User talk:208.240.243.170

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[edit] Why does it matter if this is a shared IP? Intuit is not a school district

I know we're sensitive to blocking school's IP addresses. Somehow, I think this is different. Intuit is a very well funded company in the IT industry for crying out loud. The people that work there are supposed to be grown-ups. If a colleague gets an IP blocked, they can go talk to the IT department and get something done about that abuse and the abuser.

A school district is fundamentally different -- IT funding and staffing is very limited. The ratio of students to responsible adults may be high. While many secondary school students that would access Wikipedia would usually be responsible (and in fact, some are respected admins here), there are still more immature students than the faculty can supervise properly. At the college level, the supervision is even weaker and the students less accountable.

I don't think admins should hold back any more with this IP than they would for a broadband user at home.

Then there's Intuit spam (see the next section) which is really, really inappropriate. --A. B. (talk) 02:26, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Warnings

[edit] August 2005

  1. Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. Nufy8 02:10, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] November 2005

  1. Please do not cut and paste text from other's work into wikipedia, it is copyright infringement. Scott Ritchie 09:06, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] May 2006

  1. Please do not add commercial links (or links to your own private websites) to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. You are, however, encouraged to add content instead of links to the encyclopedia. See the welcome page to learn more. Thanks. OhNoitsJamieTalk 17:09, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] July 2006

  1. Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, as you did to Broccoli, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. OhNoitsJamie Talk 21:01, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] November 2006

  1. Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, as you did to Codename: Kids Next Door, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. A link to the edit I have reverted can be found here: link. If you believe this edit should not have been reverted, please contact me. Squirepants101 03:55, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
  2. Your recent edit to Controversy (diff) was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to recognize and repair vandalism to Wikipedia articles. If the bot reverted a legitimate edit, please accept my humble creator's apologies – if you bring it to the attention of the bot's owner, we may be able to improve its behavior. Click here for frequently asked questions about the bot and this warning. // AntiVandalBot 21:44, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] February 2007

  1. Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia. Some of your recent edits, such as those you made to Hartford Civic Center, have been considered unhelpful or unconstructive and have been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you.--Elipongo (Talk|contribs) 17:26, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to vandalise Wikipedia, as you did to Bayshore High School, you will be blocked.

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