Editing Eurovision Wiki:Teahouse (section)

== Seeking guidance on the best approach to avoid getting flagged / blocked for IP Address  ==

Hello, Teahouse community!

I am a Conflict of Interest editor. I'm an employee at Dell Technologies and here on Wikipedia to make requests to update information related to the company.

I have been collaborating with English Domain editors on Wikipedia for about six months, and I've experienced challenges with IP Address blocking while on my company’s office Wi-Fi. I am able to make edit requests while on my home Wi-Fi or hotspot on my mobile device while connected to my company’s VPN, but when I try to make edit requests on my company Wi-Fi, I’m blocked. I submitted an IP block exemption ticket last week and have not been notified of any changes to the status of my account.

Now that I have global team members who will start contributing edit requests to their respective Language Domains, I want to help them out. Are there proactive steps that my global team members can take, so they don’t experience the same issues with IP address flags from Wikipedia that block me from posting requests on article Talk Pages?

Any insights or direction you have would be appreciated! [[User:TL with Dell Technologies|TL with Dell Technologies]] ([[User talk:TL with Dell Technologies|talk]]) 15:20, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

:If you don't get any useful advice here, try asking at [[WP:Village pump (technical)]]. [[User:Athanelar|Athanelar]] ([[User talk:Athanelar|talk]]) 15:28, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
::Thank you for this insight. [[User:TL with Dell Technologies|TL with Dell Technologies]] ([[User talk:TL with Dell Technologies|talk]]) 19:31, 18 March 2026 (UTC)
:Do you know why your IP address is blocked? [[Special:Contributions/&#126;2026-57078-1|&#126;2026-57078-1]] ([[User talk:&#126;2026-57078-1|talk]]) 20:21, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
:It's difficult to look into this without knowing the IP involved. [[User:331dot|331dot]] ([[User talk:331dot|talk]]) 20:31, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
::Hello @[[User:331dot|331dot]] and @[[User:~2026-57078-1|~2026-57078-1]]. I cannot attach an image here to show you the notification I received when I became blocked, but this is the IP information:
::The IP address or range 165.85.160.0/19 has been globally blocked by ‪Elton‬ for the following reason(s):
::Open proxy/Webhost: See the help page if you are affected:
::This block will expire on 14:58, 24 February 2027. Your current IP address is 165.85.160.14. [[User:TL with Dell Technologies|TL with Dell Technologies]] ([[User talk:TL with Dell Technologies|talk]]) 19:38, 18 March 2026 (UTC)
:::You say you're on your company WiFi; companies often use proxies as a security measure- which I'm assuming a large computer manufacturer does. [[User:331dot|331dot]] ([[User talk:331dot|talk]]) 19:58, 18 March 2026 (UTC)