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Nomination of The Edward Snowden Affair: Exposing the Politics and Media Behind the NSA Scandal for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article The Edward Snowden Affair: Exposing the Politics and Media Behind the NSA Scandal is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Edward Snowden Affair: Exposing the Politics and Media Behind the NSA Scandal (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. —Gaff ^ταλκ 22:10, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

• Comment The content of this page is different than the other, see subject headings. The other was deleted because it didn't clarify the "noteworthiness" of the book, i.e., media citations. This one documents that it was the topic of an ABC Network discussion, amongst other media in New Orleans, Phoenix, Boston, etc.

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I am getting an error message saying I'm on a block proxy. Not sure what that means but it says to wait for administrator.

This blocked user's request to have autoblock on their IP address lifted has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request.

Journalstudent (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Block message:

Autoblocked because your IP address was recently used by "Maldoror2". The reason given for Maldoror2's block is: "Disrupting Wikipedia to make a point".

• Blocking administrator: Yunshui (talk • blocks)

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Decline reason: You say you don't know who maldoror2 is; yet you've been editing on the same IP, with the same computer, on the same articles as that user. Looks like autoblock is working as designed. --jpgordon^{::==( o )} 15:07, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

AnswerMy professor said that this is probably because we're in a dorm (he said shared ip or whatever) and whoever too the username is my or another of this classes and has said to ask you to clear me.

I don't know who maldoror2 is. Is this an admin? Why have I been locked out? Plz help.

Thanks wiki

My professor assigned us to contribute to the book he's assigned us and all of a sudden I get a block proxy warning saying admin malador2 has locked me out. I don't know why. I'm probably going to fail this assignment now. Thanks wiki.

Not even worth filing an SPI for this. Yunshui ^雲_水 12:34, 2 October 2014 (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).

Journalstudent (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

My professor said that this is probably because we're in a dorm and whoever took the username is in my or another of his classes and has said to ask you to clear me. Journalstudent (talk) 18:27, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Decline reason:

I am declining your unblock request because it does not address the reason for your block, or because it is inadequate for other reasons. To be unblocked, you must convince the reviewing administrator(s) that

• the block is not necessary to prevent damage or disruption to Wikipedia, or
• the block is no longer necessary because you

1. understand what you have been blocked for,
2. will not continue to cause damage or disruption, and
3. will make useful contributions instead.

Please read the guide to appealing blocks for more information. PhilKnight (talk) 07:08, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

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I told you why. My professor said that one of my classmates has probably caused this and now the entire computer lab can't get on. The entire class has to show that we all improved one article on Wikipedia before Friday at 10 a.m. Please help! I'll stay awake until you write back.

Oh my professor said he was going to speak to you guys about this. I'm guessing he hasn't yet.

Talk page access revoked

I've revoked talk page access as we don't seem to be getting anywhere. To be perfectly honest, I'm skeptical of your version of events which includes a professor that you don't name, who has set a course assignment involving Wikipedia. Anyway, I suggest your professor emails whoever his contact is within Wikipedia, and from there a decision to unblock could be made. PhilKnight (talk) 15:43, 3 October 2014 (UTC)