Sorry, I misread your post. I thought you were referring to a regular IP block. Since the IP was blocked as an open proxy, please let the blocking admin (and other admins) know that the IP is not an open proxy, but is a shared IP belonging to a school. Once, my school IP was blocked as an open proxy (it was not an anon-only block), but I managed to get the admins to make the block anon-only. Hopefully, after you have notified the blocking admin, they will change the block to an anon-only block.
2007/4/12, J.L.W.S. The Special One hildanknight@gmail.com:
Request the blocking options be changed to enable account creation.
2007/4/12, Frederick Noronha fred@bytesforall.org:
I happened to be just passing through the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) and tried editing the Wikipedia there. This is the message I got:
secure login This account or IP address has been blocked from editing. You were blocked by Proxy blocker for the following reason (see our blocking policy): Your IP address has been blocked because it is an open proxy. Please contact your Internet service provider or tech support and inform them of this serious security problem. Editing Wikipedia through an open proxy is not allowed; see this policy for details.
Your IP address is 138.25.2.22.
I asked IT support, but they said it was unlikely to change, because 35,000 students had to be catered to (and I guess, they have their way of accessing the server).
All the same, isn't it sad that the students who might want to contribute to the Wikipedia can't do so? Is there some solution? Regards, FN (based otherwise in Goa, India) -- FN M: 0091 9822122436 P: +91-832-240-9490 (after 1300IST please) http://fn.goa-india.org http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com Konkani Wikipedia (under incubation) needs your help! http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/kok
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