User talk:Hoo man/Archive/2015

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Thank you

Dear Hoo Man, I just want to thank you for approving my OAuth consumers for the video editing server application. In case you have had any concerns about my trust-worthiness, please take a look at my FOSS reputation: https://www.openhub.net/accounts/ddennedy — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ddennedy (talk) 17:24, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

You're welcome... That's a nice track record indeed, btw. - Hoo man (talk) 17:36, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

help for Sanskrit Wikipedia

Hi Hoo man ! Our community is very small. But our goals are very big and realistic. I am an editor of Sanskrit Wikipedia and I want some help from you. I know you are not familiar with Sanskrit. I will be there for Sanskrit related work. You have lots of experiences about wikipedia. So I want some help from you.

1. How to manage wikipedia ? What are the basic things which sourly have to in wikipedia ?

2. In sa.wikipedia there is noting much more easy or attractive. Because our community is so small and we have not enough technical knowledge. @Nickk: this template is available every wikipedia. Even Konkan wikipedia also have this. But I don't know How to import this in sa.wikipedia. This is only an example. There are so many things to do?

3. I know that some sort cuts of wikipedia we have to know. But we don't know sort cuts of wikipedia. Like if one word is wrong in all pages of wikipedia, than how to exchange that word with other correct word?

4. How we can increase our speed on wikipedia. What are the steps to speed up this sa.wikipedia project?

Please help me..... NehalDaveND (talk) 06:03, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Hi, I'll try to reply to your questions one by one below.

1. Well, this is a pretty general question... most important is probably to just watch what comes up, and deal with that. If you have a more specific question, feel free to ask.
2. An administrator can use विशेषम्:आयात to import templates from enwiki (and possibly other wikis). Just ask an sawiki administrators to do that for you.
3. You have to be more specific here: What do you want to simplify/ do faster? There are a lot of tools and templates larger Wikis use, if you mean that.
4. Do you mean increase the number of contributions? I honestly don't know, beyond trying to be friendly to new users and things like that.

- Hoo man (talk) 09:39, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

SRUC#Tsuchiya Hikaru@global

Please have a look? — Revi 10:09, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Solved by now - Hoo man (talk) 18:52, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

User:Hoo man/Scripts/Tagger

User talk:Hoo man/Scripts/Tagger#Pages not exist Xaris333 (talk) 16:22, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Replied there - Hoo man (talk) 18:52, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Strange thing

Hi! I wonder what may be the cause for my scripts to have stopped working on all es.* projects. I have tried everything that came to my mind: clearing caché, blanking the js pages and enabling them individually to see if they worked, cookie cleaning, AdBlock disabling, etc. and I don't get them to work. I don't know where to look further but the scripts do load from my global.js page. If you could please guide me or have a look I'll be very grateful. I have verified that JS is not disabled on my browser. Best regards, -- M\A 17:16, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Hi again. Melos and me worked out this on IRC. It seems that User:Mike.lifeguard/removeSpam.js caused the issues. They're working again now. I noted, howeved, that on the error console I got some jQuery errors comming from bits.wikimedia. I didn't tested again after my scripts worked again, but I can do it if you want. Best regards, -- M\A 00:00, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

These are probably coming from outdated gadgets. I might be able to have a look at that (depends on how much time I have) if you give me the error logs. Please remember to use &debug=true for that so that we get actually usable output. Cheers, Hoo man (talk) 14:11, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Hi. Done as suggested. I have activated MediaWiki:Gadget-markblocked.js on my User:MarcoAurelio/global.js and the scripts stopped working again on all spanish-language projects. Here is the data from my error console. Best regards, -- M\A 15:34, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Easiest would be to just not use that gadget... bringing it into a proper state would need quite some time, given how many bad things it does. I can do that, but I doubt I'll find the time this week end. - Hoo man (talk) 14:56, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

Global user page migration

Hello Hoo man. Synchbot deleted your local user pages on all wikis as requested. You can see the full log on your archive page. :) —Pathoschild 06:57, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Thank you! :) - Hoo man (talk) 15:22, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

autopatroller ‎

Thank you. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:07, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

