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Request for Unblock IP for Wiki Women Hackathon at IIIT Hyderabad
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Description

We are writing to request the unblocking of an IP address range at the IIIT Hyderabad campus. This IP range is essential for the successful execution of the Wiki Women Hackathon happening to create accounts and working with the same IP

Reason for Unblock Request:
IP Address:14.139.82.6
ISP: International Institute of Information Technology
Event: Wiki Women Hackathon at IIIT Hyderabad
Dates: Friday, March 8th - Saturday, March 9th
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Number of Participants: 120
Issue:

The current IP range used by the participants at the IIIT Hyderabad campus is currently blocked, preventing them from creating accounts on Wikipedia. We understand the importance of maintaining Wikipedia's integrity, and we assure you that the participants will adhere to all Wikipedia editing guidelines and policies.
Local discussion: Not applicable

Event Timeline

Kizule changed the task status from Open to Stalled.Mar 6 2024, 10:15 AM
Kizule added subscribers: Urbanecm, Kizule.

Hello @Kasyap!

I can see that the specified IP address is blocked on English Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/14.139.82.6).

I'm guessing that this request is for increasing account creation threshold.

I would love to make a patch for increasing the limit to a specified IP address, but I think that you'll have to request English Wikipedia sysops to unblock that IP address (@Urbanecm please correct me if I'm wrong).

Declining as the date is in the past.

@Kasyap: For future reference, when using Phabricator to manage tasks for an event, please request a dedicated project tag - thanks a lot! :)