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Sensitive IP blocked for 1 year - Please review
IP address 138.162.0.41 originating from the NMCI network has been blocked for 1 year by Wikipedia User MusikAnimal. This is a sensitive IP address as it is a gateway for the entire Navy Marine Corps Intranet. A block of this length is very likely to be reported by users who are aware of Wikipedia:SIP to various press outlets
- No it's not a gateway for the entire NMCI, it's just a NAT gateway for the Naval Station in Norfolk, Virginia. But it doesn't hurt to report this here, because it *IS* a government IP. PCHS-NJROTC (talk) 06:09, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
138.162.0.42 on enwiki
I've blocked 138.162.0.42 on enwiki for a year. This is after extensive block log dating back to 2007. I can only imagine you've been contacted about this IP before, but I'm letting you know again. By the way, major kudos to whoever implemented the notification if you're about to block a sensitive IP. This is hugely useful, especially since the list of IP ranges at the top-right is not completely accurate. Cheers — MusikAnimal talk 19:16, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
- If I may add my own two cents, that "likely a school" bit could be construed as a personal attack since it's obviously NOT a school (military schools are registered through the DoDEA/DoDDS, not the Naval Station in Norfolk, VA). In fact, Norfolk isn't even the basic training facility (Great Lakes is). If the media really were to cover this, they could spin that any number of ways, ranging from saying that our Sailors are acting like school children, to making the blocking admin look stupid. Plus it implies that there's an official policy saying that we treat schools differently than other IPs (which there's not), so someone at WMF needs to scrub that out of the block log on this sensitive IP, in my opinion. PCHS-NJROTC (talk) 14:49, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
- WMF staff, from my preservative, will not unblock and IP that was justifiably (in accordance with enwiki blocking policies) blocked for an extended pattern of repeat vandalism. As an uninvolved admin on enwiki, I personally support the block and would have done it my self..As a side note, discussing merits isn't what this page is for. It's a notification page only. So I'm not sure where you should really be directing your query but I would not likely expect much from anybody on the issue at this location. Rjd0060 (talk) 09:53, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
- I'm not questioning the block, I am pointing out and questioning that "likely a school" comment made by the administrator in his block reason. There is a potential for it to cause PR problems, and I was pointing that out to the communications committee. PCHS-NJROTC (talk) 17:03, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
- @PCHS-NJROTC: I am just now seeing this... this was a while ago so I don't really remember... but checking the block log I see that the {{anonblock}} <!-- Likely a school based on behavioral evidence --> block was replaced with an {{anonblock}} one minute later. I'm going to make the safe assumption that I misclicked (as the two options are right next to each other), noticed the mistake and immediately fixed it. I hope given the time frame others would assume the same. There's no way to change the block rationale without reblocking, to my knowledge, so it was the best I could do. Sorry for the confusion — MusikAnimal talk 05:04, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
- I'm not questioning the block, I am pointing out and questioning that "likely a school" comment made by the administrator in his block reason. There is a potential for it to cause PR problems, and I was pointing that out to the communications committee. PCHS-NJROTC (talk) 17:03, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
- WMF staff, from my preservative, will not unblock and IP that was justifiably (in accordance with enwiki blocking policies) blocked for an extended pattern of repeat vandalism. As an uninvolved admin on enwiki, I personally support the block and would have done it my self..As a side note, discussing merits isn't what this page is for. It's a notification page only. So I'm not sure where you should really be directing your query but I would not likely expect much from anybody on the issue at this location. Rjd0060 (talk) 09:53, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
English Wikipedia FoP banner
A banner regarding freedom of paranoma is going up on the English Wikipedia to users from the 28 European Parliament countries. -- KTC (talk) 16:56, 1 July 2015 (UTC)
The proposed style guide page is stated to be maintained by the Communicatons Committee but seems to have had no significant content added for nine years. It was suggested six years ago that it be updated or marked as out of date. Is there any reason not to propose ir for deletion now? Rogol Domedonfors (talk) 21:03, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
138.162.128.53 on en-wiki
Blocked for one hour. [1] --NeilN (talk) 15:41, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
- And based on past history, new block extended to three months. --NeilN (talk) 18:09, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
138.162.128.53 at enwiki
Belongs to "Navy Network Information Center (NNIC)", blocked for 6th months (anon only, ACB) for persistant vandalism. This is the 8th block for this IP. Prodego talk 01:38, 23 December 2015 (UTC)