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Happy editing! FriyMan (talk) 20:31, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

108.171.130.162 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

Caught by an open proxy block but this host or IP is not an open proxy. This is (currently) the connection for people working at the Silver Spring (MD, USA) office of 3M HIS (3M Health Information Systems). It may be a proxy, but is is very definitely not open. I can actually avoid the block by logging in with my usual WP account (User:DESiegel), bit it would be handy to make small edits (the only ones I am likely to make from work) without needing to log in 108.171.130.162 (talk) 21:58, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

Decline reason:

I strongly believe this IP address is part of the scansafe security suite. As such, it is an open proxy. Worse, it's performing a man in the middle attack, though, to be clear, it may arguably be increasing your security for some limited definitions of that. Anyway, if you think this is not the case, please request another unblock and another admin will review. I'm pretty sure in this case; that's what the technical data is showing me. But I may be wrong. Yamla (talk) 22:06, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

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I'm monitoring this talk page in case you have questions, but I encourage you to post another unblock request if you think I'm mistaken. --Yamla (talk) 22:07, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

February 2019

Hello, I'm D Eaketts. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Rich the Kid have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help Desk. Thanks. D Eaketts (talk) 21:25, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

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