User talk:Plogp

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Hello, Plogp, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome! Bilby (talk) 10:05, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(I found the above helpful when I started, so hopefully you'll find something useful there too. And, once again, welcome to Wikipedia. If you have any questions, feel free to toss them my way). - Bilby (talk) 10:07, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot Bilby! I have apparently been targeted as having an untrustable IP. This might have been because I accessed through a proxy a work. How do I get reapproved for editing? (Plogp (talk) 19:55, 20 October 2008 (UTC))[reply]

I haven't encountered the term "untrustable" before in relation to accounts: can you tell me what the system said? However, all new accounts are limited for a few days. We have a level of page protection which prevents people just turning up and making edits (Global warming is one such), used on pages which have a high level of IP vandalism. New accounts can't edit those pages or perform certain tasks until they have been autoconfirmed, so maybe this is what you are referring to. In which case time will fix it: four days and ten edits automatically confirms your account. If you're accessing through a Tor network, though, this becomes much longer. (I wouldn't have expected you to be doing so, as that's a tad unusual at most workplaces). - Bilby (talk) 20:49, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I see, it was my home PC which was a likely "zombie" PC, so that IP was banned. This seems strange as it is completely new and has new updated firewall and virus scanner. Today I am accessing from my work station, which has no problems. Thanks again, Bilby! (Plogp (talk) 07:23, 21 October 2008 (UTC))[reply]

Thank makes sense. :) IPs are often recycled by your provider, so luck holding you'll get a better one later. :) - Bilby (talk) 09:32, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]