Talk:Qatari proxy IP address temporarily blocked on Wikipedia

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article is unclear and ambigious[edit]

Is it one IP blocked in Qatar, does the entire nation of Qatar only have one IP address, was it a range block of every single person in Qatar? User:Bawolff 19:35, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There is only one IP address in Qatar. -Fsotrain09 20:03, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Confusing[edit]

The Wikipedia admins blocked the IP yesterday, not today. Also, a Wikipedia admin unblocked the IP [1] with the reason: "This IP is the address for the entire nation of Qatar; it should not be blocked." —FellowWikiNews (W) 19:50, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The BBC reported the incident today, and it was that article which was my source. -Fsotrain09 19:51, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Who?[edit]

"A spokesperson for Wikipedia..." — Who is/was this? Spokes people are usually official and as far as I know, there aren't really any (That aren't more prominently employed as something else). If it's Jimbo or someone else, they should probably be identified. 68.39.174.238 04:35, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It is far too late to be adding new information to this article. Sorry, --SVTCobra 13:02, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dead source[edit]

The second source is dead. Please replace with [2]. Thank you. - A Link to the Past (talk) 02:33, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

We do not do changes like that. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:01, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Why not? If someone reads the article, one would expect that the source would be of use. There's no harm in changing it. - A Link to the Past (talk) 18:21, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Wikinews is a record of what was known at the time, we do not change from one website to another just because a source is taken offline. We definitely do not take an article that was not used in the creation of ours and list it as a source. That, to Wikinewsies, is deceptive. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:42, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Qatar is not a kingdom[edit]

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Qatar is an emirate, not a kingdom. Someone should fix this.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Leksu789 (talk • contribs)

If this weren't archived, I'd change "kingdom" to "monarchy". However, the term kingdom is sometimes used in the general sense of monarchy; while I don't prefer it, I'm not convinced this use of kingdom actually rises to the level of "wrong". A Google search just now for the use of kingdom to describe Qatar turned up, as its number one match, a WSJ article from last year. --Pi zero (talk) 19:03, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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