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If you've been blocked as an open proxy, please see Help:blocked.
The multiwiki MetaProject on open proxies seeks to enforce the prohibition against editing from open or anonymising proxies by identifying, verifying, and indefinitely blocking open proxies and anonymity network exit nodes. To prevent abuse or vandalism, only proxy checks by verified users will be accepted. All users are welcome to discuss on the talk page, report possible proxies, or request that a blocked IP be rescanned.
Please report IP addresses you suspect are open proxies below. A project member will scan or attempt to connect to the proxy, and if confirmed will indefinitely block the address. IPs blocked on Wikipedia but not on other wikis should be moved to the MetaProject. Please use this format:
Via wiki email I received the following: "I don't know how i was blocked. I am using my dorm internet i quite not sure that it is same IP address for every computer or different. anyway I have created a account with Wikipedia and already verified by email months ago. i would really appreciate if you could unblock me from this restriction.". Would appreciate if someone would verify if it's opened or closed. Wikibofh(talk)15:03, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
CBL is clean, VCN shows open ports but it looks locked down to unauthorized ips. They prolly tightened their security at the dorm, so I concur with unblocking. Syrthiss15:32, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
A user writes on the talk page: "This IP is used by all computers in NYPS (as far as I know), with a student population of 2700. Blocking this IP address leads to extreme collateral damage.."
Inconclusive Possibly just a web server. I'll unblock.
Voice-of-All marked this as an open proxy, saying that it was on four blacklists. Syrthiss blocked this IP as an open proxy. Two of those are from SPEWS, because Comcast is a spamhaus. (In fact, it is the seventh biggest spamhaus according to the Spamhaus Project [3] as of this writing.) The other two are because this address is a dynamic address which has no business sending email directly, and should be sending email through Comcast's email server instead. Jesse Viviano20:26, 22 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
A user wrote on the talk page: "This IP address is not an open proxy; please email rachel.craggs@gcapmedia.com or lucy.horobin@gcapmedia.com or ed.nell@gcapmedia.com if you wish to discuss this block; it was wrong and this IP address is shared."Jesse Viviano03:05, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
A user writes on the talk page: "This is NOT an open proxy, nor is it a zombie computer, although it was a zombie computer about 5 months ago. Please unblock." Please note the (removed) formatting and (kept) phraseology similarities to 217.196.69.199.
Now I´m on a proxy, to get this message to you. This is my account, it can´t be abused, no vandalism on the contribution page. Unblock it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 206.225.87.112 (talk • contribs) 03:33, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
A user writes on the talk page: "This is not an open proxy. It is an internet cafe in Charing Cross Road, Central London."
VCN says not a proxy, but CBL just relisted it yesterday at 6pm...so I suspect people with infected laptops keep logging into the wifi. Not sure how we want to handle it. Syrthiss13:59, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
A user writes on the talk page: "I foolishly ran Tor server a while back to experiment with the concepts behind it. Since I'm no longer part of the network, I'd like to be unblacked." [sic]
A user writes on the talk page: " please unblock me. that's the ip i'm using not a zomby proxy. please have mercy on a simple user who's trying to enhance the free encyclopedia for the good of all mankind."
On User talk:Kashk, the user writes: "Seem to be blocked because the IP "134.83.1.225" is apparently recognised as open proxy, but it is infact the Brunel University network..."
Proxies that do not seem to be open or anonymity network exit nodes should be listed here, rechecked at various times, and removed if still not conclusive.
Proxies that are proven to be open or exit nodes for an anonymity network should be blocked on the English Wikipedia, then should be moved to the "Blocked" section. Please strip notes not directly useful to a globally blocking administrator, or to a future rechecking administrator (signatures and templates are not necessary).
These requests are confirmed to be no longer open or anonymity network exit nodes. Once unblocked and the open proxy tag removed from their user pages, they should be moved to "Unblocked" below or posted directly to the MetaProject. Please strip notes not directly useful to a globally blocking administrator, or to a future rechecking administrator (signatures and templates are not necessary).