You're welcome! :) - Hoo man (talk) 19:28, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Capiunto question

I added a question on the talk page for your Capiunto extension about basic use. Sorry if this is a totally basic thing but I am new to using MediaWiki software — The preceding unsigned comment was added by DksDev064 (talk) 19:01, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Replied there - Hoo man (talk) 19:33, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

thank you very much! -- but you left out the links!--DksDev064 (talk) 20:14, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Still having some trouble over on the extension talk page.. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by DksDev064 (talk) 15:40, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

Replied there - Hoo man (talk) 22:34, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

RFC

I have mention you in this RFC, so you may be interested to know.--Juandev (talk) 07:44, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

Api error

Hi, I am trying to delete some pages with bot on hiwiki. While doing this I am facing an error:

Error downloading data: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe0 in position 14: ordinal not in range(128)
Request hi:/w/api.php?action=query&format=json&meta=userinfo&uiprop=blockinfo%7Cgroups%7Crights%7Chasmsg%7Cratelimits%7Cpreferencestoken
Retrying in 1 minutes...

Can you please tell me what is wrong with api.php and how can I remove it. I am doing this job with delete.py☆★Sanjeev Kumar (talk) 15:27, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

Updated scripts

Hi Hoo man. I edited your global.js to update you to the latest version of force ltr, which is compatible with the latest MediaWiki changes and resides on the Wikimedia Tool Labs for easier updates. Let me know if anything breaks. :) —Pathoschild 00:35, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

Great, thanks for letting me know. - Hoo man (talk) 13:58, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

Global CSS/JS migration

Hello Hoo man. You have global scripts in global.js, which you import using your local CSS/JS pages. Since August 2014, your global.js and global.css pages are loaded automatically on all wikis. Since you already import them yourself, you may experience script errors or tools being added twice. I can remove the global imports from your local pages using Synchbot (without touching other scripts). Do you want me to do that? —Pathoschild 23:10, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Wikimania + infoboxes

Hi Hoo man! I've just seen your scheduled talk at Wikimania at [1], which looks very interesting! I'm planning on attending it. I've also been working on infoboxes via wikidata recently, but using a somewhat different approach, namely using en:Module:Wikidata to wikidata-ify en:Template:Infobox telescope: see en:South Pole Telescope for an example in action. Perhaps you could mention this during your presentation, and cover some of the similarities and differences between our approaches? Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 19:12, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Global page history

Hi!

Is there any chance of bringing Global page history back to life? Helder 16:13, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

I have vague plans for that, but I doubt it will happen soon. - Hoo man (talk) 16:33, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

request for new accesses

Hi! In Persian Wikibooks we need to new user accesses (Patroller, Autopatroller and Rollbacker). Please help us to make them.--Doostdar (talk) 06:28, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

@Doostdar: To do that you need a community consensus (which should be a discussion lasting for at least a week). After that is done, you can file a bug on Phabricator. Hope that helps, Hoo man (talk) 14:43, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll request for that in the Phabricator, soon. Will be there any technical sysop to solve the problem? --Doostdar (talk) 06:02, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

@Doostdar: There will be someone helping you getting that arranged, yes. - Hoo man (talk) 17:33, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

Tagger on srwiki

...doesnt work, Gadget-BrzoBrisanje.js doesnt work over settings but only like this, we migrated to ResourceLoader --Milicevic01 (talk) 14:20, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

@Milicevic01: Sorry that it took me so long to look into this, but it should be good again. Cheers, Hoo man (talk) 16:33, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

Thanks --Milicevic01 (talk) 16:49, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

Please sign new Wikimedia confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information by 15 December

This is a message from the Wikimedia Foundation. Translations are available.

As you may know, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees approved a new "Access to nonpublic information policy" on 25 April 2014 after a community consultation. The former policy has remained in place until the new policy could be implemented. That implementation work is now being done, and we are beginning the transition to the new policy.

An important part of that transition is helping volunteers like you sign the required confidentiality agreement. All Wikimedia volunteers with access to nonpublic information are required to sign this new agreement, and we have prepared some documentation to help you do so.

