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January 2015

Hello, I'm A.amitkumar. An edit you recently made to Brady Campaign seemed to be a test and has been removed. If you want more practice editing, the sandbox is the best place to do so. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks.  A m i t  웃   16:34, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

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While yes, it is a medical center, there are still open ports being used. Here's the results from an nmap scan. Mike V • Talk 15:34, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

You're the expert - I dunno what most of that means. If I register an account will I still be unable to edit from here? If I can't that'd be a serious inconvenience. I'm stuck here a lot. 162.119.231.132 (talk) 15:39, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

I looked at WP:Open proxy. It says open proxies may be blocked, for instance when use abusively. Has that happened here? I'm a legitimate user. Can I get an "IP exemption"? 162.119.231.132 (talk) 15:51, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

I agree that this block should be reviewed. If the IP is a WP:PROXY, policy says that open or anonymising proxies may be blocked from editing - if they're being used abusively. WP:SOCK lists about a dozen inappropriate uses (and about an equal number of legitimate uses). The IP user is not me and they are not Darknipples, and since no-one else is trying to introduce pro-control balance to gun-control articles at this time that I'm aware of, I don't think the IP is someone "Contributing to the same page or discussion with multiple accounts." Probably the best guess, if the IP editor is abusing a proxy, is that he/she is circumventing a sanction, but I don't know of a blocked pro-control editor at this time. There are three pro-gun editors topic-banned from GC articles right now, and one who is site-banned.

Unless this IP editor has done something wrong, they should be unblocked. I have posted a DS alert re gun control below. Lightbreather (talk) 15:36, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

I'm not circumventing any ban by editing this stuff. I'd have used an account to begin with but I didn't think I'd be doing this much. I'm not even that interested in gun control. Then I read a few articles that were crappy and figured I'd make 'em better. No good deed goes unpunished. 162.119.231.132 (talk) 15:45, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

That's how I got started editing gun-control articles! But that was almost 18 months ago. Good luck. Lightbreather (talk) 15:55, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

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Template:Z33 Lightbreather (talk) 15:32, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, kinda already know about it, seein' as how I just filed a case under it. 162.119.231.132 (talk) 15:35, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Hey LB, since everyone thinks I'm you (or you're me), could you look at this? User_talk:Anastrophe#A_favor.2C_por_favor. That user's been away. The request is sorta complicated. I'm seein' why it pays to use an account. IP editing sucks! 162.119.231.132 (talk) 15:56, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

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