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A fiery horse with a speed of light, a cloud of dust, and a hearty high old silver, the long ranger. During the years of unrest that followed the Civil War, a powerful secret organization called the Legion of the Black Arrows sprang up in the western United States. Its members were to be found everywhere, defying the law, or using the law for their own purposes, working toward the ultimate goal of revolt in the foundation of a despotic empire. It was the masked rider of the plains who led the fight against this band of outlaws and traitors, and for once his great strength and courage, his daring and resourcefulness were taxed to the utmost in the cause of democracy. Return with us now to those thrilling days when the West was young. From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse Silver, the lone ranger rides again. The marshal was furiously angry at what he considered carelessness, negligence. He paced the floor of the sheriff's office, expressing himself in no uncertain term. Well brained, walking in their sleep, I've still got to be convinced there wasn't bribery and conniving, didn't he? Well, that's a strong charge. Strong, eh? Well, I'll use stronger language before I'm through. Never in all my years at the United States Marshal have I seen a man slip away as complete and easy as Sidney Drake. What'll I tell the lone ranger? Well, golly, I don't know. What can I tell him? I don't know. Well, if you listen to me. Well, I am. You know what the lone ranger went through to get the goods on Drake. You don't answer me. I'll tell you. He went to jail. He risked his life. He covered in a split hair being hung to get proof from those killers that Drake was a head man in the black ale, and he got it then did. Well, yeah, I reckon so. And then what? He was going to make Drake tell where the headquarters is located. All you had to do was hold Drake in jail. Just hold him, that's all. Now what happens? Drake slips out of the scapes. Hang it all. What's he use? I swear I didn't do it on purpose. That man's clever. He's slick. He's like a ghost or something. And hang it, he even looks like one. Let me line my sights on him and I'll make him a ghost. Here I'm to meet the lone ranger tonight and try to make Drake talk. And Drake is gone. Marshal, I tell you. Stop talking. I don't want to hear you. If only we had an England of where the headquarters is. Marshal, the lone ranger. I can hear you talking. Drake has escaped. How did that happen? Asking me. The guard made a mistake, that's all. Drake told him he had something to whisper. The guard went close to the bars in the jail door. Drake reached out and choked the guard senseless and then took the keys in his pocket. How long has he been out? Long enough to get away. The guard didn't come to for some time when he did. He couldn't find me to tell me about until a few minutes ago. Yeah, we scoured the town, but Drake is gone. Well, come on, let me have it. What you have what? The Marshal's lambage to me. Now you may as well tell me what you think of me. I reckon I got it coming. I don't think any great harm has been done. We hope Drake would tell where the headquarters is. I don't think he could have been made to talk. No, maybe not. Drake wasn't the kind that gives in. I have a general idea where the headquarters is. You have? Here, take a look at this wall map. I'll draw a circle on it. The headquarters is somewhere inside that circle. Jumping Juniper? Do you know what you circled? Yes, Marshal. The big forest in the country north of it. North of the big forest is a high cliff. And the forest itself covers mountains and valleys and streams and gullies. Well, a whole army could hide there. An outlaw army has hidden there. And for all we know, the headquarters may be north of the forest, somewhere beyond the cliff. Well, we can organize a policy to search the forest, but... Men's and town won't be of help to us. They might walk right over a trail and never see it. In who you put it? We need men who know the woods and the trail sign. But where are you going again? We need men who can make a broken twig tell a story. Men with eyes so keen that they can follow a trail, no matter how difficult. They must be men without fear. They must find the trail and be ready to fight to a successful end, no matter what the odds. I don't know who you can get there. There are men like that. Around here? How about Bill Cody? Well, a man like that. Bill Hickok? Well, sure, but I... Dan Jurgen. Arizona Pete, Jim Sherman. If you could get one or two like that... I'll have all of them, and others equally experienced. Those men helped when we first started on the campaign to smash the black arrow. Now, ready. Glad to ride again when they got the call. Can you find them? Yes, Sheriff. Hello. Are you ready? We're starting out. Yes, over. Let me know when you need me. I'm ready. I will. Did you hear those names, Sheriff? I heard them. There never was such a pack of hard-fight men brought together in the history of the West. Hey, boy. Let's go, Donald. Get it up, Count! Get them up, Count! Get them up, Silver! Get away! For the first few miles, the lone ranger and Tahoe rode together. Then they took different directions, each knowing where they headed and whom he sought. Get them up, Count!  