The Wikimedia Foundation is requiring that anyone with access to nonpublic information sign the new confidentiality agreement by 15 December 2015 (OTRS users have until 22 December 2015) to retain their access. You are receiving this email because you have access to nonpublic information and are required to sign the confidentiality agreement under the new policy.

Signing the confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information is conducted and tracked using Legalpad on Phabricator. The general confidentiality agreement is now ready, and the OTRS agreement will be ready after 22 September 2015. We have prepared a guide on Meta-Wiki to help you create your Phabricator account and sign the new agreement: Confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information/How to sign

If you have any questions or experience any problems while signing the new agreement, please visit this talk page or email me (gvarnumwikimedia.org). Again, please sign this confidentiality agreement by 15 December 2015 (OTRS users have until 22 December 2015) to retain your access to nonpublic information. If you do not wish to retain this access, please let me know and we will forward your request to the appropriate individuals.

Thank you,
Gregory Varnum (User:GVarnum-WMF), Wikimedia Foundation

Posted by the MediaWiki message delivery 23:33, 15 September 2015 (UTC) • Translate • Get help

Notice of review of adminship

Hello Hoo man. In accordance with Meta:Administrators/Removal and because you have made fewer than ten logged administrator actions over the past six months, your adminship is under review at Meta:Administrators/Removal/October 2015. If you would like to retain your adminship, please sign there before October 09, 2015. Kind regards, MF-W 03:58, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

Signed. Cheers, Hoo man (talk) 08:59, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

Unsolicited blocking

Hello, I received the following notification:

The block was made by Hoo man (meta.wikimedia.org). The reason given is Cross-wiki spam: spambot: Hoster.

Start of block: 23:18, 15 октября 2015 Expiry of block: 23:18, 15 января 2016

You can contact Hoo man to discuss the block. You cannot use the "Письмо участнику" feature unless a valid email address is specified in your account preferences and you have not been blocked from using it. Your current IP address is 31.168.172.254, and the blocked range is 31.168.160.0/20. Please include all above details in any queries you make.

I have nothing to do with spambots or Hoster, whatever or whoever it/he/she is. How comes my IP 31.168.172.254 is in the range 31.168.160.0/20?

--Urod (talk) 13:06, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

@Urod: Sorry for the inconvenience… looks like I blocked a way to broad range there while handling a massive spam attack. I've unblocked the range now. Thanks for letting me know, Hoo man (talk) 01:23, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Unsolicited Blocking

Hello, I have received the following notification:

You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason:

Your IP address is in a range which has been blocked on all wikis.

The block was made by Hoo man (meta.wikimedia.org). The reason given is Cross-wiki spam: spambot: Leaky web host.

Start of block: 22:42, 15 October 2015
Expiry of block: 22:42, 15 April 2016

You can contact Hoo man to discuss the block. You cannot use the "Email this user" feature unless a valid email address is specified in your account preferences and you have not been blocked from using it. Your current IP address is 159.122.133.206, and the blocked range is 159.122.133.192/26

Hi

I have nothing to do with spambots or Hoster. I have had editing access to Wikipedia for several years. As a retired librarian I have occasionally corrected and added bibliographies to book illustrators.I am also a contributor to Wikipedia as its a great source of free knowledge for everyone. As a private person I do not understand WHY I have been blocked. Please could you check and hopefully remove the block - or advise on further action.

Regards, peterrcampion — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Peter Campion (talk) 08:36, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

@Peter Campion: I've changed the block of that range to a softblock (only affecting logged out users), so you should be able to edit again while being logged in. Sorry for the inconvenience, Hoo man (talk) 17:37, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

confirmation of user

Hi Hoo man,

after a request of User:Taketa I can confirm that I have met nl:Gebruiker:Ymnes in person. He is an active user on the Dutch Wikipedia. I understand that he recently had some troubles with his account (i.e. that his password got lost or so). Please, can you help him to get that fixed? Greetings, --Dick Bos (talk) 17:56, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

I can confirm this as well. Romaine (talk) 21:43, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the confirmation! Taketa can mail my e-mail adress. Is it possible to receive a temporary password for instance? Ymnes (talk) 10:57, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

