User talk:Revaaron

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There was a skate park on Camp Slayer at least into spring of 2005. It was on the road leading out to the former Ba'ath Party House on the north end of one of the lakes. I'm not sure who built it, but it was there when I got there in March of '04. I'm not sure that it has any particular relevance, but it's an interesting fact. NetSerfer 02:03, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pasting that bit of text from Khieu Thirith (and doing the redirect?) - there are a few tidbits in there I will salvage for the article.

Cheers,

Paxse 16:23, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed the prod tag you placed on H2No, as the article was nominated at AfD on 8 June 2009 and closed with no consensus, thereby making it permanently ineligible for deletion via prod. Compliance with policy/procedure is the only reason I did this; I have no prejudice against opening another AfD. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 18:56, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for your understanding and happy editing :) Editing on behalf of User:Jarry1250, LivingBot (talk) 20:26, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Revaaron (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

My IP is not running an open or anonymous proxy. I was assigned this IP May 20 2011. Revaaron (talk) 1:31 pm, Today (UTC−4)

Decline reason:

The proxy will not be unblocked per WP:PROXY. -- DQ (t) (e) 22:16, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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• I need to know the IP you are using to check it. -- DQ (t) (e) 17:44, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• IP used: 98.142.216.62 Revaaron (talk) 20:47, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. You should be able to disable your proxy and use your normal IP address to edit. Anonymising proxies such as this one fall under the WP:PROXY policy. Is there any particular reason you would need to edit via a hosted server? How did you manage to edit on 1 and 15 June? -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 12:39, 16 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• I would dispute the claim that use of this proxy fall under the WP:PROXY policy. This isn't an open or anonymizing proxy, as covered by WP:PROXY- it's a closed proxy which requires secure authentication. The language in WP:PROXY indicates to me that closed proxies are allowed. It links to Wikipedia:WikiProject_on_closed_proxies, which suggests using an SSH tunnel to bypass content censors. The only user coming from it is me, and as such the IP can be linked with my account. If for some reason, abuse were to occur by someone on this IP, it would be reasonable to assume that I were responsible. If I disable the proxy completely, I will not be able to access Wikipedia from work, as our corporate filter believes that it contains links to software downloads, adult content, and racist/extremist content. I've been able to edit while connected through my server until very recently. My server was assigned a new IP by my host on May 20 2011 in the course of a datacenter migration. Furthermore, I have been using Wikipedia from the same IP while not using it as a proxy but running the web browser directly on that machine. All of that said, I have no disagreement with blocking edits from the IP when not logged in. Revaaron (talk) 14:14, 16 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Anonymising proxies is part of the open proxy statement. I have conferred with a checkuser and I feel that you do not need an unblock of the IP or IP Block Exemption flag at this time. I hate to not being able to give you the ability to edit at work (for the certain blocked pages), but I don't feel you need it right now. You can still edit from home right? -- DQ (t) (e) 22:16, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Again, I'd point out that I'm not using an anonymizing or open proxy. It's a closed proxy with secure authentication via SSH, one of the styles of firewall circumvention recommended by Wikipedia:WikiProject_on_closed_proxies. Any traffic coming from that IP (not the entire range) is coming from me. I think you misunderstand- I cannot access Wikipedia from work at all, not just certain pages. Because there is "objectionable" content somewhere on Wikipedia, it's completely blocked. Similarly, all of downloads.sourceforge.net is blocked. I can technically edit from home, but I don't have time at home to edit while at home. Until the block, which only came about very recently, I've done editing during my lunch breaks at work. I don't see why I'm a special exception to the policies- is Wikipedia going to be blocking all closed proxies in the near future? Revaaron (talk) 01:37, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]