The steady pound of hoops sustained throughout the hours of darkness. Come on, Silver! A rancher and his wife went to their door at the sound of approaching hoof beats. Well, well, look more. The horse is snow white. Ready. Tell Bill Cody to meet me in Grand Pass. The morning activity of an Indian village was halted by the sudden arrival of Tonto on his strong paint horse. The lone ranger and Tonto rode all day and part of the night that followed, spreading the word in ever-expanding circles to reach remote places in the hills and valleys. Then one at a time men rode into town, strong, grim-faced men, some of them in buckskins, men whose keen eyes missed nothing, woodsmen, planesmen, hunters, and scouts whose lives depended on eternal vigilance, pioneers and Indians who were ready to assemble at the word of the lone ranger. Meanwhile, Sidney Drake had gone through the big forest to the cliff that bounded on the north. He passed through a narrow cliff in the sheer wall of rock to a hidden valley, a sort of basin which was surrounded by cliffs. At the far end of this, Drake entered a vast cave. He identified himself with the men in the cave and then... Which of you is named Carver? My name's Carver. And who are you? Me, I'm called Strangler Grimes. Grimes, I'm in charge of what are left to us. How many are left? Well, do you know how the Black Arrow Organization was set up? There was about 150 men that wore the tattoo mark. Each of them was in charge of a separate gang. Yes, I know. Each gang worked as a unit. Some gangs were made up of savage Indians. Others of ranchers and other people who had been one over to our cause. But how many are left? We've got about 50 men here in the cave right now. We can bring 40 or 50 more here in a couple of hours' time. Close to 100 men also. About that, good enough. We'd had a lot more if it hadn't been for the Lone Ranger. He's made up plenty of trouble for us. He fixed a couple of traps so the hull army was again as captured on men by the dozen. The Lone Ranger's going to learn a few things about traps. He's got out every trap we've fixed so far. Well, he's playing right into our hands now. How's that, Mr. Drake? He's getting a group of men to come into the woods south of here and search for the trail that leads to our headquarters. They won't find this hideout in five years or a hundred. Grimes? It's that sort of reasoning that has made you fail. What do you mean? You think this place can't be found. If it were found, you'd be unprepared. But how can you... I know the type of men the Lone Ranger will have helping him. There are men who will not miss the slightest clue. Anyone of them might find this place. Well, what can we do about it? Take advantage of our opportunity. That's what we can do about it. The Lone Ranger is bringing together every man in this part of the country who's dangerous to us. An outfit like that would be tough to beat. It will, if we're unprepared. But let's assume they will find this hideout. Let's plan on their finding it. And in one stroke, wipe out all our dangerous enemies. Oh, a trap. Huh? The Lone Ranger wants to find this cave. Ellie's got to find the opening in the cliff and find the valley first. We'll find the opening in the cliff and the valley in the cave. I'll see to that. And we'll plan a hot reception for him. Not only for the Lone Ranger, but also for every man he has chosen to help him fight us. Girlie, if we could clean him all out, we'd have clear sailor. We could repair the damage the Lone Ranger has done to our organization. Then nothing would stop our march to success. But if he finds our valley in the cave, he'll figure out and fight in a lot of us, won't he? That's where the planning comes in. I'll make the Lone Ranger think he has only a few men to face. We'll let him capture those few and think we're conquered. Then, overwhelm him. The Lone Ranger divided his men into pairs and assigned each pair a route to follow through the forest. And just as he and Tauntler were about to start on their own route, a note was handed to the masked man. Hey, pick this eff when we be searching the hotel room where Drake had stayed. It's a trace to the Lone Ranger, so I brought it to you. Thanks, Marshal. Well, it's the same handwriting. Eh? I don't suppose you saw the girl who left this note. I didn't know it was a girl that left it. I just found it there. I can't figure this out. It won't change your plans? No. Come along, Tauntler. Goodbye, Marshal. Goodbye, and look to you. There go slowly, Tauntler. Take no chance on missing a track in the woods. Ah, we watch. Plenty close. The other men will do the same. We all move at about the same pace. We'll keep within gunshot of the men on our left. When we or anyone else find a trail, three shots will signal the others. The signal will be relayed all the way through the woods. Ah, your note come from the same girl? Yes, Kimosabe, the same girl. I wonder what she means. Why did she send me this message? The days that followed were uneventful. The Lone Ranger and Tauntler went through the woods until the cliffs on the north obstructed them. And they recrossed the forest at a slight angle, constantly alert with the slightest sign of a trail. Maybe Drake not go through woods at all. I'm sure he did, Tauntler. I'm also sure that Drake wouldn't have the ability to hide his tracks the way the other members of the Black Arrow do. We keep on hunt. I can't help wondering why the mysterious girl sent me that message when we started out. Where message now? Here, in the secret compartment of my ring. You keep it there? I don't want to lose it. It must have some significance. I'll read this to you, Tauntler. Sydney Drake's room, there were make-up materials such as