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Alternate account

It is not permitted to use alternate accounts "to mislead, deceive, disrupt, or undermine consensus." The account named PacketFactory (talk · contribs) has been blocked on suspicion of being controlled by you and used to influence the peer review process of an article you contributed. --InfantGorilla (talk) 16:21, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

{{unblock| I am conducting interviews an some anonymous sources involved in the story that I am reporting, and they are accessing my story anonymously and making needed corrections so that my story is accurate about the current events it is reporting.}}

This link http://www.tgdaily.com/security-features/51835-cyber-activist-says-ddos-attacks-will-continue a current source to the protest was provided to me by my anonymous source known as PacketFactory since I am blocked can you or someone else edit my article and add the new source and publish it. Thank you!

Am I correct to understand that you are running a proxy server on your machine? Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 18:27, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Yes. I am running a Tor exit node, that is the only way I found I could get my sources to open up to me. Please change the title to "Cyber Protesters Fight Against Copyright Blackmail" becuase my anonymous source requested I make that change to publish his interview. You can verify my article by going to irc://irc.skidsr.us/savethepiratebay and talking with some of the protesters.

BarkingFish has reviewed this unblock decline, and confirms that the decline of this unblock request is in proper order.

BarkingFish has reviewed this unblock decline, and confirms that the decline of this unblock request is in proper order.

BarkingFish (talk) 22:09, 4 October 2010 (UTC)