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Does it have to come through Unblock Ticket Request System?

I received a private message request for an urgent-ish temporary IP block exemption for an event that is taking place today in an African country from a user that I completely trust. (IP blocks of open proxies that prevent too many good-faith users from editing are common in African countries, as some administrators and stewards know.)

Can I IAR and just use my sysop rights to grant one account this right for several hours? Or does it absolutely, strictly have to come through the Unblock Ticket Request System? Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 11:54, 29 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Amire80: no, if you strongly trust the user just do it. Set the expiration up to a year. — xaosflux ^Talk 12:22, 29 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! :) Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 12:23, 29 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Amire80: This is also about if the user also trusts you and can give you details of their block that you can check in to. We don't normally want to encourage users to share things like their autoblock details publicly for their privacy. — xaosflux ^Talk 12:25, 29 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Are Apple's privacy services going to increase the frequency of these requests?

Sunray is currently facing an IP block which they link to Apple Private Relay. I have no trouble editing Wikipedia from my Mac, but a major US pizza chain blocks my connections. Are Apple's privacy features going to lead to an increase in requests for IP block exemption? —C.Fred (talk) 15:52, 8 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Apple Private Relay" is an opt-in VPN, users can just not use it. — xaosflux ^Talk 16:06, 8 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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	{{u\|Sunray}} is currently facing an IP block which they link to Apple Private Relay. I have no trouble editing Wikipedia from my Mac, but a major US pizza chain blocks my connections. Are Apple's privacy features going to lead to an increase in requests for IP block exemption? —'''[[User:C.Fred\|C.Fred]]''' ([[User_talk:C.Fred\|talk]]) 15:52, 8 May 2022 (UTC)		{{u\|Sunray}} is currently facing an IP block which they link to Apple Private Relay. I have no trouble editing Wikipedia from my Mac, but a major US pizza chain blocks my connections. Are Apple's privacy features going to lead to an increase in requests for IP block exemption? —'''[[User:C.Fred\|C.Fred]]''' ([[User_talk:C.Fred\|talk]]) 15:52, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

			:"Apple Private Relay" is an opt-in VPN, users can just not use it. — [[User:Xaosflux\|<span style="color:#FF9933; font-weight:bold; font-family:monotype;">xaosflux</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Xaosflux\|<span style="color:#009933;">Talk</span>]]</sup> 16:06, 8 May 2022 (UTC)