LiberTarHeel

Welcome LiberTarHeel!

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Help me!

Please help me with... a block that I feel is inappropriate

LiberTarHeel (talk) 13:43, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

What block do you mean? This account is not blocked and has never been blocked. JohnCD (talk) 13:57, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

I cannot perform almost any function. I get a block message that says in part:

You are currently unable to edit Wikipedia. You are still able to view pages, but you are not currently able to edit, move, or create them. Editing from 66.55.128.0/19 has been blocked (disabled) by Elockid for the following reason(s): The IP address that you are currently using has been blocked because it is believed to be a web host provider. To prevent abuse, web hosts may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. LiberTarHeel (talk) 14:18, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Could this be because I'm using a VPN? LiberTarHeel (talk) 14:32, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Probably. Pinging Elockid who will know the background. JohnCD (talk) 15:04, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Never mind. I solved the problem once I realized that it was an IP range block caused by my VPN. Sorry to bother. LiberTarHeel (talk) 15:15, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

No worries! Glad you're OK. JohnCD (talk) 15:50, 29 February 2016 (UTC)