[WikiEN-l] Banned

Fri Feb 24 13:31:56 UTC 2006

MGM wrote:

>It's not you Hall Monitor banned, but someone using the same IP address as
>you do and vandalising articles
>(see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/24.66.94.140)
>Unfortunately, you get blocked because your ISP issues you the same IP every
>once in awhile. This IP has been blocked for the 12th time  because it keeps
>vandalising articles. The only way you can avoid being banned too is get
>another IP address or contact your ISP abuse address internet.abuse
at sjrb.ca (or
>forward any conversation you had with them to Hall Monitor).

Do the whois - this is a shaw.ca proxy. Shaw Cable route all their
customers' web access through transparent proxies - hence GeekyBroad
seeing a different IP for her PC than for the editing: Wikipedia sees
only the proxy address.

As a wide-ranging ISP proxy, this IP should *never* be blocked for
more than very short times.

- d.