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Caught by a colocation web host block but this host or IP is not a web host. My IP address is 2001:470:6976:44:82EE:73FF:FE01:27F0. This is the address of my laptop when it is at my place of work. Please unblock all of 2001:470:6976::0/48. I am personally responsible for this IPv6 range. The IP block is provided to me by Hurricane Electric by private arrangement. Interfaces using these IPs are all located at my premises in Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 4RD, England. There is no colocation at this site. .
Decline reason:
A procedural decline since, as you are a registered user caught in a rangeblock, there is nothing I or any admin can do on our own that can help you. You will have to go through the process of requesting IP block exemption, which I am hopeful that you will be able to get as it appears that although you edit very infrequently, you have done so productively. Good luck! — Daniel Case (talk) 16:59, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-07-11T16:59:00.000Z","author":"Daniel Case","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Daniel_Case-2021-07-11T16:59:00.000Z-Unblock_request","replies":[]}}-->
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Caught by a colocation web host block but this host or IP is not a web host.
My IP address is 2001:470:6976:44:82EE:73FF:FE01:27F0.
This is actually the address of one of my laptops - one which I use at work.
The IP is part of my IPv6 /48 netblock, which is provided by Hurricane Electric.
The /48 is not at a colocation facility, it is physically located at my business premises in Derbyshire, England.
I am, personally, entirely reponsible for it.
I am sure that, if you investigate, you will find that no IP in it has ever been used abusively.
Please unblock the entire /48 (2001:470:6976::0/48).
Thank you for your attention.
Ged Haywood (talk) 10:27, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-08-19T10:27:00.000Z","author":"Ged Haywood","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Ged_Haywood-2021-08-19T10:27:00.000Z-Unblock_request.","replies":[]}}-->
Accept reason:
I have granted you the "IP block exempt" user right. That should fix things up. ~Anachronist (talk) 02:00, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-08-20T02:00:00.000Z","author":"Anachronist","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Anachronist-2021-08-20T02:00:00.000Z-Unblock_request.","replies":[]}}-->
Hi, I'd hardly call what I wrote original research but it certainly could do with citing some references. That's one of the reasons that I commented as I did when I did the edit.
Do you think the addition would be acceptable if fully adorned with references, or would it also not be acceptable for other reasons?
My objective as I tried to say in the title was to give some perspective, because a lot of discussion on the subject is irrational. Ged Haywood (talk) 15:31, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20230114153100","author":"Ged Haywood","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Ged_Haywood-20230114153100-TuomoS-20230114141400","replies":["c-TuomoS-20230114172500-Ged_Haywood-20230114153100"]}}-->
If you can find the information in some reliable sources, then it should be OK. Your Edit summary suggested that you presented your own calculations, which is against Wikipedia's guidelines (except if they are "routine calculations", such as basic arithmetic). --TuomoS (talk) 17:25, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20230114172500","author":"TuomoS","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-TuomoS-20230114172500-Ged_Haywood-20230114153100","replies":[]}}-->