Has already been done! Cheers, Hoo man (talk) 00:28, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

IP blocked

Hi,

I wanted to donate but first create a user account. My IP [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (edited 07-10-2015)] is blocked... Why? I'm not a spammer. There should be a better way to block spammers by blocking complete IP ranges I think. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by 109.201.154.156 (talk) 04:42, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

The VPN you are (most probably) using has been massively abused, thus I needed to globally block it. I just converted the block to anonymous only, thus you should be able to edit again using that range if logged in. Cheers, Hoo man (talk) 14:44, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

I see... I didn't realize I was connected via VPN. Blocking on this VPN surely makes sense. Thanks for the info and conversion. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by 46.166.188.217 (talk) 03:21, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

Great. Nice to see this resolved. - Hoo man (talk) 04:01, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

Robot100

Hi,

My user name robot100 was blocked. Please let me know what I should do , I would like to keep using this user name.

Thank you so much,

robot100. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by 208.167.254.247 (talk) 01:03, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

@Robot100: I can't say much about this issue here as I'm not active on pt.wikipedia and don't speak Portuguese. @Teles: might be able to help you. Should you nevertheless decided to change your user name, you can do so using Special:GlobalRenameRequest. Cheers, Hoo man (talk) 13:39, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

I left a message on their talk page on en.wiki suggesting a rename. I think the message above is about the IP range block though. Regards.—Teles «Talk to me ˱_{C L @ S}˲» 17:57, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

I am not spam, but I do use a VPN

I am not spam, but I do use a VPN. I am trying to create an account. I do not want to edit just share if its allowed to my facebook account. My email is imakansasenigma@yahoo.com

The block was made by Hoo man (meta.wikimedia.org). The reason given is Cross-wiki spam: spambot: Leaky web host.

Start of block: 22:43, 15 October 2015
Expiry of block: 22:43, 15 April 2016

You can contact Hoo man to discuss the block. You cannot use the "Email this user" feature unless a valid email address is specified in your account preferences and you have not been blocked from using it. Your current IP address is 162.216.46.104, and the blocked range is 162.216.46.0/24. Please include all above details in any queries you make — The preceding unsigned comment was added by 162.216.46.104 (talk) 02:31, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

You can just create an account on this wiki, as the blocks mentioned by you don't apply here (that's also why you were able to edit this page). You can do this by going to Special:UserLogin/signup. That account will be global, thus you can just use it on Wikipedia and on all other sister projects. Cheers, Hoo man (talk) 13:33, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Not on a VPN or TOR, just a university network

"Your current IP address is 172.98.67.57, and the blocked range is 172.98.66.0/23."

{{unblock declined|1=Caught by a web host block but this host or IP is not a web host. Not on a VPN or TOR, just a university network [[Special:Contributions/172.98.67.57|172.98.67.57]] 03:04, 16 November 2015 (UTC)|2=Given the range in question has been abused, and is also (negatively) known by [http://stopforumspam.com/ipcheck/172.98.67.57 stopforumspam.com] I chose not to unblock it.}}

Given the range in question has been abused, and is also (negatively) known by stopforumspam.com I chose not to unblock it. Although I didn't unblock the range, I changed the block to affect anonymous users only, thus you should be able to edit using the range in question after logging in. If you don't have an account, you can create one on this wiki, which will also be valid for all other Wikimedia projects. Cheers, Hoo man (talk) 10:12, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

Blok on all wikis

Hi Received this message by error. Please fix as I am NOT a spam or spambot.

Your IP address is in a range which has been blocked on all wikis. The block was made by Hoo man (meta.wikimedia.org). The reason given is Cross-wiki spam: spambot: Leaky web host. Start of block: 22:38, 15 October 2015 Expiry of block: 22:38, 15 January 2016

Please correct the error as soon as possible. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by 104.200.143.243 (talk) 16:27, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

The VPN you are (most probably) using has been massively abused, thus I needed to globally block it. I just converted the block to anonymous only, thus you should be able to edit again using that range if logged in. You can just create an account on this wiki, as the blocks mentioned by you don't apply here (that's also why you were able to edit this page). You can do this by going to Special:UserLogin/signup. That account will be global, thus you can just use it on Wikipedia and on all other sister projects. Cheers, Hoo man (talk) 17:39, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

