[WikiEN-l] My IP address blocked?

Wed May 18 21:04:33 UTC 2005

Sorry, I somehow clicked send before I could finish the message. In
plain English that means, someone else with the same Internet Service
Provider got this IP adress during one of their wikipedia visits. It
probably wasn't you, but we still had to block the IP in order to stop
this person from committing vandalism.

We're sorry for the inconvenience it caused you but we can't do
anything about the collateral damage such a block causes. Please be
patient and continue your good contributions.

--Mgm

On 5/18/05, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> wrote:
> In plain English
> 
> On 5/18/05, David Gerard <fun at thingy.apana.org.au> wrote:
> > Connor O' Kane (escobar600 at gmail.com) [050519 00:53]:
> >
> > > I only relaised today that my IP address has been blocked, it says the
> > > IP is 62.254.32.19. and it was blocked by RickK, but when I looked at
> > > the block list, then at this IP's contributions, I had done none of
> > > them at all, but they were all to do with things in my country.
> > > My username is Escobar600ie and I have only made positive
> > > contributions, I am not a vandal.
> > > Check the contributions by both, you will see they are diferent.
> >
> > 62.254.32.19 = belf-cache-3.server.ntli.net - an NTL proxy server, used by
> > tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people. (NTL is a huge
> > cable provider in the UK.) It's currently unblocked.
> >
> > The netblock is 62.254.32.0-62.254.63.255. It is currently listed on the
> > Special:Blockip page as NTL range, block only for shortest time required.
> >
> >
> > - d.
> >
> >
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