Wikipedia editing blocked on Sonic IPs

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by bclayton » Thu Nov 16, 2017 5:03 pm
When attempting to edit a Wikipedia entry, I received this message:

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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 198.27.128.0/17 has been blocked (disabled) by Ks0stm 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 or colocation provider. To prevent abuse, web hosts and colocation providers may be blocked from editing Wikipedia.
I figured someone at Sonic may want to clarifiy that these are end-user IP addresses and not server IPs.
by mike.ely » Fri Nov 17, 2017 1:09 pm
I see what you mean. That's really unfortunate.

Feel free to second the unblock request placed here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:198.27.128.0/17

I have no idea what information the wikipedia editor relied upon when they blocked this address range, but that information is patently incorrect.
Sonic Operations
by mike.ely » Wed Feb 07, 2018 2:58 pm
Happily, this block has been removed. Sorry I didn't catch the unblock sooner, and even more so that it too so long. Here's the block log for your edification:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?ti ... 128.0%2F17
Sonic Operations
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