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How does X work? edit

Your question. Timddeb (talk) 01:12, 20 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

I have recieved the following error message

You are currently unable to edit pages on Wikipedia.

You can still read pages, but you cannot edit, move, or create them.

Editing from 222.166.181.242 has been disabled by ProcseeBot for the following reason(s):
Banned proxys.svg

The IP address that you are currently using has been blocked because it is believed to be an open proxy. To prevent abuse, these proxies may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. If you believe you are not running an open proxy, the most likely cause is that another customer from your ISP who was previously assigned this IP address was running an open proxy. If this is the case, please request to be unblocked using the {{unblock}} template, or request administrator attention using {{admin!}} and indicate you are caught by an open proxy block. More rarely, your network equipment or that of your service provider may be misconfigured or compromised by malicious software (such as a virus). In some cases, this can be remedied by logging into the secure server. For more information, see the Wikiproject on Open Proxies and Wikipedia:Open proxies.

However this is not true. I am typing this from my flat in Hong Kong. Previously I was domiciled in the UK, (for tax purposes I am) but living in HK for a while.

That means the Wikipedia project on open proxies. I hope a proxy checker will deal with this soon, but unfortunately it could be a while. JamesBWatson (talk) 13:12, 20 September 2011 (UTC)Reply
I have checked and unblocked the IP. -- zzuuzz (talk) 13:31, 20 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

Jumbo Kingdom edit

Wikipedia is not a blog. I have removed your comments from the Jumbo Kingdom article. Comments belong to the talk page of articles. If you feel that the article is biased, you can change it in order to be more encyclopedic. If you think that it has a commercial bias but don't know how to edit it properly, you can add the {{advertisement}} template on the top of the page, in order to notify editors to correct it. I hope you will continue to edit Wikipedia. I have added some links at the top of this page, that I hope will be helpful. olivier (talk) 15:14, 20 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

Someone else actually removed the comment before I did. My comment remains the same, though. olivier (talk) 15:18, 20 September 2011 (UTC)Reply