actors use. Drake may be skilled in the use of disguise. At all? That's all the message says. Well, if Drake leaves stuff in room, he's not got it now. He may have some make-up material with him, but it wouldn't matter. Make-up on his face wouldn't hide his footprints. That's right. We find a man who doesn't resemble Drake. We can make sure it isn't Drake in disguise. That may be why the girl sent this message to us. Yet, Tauntler, I can't get rid of the feeling that there is. Gilbert, what is it? Someone ahead. Come on. There are those bushes. You see them? Teddy, Silver's Teddy. All right, get on him, Tauntler. He got them. I'll have a look. Help me. You're covered. Come out of those bushes. In the name of goodness, help me. Help me. Why? It's Sidney Drake. But, Tauntler, what's happened to him? The Lone Ranger will find Drake all right, Grimes. You needn't worry about that. I guess you're right at that, Carver. Drake will fix it so as the Lone Ranger will find him. And when that masked man does find him, it'll be the beginning of the end for the Lone Ranger. The curtain falls on the first act of our Lone Ranger story. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us to pause for just a few moments. Now to continue our story. The Lone Ranger and Tauntler examined Sidney Drake, whom they found badly bruised and battered, with clothing torn by thorns and brambles in the underbrush. There's no serious injury, Tauntler. No bone broken. No. And he's scratching, and he brews that all that wrong. And the wheat barely conscious. Probably from lack of food and water. Maybe he got lost and couldn't find the headquarters of his men. Here, Drake, water. Follow some more water. You're not badly hurt. Help me. Where have you been? What happened to you? A man in cave. Double-crossed me. Won't trust me. Your own man, huh? I just managed to escape. So you've been to a cave. The headquarters of your black arrow. Water. More water. There you are. Now, Tauntler, we'll signal the others. And if the members of the black arrow hear the signal, they can consider it the opening gun of the last battle. Three shots. The signal. East of us. That means the Lone Rangers found the trail. Relay the signal. Three shots. The signal. East of here. Come on. Mount up while I pass the word with gunfire. Shots rang through the woods as each band of hunters heard the signal and then fired. The end of the long search at hand, hard-riding men broke through the woods, heading for the meeting with the Lone Rangers. You got one of them. Great work. She came from the cave. We can follow her back trail. Good. We passed the word. The others are coming. But what about all the gunfire? I want to put the crooks on guard. Let them know we're coming. It won't matter. Now, keep away from Drake. I don't want him to know how many men we have. He thinks we have more than we really have so much to better. Here comes Bill Hickok. Here we are. How soon can we start the fireworks? Before sunset, the men were assembled apart from the place where Drake had been tied. Tonto returned from a survey of the trail and reported to the Lone Ranger. You must have the trail planted clear. Good. You think we'll be able to follow it all the way? Tonto thinks so. We still have about two hours before darkness. Maybe we can finish this job tonight. You can finish it. What? I know when I'm beating you. You might as well know all I can tell you. We don't need your help, Drake. But if you're conquered by the men in the headquarters in the cave, I'll die too. I'd sooner take my chance in court. I want to help you. Maybe the law will be lenient with me.  But I expect you'd be too yellow for that. Bill, I want you and Tonto to keep Drake between you. I'll go first. You follow right behind me. The others will come after you. It'll be just as well if Drake doesn't know the size of our group. You might yell a warning to the others. In fact, that might be the reason he's here. You've got the right idea, Lone Ranger. Don't take any chances at all with a pool cat. But I want to help.  What you want doesn't count. Get going. The band advanced until it reached the north edge of the forest where the steep cliff rose to form a sheer background for the trees. To everyone's surprise, there was a narrow cleft in this wall of rock. Beyond the cleft, there was a valley, a regular basin walled by cliffs with trees at the base. Never knew such a thing as this was here. I always thought that this was table land. A regular lost valley. It's like a basin guards right out of the cliffs. The Lone Ranger continued along Drake's back trail, which led among the trees that were thick at the edge of the basin. Meanwhile, Drake was secretly well-pleased. The plan is working perfectly. Following my back trail to the cave, they'll be thrown completely off guard. They'll walk right into the trap. The cave of the Black Arrow opened in the far end of the basin-like valley. Nearly a hundred men were there listening to grimes. Now we've got to check up and make dead sure everyone understands the plans. Drake will bring those men here just as he said. He'll get the Lone Ranger to listen to them and he'll make believe to squeal. He'll tell the Lone Ranger about men lying in wait in the brushwood near the mouth of this cave. And the Lone Ranger's men will capture those men. That's it. They'll think they got all of us. Then come in here to search the cave. When they're all inside, we open fire. Keep back against the wall. Keep the word open fire. A hundred rifles blasting at one time will sure make the lead fly sick. Get ready now. The Lone Ranger walked ahead through the trees at the edge of the valley. Drake was kept between Tonto and the man in buckskins, while the rest of the grim-faced men followed in single file. During the march, the masked man still wondered about Sidney Drake. Yeah, Drake will make it. I wonder why Drake had it. We never used it to our knowledge. I can't get rid of the feeling that it's important. Something seemed to keep telling me. Lone Ranger. What do you want, Drake? If you keep going, you'll be defeated by those men at the cave. They're expecting you. They've got a trap for you. They'll have to take chances on their trap. But those killers will get me again.  