User talk:196.25.255.214

The funny blue box is basically saying:
IF YOU WANT TO EDIT OR USE WIKIPEDIA WITHOUT GETTING ANNOYING MESSAGES, CREATE AN ACCOUNT.
Now, read the blue box.

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Welcome, and thank you for your attempt to lighten up Wikipedia. However, this is an encyclopedia and the articles are intended to be serious, so please don't make joke edits, as you did to Cat intelligence. Readers looking for serious articles will not find them amusing. If you'd like to experiment with editing, try the sandbox, where you can write whatever you want. You might also want to check out Uncyclopedia. Nivix 23:48, 27 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think this IP address has been blocked. I'm unable to make any (constructive) edits to any articles. Grr! I hate when trolls use transparent proxies and get the rest of us (legitimate) users blocked.

No personal attacks -

This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did to User:Cenobite, you will be blocked from editing. Xiahou 01:16, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your edit to Responsibility assumption

Your recent edit to Responsibility assumption (diff) was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to recognize and repair vandalism to Wikipedia articles. If the bot reverted a legitimate edit, please accept my humble creator's apologies – if you bring it to the attention of the bot's owner, we may be able to improve its behavior. Click here for frequently asked questions about the bot and this warning. // MartinBot 16:39, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A quick note. This ip is shared by many south african internet users. Your adressing system is wrong. The function you use to retrieve the ip does not work, as it will get a set of two ips for many south african users. Your function only picks up the first one, which is shared by many people, while the second one is unique to each person. Please recheck your code. As a side note, the ip you receive should be in the format of "196.25.255.214, xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" where the last one is the actualy ip.

Comment: I have never edited this page but arrived here by chance. My IP address changes all the time as I make use of ADSL and the IP address rotates in South Africa with this type of Internet access. In other words I get a different IP address assigned to me each time I switch on my PC. It appears to me that your IP logging will not work as the IP address is not constant as it would be with a fixed IP. Suffice to say I am not the culprit.

So why not work under an account and avoid this problem?? Slofstra 15:36, 6 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I am another user from South Africa who uses Telkom as an ISP. I have never made malicious comments or unconstructive edits. The page I was trying to view was an article on surveillance. Ironic that the remedy to South African Wikipedia browsers is to register.

Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing. However, unconstructive edits, such as those you made to Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, are considered vandalism and are immediately reverted. If you continue in this manner you may be blocked from editing without further warning. Please stop, and consider improving rather than damaging the work of others. Thank you. - Peripitus (Talk) 12:17, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

IF YOU WANT TO EDIT OR USE WIKIPEDIA WITHOUT GETTING ANNOYING MESSAGES, CREATE AN ACCOUNT.

Regarding edits to OFM

Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia, 196.25.255.214! However, your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove spam from Wikipedia. If you were trying to insert a good link, please accept my creator's apologies, but note that the link you added, matching rule \bexample\.com, is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. Please read Wikipedia's external links policy for more information. If the link was to an image, please read Wikipedia's image tutorial on how to use a more appropriate method to insert the image into an article. If your link was intended to promote a site you own, are affiliated with, or will make money from inclusion in Wikipedia, please note that inserting spam into Wikipedia is against policy. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! Shadowbot 11:51, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

April 2007

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did to America Must Be Destroyed, you will be blocked from editing. —DerHexer (Talk) 18:22, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

May 2007

Please do not add nonsense to Wikipedia, as you did to the Battery (electricity) page. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you.

Your recent edit to Dave Meltzer (diff) was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to recognize and repair vandalism to Wikipedia articles. If the bot reverted a legitimate edit, please accept my humble creator's apologies – if you bring it to the attention of the bot's owner, we may be able to improve its behavior. Click here for frequently asked questions about the bot and this warning. // MartinBot 10:58, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Recent edit? In May 2007? I've only had Internet access for a couple of months and have only edited a wikipedia page for the first time ever today! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.245.172.177 (talk) 16:41, 30 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

September 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Kennewick Man, did not appear to be constructive and has been removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Doug Weller (talk) 13:40, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If this is a shared IP address, and you didn't make any unconstructive edits, consider creating an account for yourself so you can avoid further irrelevant warnings.

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did to South African rand. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Doug Weller (talk) 13:41, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If this is a shared IP address, and you didn't make the edit, consider creating an account for yourself so you can avoid further irrelevant notices.

Please stop your disruptive editing, such as the edit you made to [[::Image:KSIA-Terminal-20080902.JPG]]. If your vandalism continues, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Created this page: [1] Doug Weller (talk) 13:43, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If this is a shared IP address, and you didn't make the edit, consider creating an account for yourself so you can avoid further irrelevant notices.

This is the last warning you will receive for your disruptive edits, such as the one you made to Cape Town Highlanders Regiment. If you vandalize Wikipedia again, you will be blocked from editing. Doug Weller (talk) 13:47, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If this is a shared IP address, and you didn't make the edit, consider creating an account for yourself so you can avoid further irrelevant notices.

Please do not add unsourced or original content, as you did to Whose Line Is It Anyway?. Doing so violates Wikipedia's verifiability policy. If you continue to do so, your edits will be considered vandalism and you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. ~~ [Jam]^[talk] 11:58, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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