User talk:Ludo29

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Question[edit]

<moved from Village pump> Excuse me but I'm french, and I don't speak english very well. I don't know if it's the good place for this question. On wiki:fr we have a question. How many town in UK, in England ? Thanks. Ludo29 10:00, 6 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is a difficult question. Although towns in England are distinguished from villages and cities, it is not always clear whether somewhere is a village, a town or a suburb of somewhere else. We have a list of towns in England, which I think has about 800 towns listed, but every now and then somebody adds another one. Warofdreams talk 16:20, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Unitary authorities[edit]

Hi - unitary authorities are subdivisions of metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England - or in many cases, are counties themselves (see for a list). However, "county" means different things to different people, and Stockton-on-Tees is a unitary authority falling in two ceremonial counties of England.

Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are subdivisions of regions, so unitary authorities are also subdivisions of regions.

Hope this helps! Warofdreams talk 02:28, 12 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello[edit]

Salut,

C'est fr:Milord j'ai un gros problème l'adresse ip de mon université est bloqué et moi aussi avec :( . Si tu pouvais aller débloquer l'adresse ip (regarde ma page de discussion). Aide moi, je t'offrirais un verre sur le bistro si tu m'aide. Je ne suis pour rien dans le blocage de cette ip :S

Merci d'aider un honnête wikipédien fr

Perry Rhodan 07:57, 11 January 2007 (UTC) alias fr:Milord[reply]

Je t'ai répondu, et je signale un petit détail : si je n'avais aps de problème à écrire je n'aurais pas utiliser le terme bloquer lol. merci à toi surper admin (et Mammouth ?) Perry Rhodan 08:05, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

ZENNNNNNNN ca recommence grrrr. Cela m'a rebloquer pourquoi ? au monde cruel . Redemande à Pe et si cela le refais encore une fois je repart chez moi et je me jette ......sur mon lit Perry Rhodan 08:25, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

J'ai compris quand je me suis déconnecter de mon pseudo, j'ai vu que l'utilisateur vandale user:Sallegarce était connecter. Il faut attendre encore pour qu'il se déconnecte du réseau et il faut le bloquer. Lui et pas l'IP sinon moi aussi je me reprendrais à chaque fois le blocage. Perry Rhodan 08:31, 11 January 2007 (UTC) o[reply]

rollback[edit]

Hi, as you are a trusted user on French Wikipedia, I have granted you WP:ROLLBACK. Regards, John Vandenberg ^(chat) 00:44, 14 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ouais![edit]

Bon, je viens d'offrir un chaton à Madame, mais entre hommes rien ne vaut une bonne 'ière. Popo le Chien ^{throw a bone} 17:39, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Leosvel et Diosmani - 4.jpg[edit]

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status

Your image, File:Leosvel et Diosmani - 4.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 22:27, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

POTD notification[edit]

Hi Ludovic,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Leosvel et Diosmani - 4.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on December 16, 2013. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2013-12-16. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:41, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Thanks for your message. Ludo29 (talk) 07:41, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Liste des utilisateurs qui seront renommés d'office[edit]

Bonsoir. Il y a(vait) une page spéciale qui donne cette liste, mais je ne la retrouve plus, tu peux m'aider ? --GaAs (d) 20:01, 24 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Request of unblock[edit]

{{unblock reviewed | 1=Hi, I'm mainly contributor on fr.wp. Now I'm block on en.wp because of my IP adress (62.102.224.0/19). I'm not a big contributor on en.wp, but no reason for this block. Can you unblock my account ? Thanks Regards. [[User:Ludo29|Ludo29]] ([[User talk:Ludo29#top|talk]]) 08:27, 13 February 2020 (UTC) | decline = That IP range comes up as belonging to a ADISTA SAS webhost, you will have to use other means to edit. [[User:331dot|331dot]] ([[User talk:331dot|talk]]) 09:29, 13 February 2020 (UTC)}}

@331dot: any reason why not to apply the Wikipedia:IP block exemption? Ludo is a long-time trusted user (he was sysop for ~10 years on fr.wp). Cheers, VIGNERON * ^discut. 12:20, 13 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's my understanding that the user needs to demonstrate an exceptional need as well. 331dot (talk) 14:13, 13 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, how about "Contribute to the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit" as a need? Like, it's literally the ~~second~~ first sentence on the front page (right after "Welcome"). Popo le Chien ^{throw a bone} 14:50, 13 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@331dot: where does this « exceptional need » come from? I've never heard of it, it's not documented on Wikipedia:IP block exemption and on Wikipedia_talk:IP_block_exemption/log I can see many user with nothing exceptional (I even see a « Affected by a rangeblock not intended for them. » which is exactly the situation here). Pinging @SQL: who granted a lot of these exemptions (and who blocked this IP range). Cheers, VIGNERON * ^discut. 15:16, 13 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

These types of blocks would mean very little if exemptions to them were handed out to anyone that asked. There are currently only 381 accounts with exemptions. This user is free to ask for an exemption, another administrator will review such a request. 331dot (talk) 16:28, 13 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@331dot:

I've made a request to be unlock. I know that i'm blocked not about my contributions, but just about my IP address. So, Yes, since the beginning i ask to have an exemption.

I make contributions on the wikimedia projects since 15 years. I don't understand the reason of your refusal.

Which ones of my contributions here are a danger for Wikipedia ?

Ludo29 (talk) 17:00, 13 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I did not say your contributions were dangerous to Wikipedia or anything about your contributions. This only has to do with your IP being a webhost. If you want to ask for an exemption, instructions are given below. 331dot (talk) 19:21, 13 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Since I was pinged here:
From Wikipedia:IP_block_exemption#Used_for_anonymous_proxy_editing,
An editor who demonstrates a need, and can be trusted not to abuse the right.

It is correct that an exceptional need isn't required, but there must be a demonstrable need to edit via open or anonymizing proxies. With regard to requesting IPBE, the same section even goes on to say (emphasis mine):
Email the checkuser team at checkuser-en-wpwikipedia.org ensuring your email includes your username, or contact a CheckUser directly, explaining why you need to edit via anonymous proxies.

A vast majority of the requests I've granted have been editors from China, Iran, Turkey, and other situations where editing is literally impossible without using a VPN or other anonymizing proxy (which is what that range pretty clearly is, [1], [2]). The rest have been editors affected by checkuser rangeblocks not intended for them.

This isn't a no, but an explanation of the process, and the conditions surrounding IPBE on the English Wikipedia. SQL ^{Query me!} 17:14, 13 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
SQL Apologies, I think my use of "exceptional" gives a stronger meaning than I intended. 331dot (talk) 19:21, 13 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@331dot: The IPBE policy did indeed use the words "exceptional need", but it was softened some time ago.-- Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 19:27, 13 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@331dot:@SQL: Ok, I looked it up and I see where the misunderstanding stems from Ludo29's work IP being somehow listed as a proxy on your side, whereas it's just a regular ISP on his (why, I do not know; first time I see such thing). I see here that a couple of IPs within the range are attributed to secondary schools, so yes it can be source for disruptive editing. This being said, frwp have lifted the rangeblock so I don't think there's any reason to think things should be any different here. Popo le Chien ^{throw a bone} 09:37, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Request of unblock[edit]

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).

Ludo29 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

Hi, I'm mainly contributor on fr.wp. I'm not abble to work correctly on Wikipedia, because one of IP adress (that I'm not allowed to change) is blocked. Does it possible ti apply an exemption for my account. Thanks Regards. Ludo29 (talk) 13:13, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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