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Proposed deletion of Comparison of computer hardware market products

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Speedy deletion nomination of User:Mattmill30/Comparison of computer hardware market products

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

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The IP address that you are currently using has been blocked because it is believed to be a web host provider. To prevent abuse, web hosts may be blocked from editing Wikipedia.

• Blocking administrator: ST47‬ (talk • blocks)

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Decline reason: Duplicate requests. 331dot (talk) 15:02, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

Mattmill30 (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:

Caught by a web host block but this host or IP is not a web host. My IP address is 94.119.64.13, but the range being blocked is 94.119.64.0/18. This range includes the customer internet for cafes using Sky ISP. If the range can't be unblocked, please allow signed-in users to make edits from this IP range Mattmill30 (talk) 12:27, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

Accept reason:

I will grant you a short term IP block exemption as a longtime editor. If you need something longer term, please see WP:IPECPROXY. It is generally not permitted to edit via a webhost, which some public internet access uses. 331dot (talk) 15:02, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

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Colon query

Article talk pages like Talk:Colon (punctuation) are for discussion of improving the article the talk page is attached to, not for asking general questions about the subject of the article. Your question was more pertinent at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Language#Colon used for name separation, so I have moved it there. Check back in a few days to see if anyone's answered it. PS: Please sign your talk page posts, by adding ~~~~ after them.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  18:36, 27 August 2023 (UTC)