User talk:Dananimal
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[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Environment
As a fellow Wikipedian environmentalist I would like to welcome you to help with the Wikipedia:WikiProject Environment. Alan Liefting (talk). Alan Liefting 23:38, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Howard
That last edit summary was not aimed at you. However, you are still trying to demean him. Please stop. It is not something that requires drawing attention to because that is POV pushing, and if you continue I will have to take further action. Xtra 07:18, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
I am not specifically attempting to demean. Merely illuminate historical Facts about Howard's personal life reader's should draw their own conclusions as I said.—Dananimal 07:35, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Xtra
Having fun arguing with the guy yet? Whatever you say about John Howard, no matter how factual, if it looks bad for the PM, Xtra will want it removed! Dankru 14:56, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
- Excuse me? Xtra 15:01, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] TPG Internet Transparent Proxy Servers
I have experienced thoroughly irritating issues with colateral damage from these proxy servers being autoblocked. Mediawiki needs to have it's code revised to correctly interpret user's real public IP addresses from the IP addresses of transparent non-anonymous proxy servers. I was advised and have added the template {sharedip} to the Talk pages of the IP addresses as listed below.
202.7.166.163 syd-pow-pr1.tpgi.com.au User Talk:202.7.166.163
202.7.166.164 syd-pow-pr2.tpgi.com.au User Talk:202.7.166.164
202.7.166.165 syd-pow-pr3.tpgi.com.au User Talk:202.7.166.165
202.7.166.166 syd-pow-pr4.tpgi.com.au User Talk:202.7.166.166
202.7.166.167 syd-pow-pr5.tpgi.com.au User Talk:202.7.166.167
202.7.166.168 syd-pow-pr6.tpgi.com.au User Talk:202.7.166.168
202.7.166.169 syd-pow-pr7.tpgi.com.au User Talk:202.7.166.169
202.7.166.170 syd-pow-pr8.tpgi.com.au User Talk:202.7.166.170
202.7.166.171 syd-pow-pr9.tpgi.com.au User Talk:202.7.166.171
202.7.166.172 syd-pow-dns1.tpgi.com.au (I list this as it is within the same range as the proxies but is a DNS server)
202.7.166.173 syd-pow-pr10.tpgi.com.au User Talk:202.7.166.173
202.7.166.174 syd-pow-pr11.tpgi.com.au User Talk:202.7.166.174
The effects of blocking make rectification of the issue very difficult. Considering the massive prevalence of dynamic IP addresses this method is a very blunt stick. I hope I do not have to deal with this too often. I am accessing through the Australian ISP TGP which employs a transparent proxy system too, I believe that the IP address is that of the proxy so this block will have effected most of the users of this ISP in the most populous state of Australia.
From research I have just undertaken Wikipedia must not be detecting IP addresses correctly, I get a valid response from http://whatismyipaddress.com it also states that the proxy is syd-pow-pr4.tpgi.com.au:3128. This is a serious issue for wikipedia and requires attention ASAP, I cannot contribute as yet as I am blocked as are all users who's traffic is transerred through this proxy.
This is not the external IP address shown by the Internet access device here.
As it is however not my account so I cannot contact them usefully myself, if I can obtain details of the abuse I will pass this on through the account holder. Dananimal 04:10, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
It is now past the time listed for this autoblock to expire and it has not. I appreciate that this is software based and there is a need to avoid wikidrama over such things, but the actions of the software are wrong and need to be changed. Apart from anything else wikipedia is blocking proxy servers, which is useless beyond annoying the hell out of people. Wikipedia needs to immidiately alter the IP detection code to recognise user's IP addresses and ignore the addresses of proxy servers. Tracking proxy addresses means that serious offenders cannot be tracked as well as being very irritating. Dananimal 05:21, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