OAuth approval

Hi Hoo man,

I would like to request the approval of my OAuth application Kaspar [1.0]. I already did edits with it on Wikidata. Do I have to provide more information? How does this process work? -- T.seppelt (talk) 15:57, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

Has already been done by Reedy. Cheers, Hoo man (talk) 08:57, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

My IP has been blocked

Hi,

My IP has been blocked but I don't think I've done anything wrong. The only thing I can think of is I sometimes use hola.com to access sites elsewhere.

Could you please help?

Thanks

You can contact Hoo man to discuss the block. You cannot use the "Email this user" feature unless a valid email address is specified in your account preferences and you have not been blocked from using it. Your current IP address is 168.1.99.218, and the blocked range is 168.1.64.0/18. Please include all above details in any queries you make. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by 11jenny09 (talk) 22:38, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

@11jenny09: I just converted the block to anonymous only, thus you should be able to edit again using that IP range if you log into your account. Cheers, Hoo man (talk) 08:59, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

About your action to delete Wiikidata page Q21596926 without any notification

Hi, you have deleted a wikidata page I created for Athanassios I. Hatzis without prior notification and without any discussion. I did not have any chance to make any claim on notability. How is it that a page of a computer scientist with a PhD, an academic record and a full LinkedIn profile is not considered notable ? In my opinion it fully meets the following criteria you set on Wikidata:Notability

"It refers to an instance of a clearly identifiable conceptual or material entity. The entity must be notable, in the sense that it can be described using serious and publicly available references. If there is no item about you yet, you are probably not notable."

> This page has been deleted. The deletion and move log for the page are provided below for reference. > 10:17, 2 December 2015 Hoo man (talk | contribs) deleted page Q21596926 (Does not meet the notability policy)

Healis (talk) 14:34, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

The item which I deleted didn't cite any external references describing the subject, but that is a clear requirement (as is being described in one of the sentences you quote above). Please note that a source under that definition shouldn't be user generated content created by the item's subject himself (like a LinkedIn profile). Cheers, Hoo man (talk) 14:45, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

OAuth consumer registration: Rang

Hi, can you approve my OAuth consumer application named "Rang [1.0.1]". It is for a helper tool of deleting images in Indonesian Wikipedia, accessible through here: rang. Thanks Kenrick95 (talk) 17:08, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

@Kenrick95: Done. Please keep security in mind when developing tools which make use of advanced rights. - Hoo man (talk) 21:30, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

Sure, thanks. Kenrick95 (talk) 03:03, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

IP is Blocked

😂😂 Hi, you blocked me from editing anything on Wikipedia, because you said that I spam and I really disagree. Do you think you could give me a second chance? I promise I wont spam again (if I ever did). Please? Thank you Hoo man. - James Pasier 2001:590:1405:1ec:f031:df0:414e:c3ad

The block of that range was meant for some other user of the VPN service (or alike) you are using. In order to be able to edit Wikipedia, you can just create an account on this wiki, as the blocks mentioned by you don't apply here (that's also why you were able to edit this page). You can do this by going to Special:UserLogin/signup. That account will be global, thus you can just use it on Wikipedia and on all other sister projects. Cheers, Hoo man (talk) 02:27, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

Joseph Cohen from Birmingham UK - 22nd June 1889 - 1980

Hello I have been blocked by you and have no idea why. Please help I thought it might be because I have used a VPN, but I still find from my home now in Switzerland that I am blocked. I have managed to write only on my User page Sandbox John_Neville_Cohen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:John_Neville_Cohen/sandbox about my late Grandfather Joseph Cohen that I believe should be included in Wikipedia. There is already another Joseph Cohen (no relation) listed and I do not know how to have my Joseph Cohen added. But I now find that I can not even edit a link that is not working. I wish to add a link that is http://www.jncohen.net/JaceyGroup/JC-Press.htm to replace http://www.jncohen.net/private-albums/tree/Certifts/notes004.htm that will not work without my password that I do not wish to make available.

