IAm172.16.100.1

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because Use of an IP address suggests intent to create confusion about identity. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may file for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account and use that for editing. Thank you. Daniel Case (talk) 20:31, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

I just double checked the name policy and it seems like the only mention of IP addresses is: "Some users choose to make usernames based on their static IP addresses, but this is not recommended" (emphasis mine). Hence, it seems like it should be ok per that guideline. The IP address, of course, is a private IP address (from the lesser know private 172.[16-31].* range), so it is a form of a nerdy pun (i.e., anonymous, but not anonymous). I also explicitly put "IAm" before it to show that it's not an IP address (rather then something that would be deceptive, such as _172.168.100.1 or I72.168.100.1).

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Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Artw (talk) 22:19, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

This account, IAm172.16.100.1, has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia, because your username contains an IP address, something which can be misused to give a misleading impression regarding user identity; moreover, it's an RFC 1918 address that cannot be routed on the public Internet.

Your username is the only reason for this block. You are welcome to choose a new username (see below).

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-- The Anome (talk) 11:35, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

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Request reason:

I just double checked the name policy and it seems like the only mention of IP addresses is: "Some users choose to make usernames based on their static IP addresses, but this is __not recommended__" (emphasis mine). Hence, it seems like it should be ok per that guideline. The IP address, of course, is a private IP address (from the lesser know private 172.[16-31].* range), so it is a form of a nerdy pun (i.e., anonymous, but not anonymous). I also explicitly put "IAm" before it to show that it's not an IP address (rather then something that would be deceptive, such as _172.168.100.1 or I72.168.100.1).

Decline reason:

{{subst:I'm sorry, but implying that you have a public IP address that is, in fact, an untraceable RFC 1918 address appears to me to be (whether deliberately or not) potentially misleading. This does not appear to be the first such account you have created today: see User:I am 172.17.86.194. You are still welcome to edit here, if you want to create a new account with another name; it's easy, so why not just go ahead and do it?}} The Anome (talk) 02:26, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

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