User:Spinningspark/Useful templates

Image templates

{{PD-self}}
{{PD-user|Mad User}}
{{PD-release}}
{{PD-author|Pablo Picasso}}
{{PD-US}}
{{PD-old}}
{{PD-UK}}
{{PD-UKGov}}
{{Cc-by-sa-3.0}}
{{PD-US-patent}}
{{permissionOTRS}}
{{NoCommons}} use to replace NowCommons template
{{KeepLocal}} use on articles not yet moved

User talk Templates

{{subst:User:Spinningspark/Useful templates/Welcome}} Welcome
{{subst:Silly}} Welcome, but don't be silly
{{Brit-am}} British English
{{DirectIP|Organisation}}
{{Old IP warnings top}}
{{Old IP warnings bottom}}
{{wan}}

Welcome template for jaded admins

Blocks not on Twinkle

{{subst:Sockblock}}

Useful on helpdesk

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WHOIS queries on an IP

Helpdesk answer to question pasted here:

What does "allocated PA" mean in the context of a WHOIS query? Is that the same as "direct allocation" or is it something different? SpinningSpark 23:15, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

PA means "Provider Aggregatable", meaning that this particular range is a subset of a larger block that the provider owns. They issue the smaller blocks, but advertise a single larger (aggregated) network out to the rest of the world. Keeps routing tables small which is always nice. (The other one you see a lot in Whois is PI: "Provider Independent" which usually means the company owns that IP range rather than the provider, so it requires its own routing table entry). Arakunem^Talk 00:25, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
- And Allocated of course means that the IP range being queried has in fact been issued to a subscriber as opposed to being unused. Arakunem^Talk 00:30, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

External link shortcuts

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