Since I sent the above I seem to have lost my User page and Sandbox. I really need some help as I am finding this is all very complicated. I do have lots of information about my Joseph Cohen that now seems to have gone! I could provide details to an editor to assist me but do not know how to do this either. John Neville Cohen (talk) 14:10, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

If you tell me the block which directly affects you, I can change it so that it only affects anonymous users. But in order to do that, I need to know about the exact block that affects you (that's part of the message you get when you try to edit and a block hinders you). - Hoo man (talk) 04:04, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

I am blocked but do not understand why. I do have a VPN but I disconnect it to edit Wikipedia.

The block was made by Hoo man (meta.wikimedia.org). The reason given is Cross-wiki spam: spambot: Hoster / VPN service.

Start of block: 18:55, 21 October 2015
Expiry of block: 18:55, 21 October 2018

You can contact Hoo man to discuss the block. You cannot use the "Email this user" feature unless a valid email address is specified in your account preferences and you have not been blocked from using it. Your current IP address is 104.238.169.143, and the blocked range is 104.238.169.0/24. Please include all above details in any queries you make.

You have blocked me, but I do not understand why. I do have a VPN, but I disconnect it to edit Wikipedia. I am in my private home in Switzerland with my own phone and ADSL connection (not shared). Now I am blocked from doing anything! So I am unable to reply to Onel5969 who has sent me a message, with an offer to help. As a new user I am overwhelmed by Wikipedia and think I will just give up. Can you help? My User Page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:John_Neville_Cohen My Draft page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Joseph_Cohen_(entrepreneur)

Already replied above, I need to know which block exactly affects you in order to act here. - Hoo man (talk) 04:11, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

You are currently unable to edit Wikipedia.

You are still able to view pages, but you are not currently able to edit, move, or create them.

Editing from 104.238.128.0/18 has been blocked (disabled) by Elockid for the following reason(s):

Server-multiple.svg The IP address that you are currently using has been blocked because it is believed to be a web host provider. To prevent abuse, web hosts may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. You will not be able to edit Wikipedia using a web host provider. Since the web host acts like a proxy, because it hides your IP address, it has been blocked. To prevent abuse, these IPs may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. If you do not have any other way to edit Wikipedia, you will need to request an IP block exemption.

If you do not believe you are using a web host, you may appeal this block by adding the following text on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Caught by a web host block but this host or IP is not a web host. Place any further information here. [[User:John Neville Cohen|John Neville Cohen]] ([[User talk:John Neville Cohen|talk]]) 13:56, 24 December 2015 (UTC)}}. If you are using a Wikipedia account you will need to request an IP block exemption by either using the unblock template or by submitting an appealing using the unblock ticket request system. If you wish to keep your IP address private you can email the functionaries team.

Administrators: The IP block exemption user right should only be applied to allow users to edit using web host in exceptional circumstances, and they should usually be directed to the functionaries team via email. If you intend to give the IPBE user right, a CheckUser needs to take a look at the account. This can be requested most easily at SPI Quick Checkuser Requests. Unblocking an IP or IP range with this template is highly discouraged without at least contacting the blocking administrator. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by John Neville Cohen (talk) 13:56, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

That IP is blocked locally on the English Wikipedia, thus the exemption needs to be handled there. If you want to keep using your VPN service, you can request an exemption from IP blocks as lined out on en:Wikipedia:IP block exemption. Cheers, Hoo man (talk) 15:42, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Regarding bot on Bhojpuri wikipedia (bh.wikipedia)

Hello! I am local admin (temp) at Bhojpuri wikipedia (bh.wikipedia) and need a bot flag for bh:User:Satyam002bot. Need for this tool place as some days ago I was sorting stub articles using en:WP:AWB. A friend suggested me to do such numerous edits by bot account. Therefore, I made a formal request here. But we don't have community there. I just need to know if I can ask for such a bot account flag ? --Satyam Mishra ^--talk-- 21:49, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

Such changes need to be requested at Steward requests/Bot status, please post it there. Cheers, Hoo man (talk) 00:25, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! --Satyam Mishra ^--talk-- 05:19, 30 December 2015 (UTC)