User talk:Trey Maturin

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September 2022

{{[[Hi there! A new policy from my employer has seen Cloudflare's "1.1.1.1" put on my work computer and iPhone. Is it possible to get this account exempted from this block (here, on en.wp and on commons, although en is basically the only place I really edit) in some way? I have other workarounds I can think of if it's not. Sorry for causing trouble! If I need to ask at en.wp instead of here, please let me know. Thank you! Trey Maturin (talk) 14:33, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

BLOCK MESSAGE Your account or IP address has been blocked. ‪2A09:BAC0:0:0:0:0:0:0/29‬, you have been blocked by ‪Jon Kolbert‬ until 16:33, 29 March 2024, because: Open Proxy/Webhost: Contact stewards if you are affected. You cannot use the email this user feature unless a valid email address is specified in your account preferences, has been confirmed, and you are not disallowed from using it while blocked. Your current IP address is 2a09:bac0:376::82a:ac62 and the block ID is #369834. Please include this in any queries.:Special:MyLanguage/Template:unblock|unblock]]}}

• Not done reviewing this yet, however please note this isn't about the "1.1.1.1" thing which is a DNS provider; this is because your IP is coming from a VPN in the 2A90:BACO:* address space. This may be a browser-based VPN, do you have the ability to just not use that VPN? Regarding your primary concern: not being able to edit the English Wikipedia from this address space: enwiki has project-local block on that VPN range, you would need to ask them for a local IPBE to override it. — xaosflux ^Talk 15:07, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

• I'm not much of a computer expert, so it is possible that there's some sort of new thing added to Chrome by work. I don't think so, but it's possible! The only change I was told about was adding the Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 app – perhaps it's the WARP thing? Sorry, I dunno! But I'll nip over to en.wp and request an unblock there as you suggest. Thank you for your help, @Xaosflux: I'm grateful for your time. Trey Maturin (talk) 15:37, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

  @Trey Maturin From a quick read, it seems that you using that "WARP" version. In general, use of VPN's is disallowed when contributing to WMF projects without a good reason. Project will need to determine if your reason of wanting to use someone else's computer (your employer's cmoputer that uses this) is a sufficiently good reason or not. — xaosflux ^Talk 15:49, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

• That seems fair to me – if having this 'WARP' thing on a somehow-exempted user account would present potential vandalism or security problems for the community, then I'll just have to edit at home rather than at work during quiet times! The Project is a little bit bigger than just one wikignome! It's a pity (for me), but that's how it is. Thanks again for your time on this! Trey Maturin (talk) 15:58, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

• Regarding commonswiki, they do not appear to have a local block on this, but do follow the global block. You can petition the stewards for a global IPBE using this form: Special:Contact/stewards. — xaosflux ^Talk 15:52, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

• I barely ever edit at commons and had wrongly thought it was just a matter of someone throwing a switch here to turn me back on. I'll leave the IPBE people in peace over there! Trey Maturin (talk) 15:58, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

• Sorted! Excluded wikipedia.org and wikimedia.org in Advanced > Connection Options > Split Tunnels/Excluded Routes in the 1.1.1.1 app, as advised over on my en.wp talk page. Many thanks for your help and advice, Xaosflux! Trey Maturin (talk) 01:21, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

  @Trey Maturin well that works even better than all the workarounds I was going to come back to you with today :D Best regards, — xaosflux ^Talk 14:19, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

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