedia
> page (namely on the *Starbucks* page).  I often visit Wikipedia, and enjoy
> reading it, but never before had I ever attempted to edit anything.  So I
> was really surprised when I clicked on the *edit* button and it send me to a
> page informing me that I was blocked.  I would like to find out why my I.P.
> address is associated with this event, and I appreciate your efforts in
> looking into this.
> 
> *General info*:
> 
> I do not have an account at this time, so no username.
> 
> My I.P. address is *198.151.179.66*
> **
> Wikipedia says that I was blocked by *Refdoc* for "vandalism," but does not
> specify any further (i.e. what it was concerning).
> 
> 
> I would be really pleased if this could be sorted out/cleared up,
> explained, and I could then create an account with Wikipedia.  I really want
> to find out what this "block" is referring to.  Again, thank you for your
> time.
> 
> -Lauren Sweat
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