I don't know how many men you have, but no matter how many, it won't be enough. We know we're going against odds. Now wait a minute. Don't go any nearer till you listen to me. Odds don't matter. The fact is, you only have to face five or six men, but they're ready. Great guy wouldn't believe anything you said. But you must see that my life is at stake. Would I lie to you now? Signal the hall, Tunnel. Wait up. Now let me tell you. You can easily find out if I tell the truth. Let me tell how the five men plan to get all of you. Go ahead, Drake, but talk fast. You say there are just five men at the cave? Five or six at the most. The black arrow has been all over the west. There must be hundreds of members with that tattoo mark on their wrists. There are only five or six in the cave? Where are the rest? Maybe I can explain that. Go ahead, Cody. Each of these divisional leaders of the black arrow had his own gang. And lots of the men that worked with the leaders weren't really bad. They were just plain folks who were misled by what the black arrow meant. Others were forced to help by threats against their families. Yes, I know that. Most of the people who helped the leaders will go back to their farms and ranches, as they should. But we want all the divisional leaders. You overestimated the number. Listen to me. Those men count on you rushing the cave at the trail's end. They're not in the cave. They're waiting in ambush near the entrance. They are? You can prove this. You can come up behind them and catch them. That will prove I'm telling the truth. Did the five men think they could get all of us? Yes, they figured on setting off a blast when you were at the entrance of the cave. I wonder if the pull-carrier is telling the truth this time. You've nothing to lose by checking what I said? Very well. There's water there. You men stay and let the horses drink. Cody. Yes? You and Hickok come with Tata and me. What about those men in ambush? On feet that made no sound, the quartet crept up behind five men hidden in the brushwood near the mouth of the cave. It was hard for the lone ranger to believe that Drake at last was speaking truthfully. But the evidence was there before him. He raised his hand to signal Tata and the others and then called... Take them!  We're trapped! They're coming from behind! We can handle them! Don't shoot!   All right. Now we'll be able to search that cave. Get going, you crooks! You can hang alongside of Drake! Get on! On your way! Inside the cave Grimes whispered... All slick and accorded to the plan. Now boys, be ready. They'll be coming here to the cave in a few minutes. Get all five of them with that fire in the shot. Great work. Now we can see what that cave holds and learn all about the black arrow. That's right. That's right. While the friends of the lone ranger made sure the prisoners were securely tied to trees, the masked man stood apart. Something vague, intangible, kept gnawing in his mind. He couldn't rid himself of a peculiar feeling of apprehension. It must be something that was too simple, too complete. Drake squealing, capturing those men. Five men. The black arrow is stronger than that. The lone ranger toyed with the ring on his finger, thinking of the girl's note of warning he kept in the secret compartment. Make-up in the hotel room. Theatrical make-up. Never used it. Drake is a far-sighted schemer. Kimosabi. Now all men tied to tree. We search cave. I... I don't know, Tano. How about it, lone ranger? There's nothing to hold us back, is there? I guess not. You've got them all now. Now they can't murder me. You can get all the evidence from the cave. I'll take my chance in court. Wait! Tano, take Drake to that stream of water. Wash his face and wash it good. No, no, the bruises, the cuts of scratches. Rub it and scrub it hard. No, no, don't let him. What's the idea of that, Cody? I don't think Drake was beaten by his own men. He didn't run from them to save his life at all. He wasn't injured as badly as he tried to make us think. He covered his strength too quickly. How about it, Tano? Bruise and scratch or wash off. Sure enough, look, Drake's not hurt at all. He wanted us to find him, Cody. He wanted us to follow his back trail and find that cave. He wanted us to trust him and try to win our trust by telling of the ambush. But he told the truth. Why? So we would go to that cave not looking for more men. He wanted us off guard. I think there are more men inside that cave. Lots more men. All of the black arrow, bill fires, smudge fires, lots of them. We'll send so much smoke into that cave that they'll have to come out of there. In no time, great fires were built. Huge clouds of smoke rolled into the cavern, choking and strangling the outlaws. I can't stand it. Good boy, help me out. Boys, we gotta make a rush. It's our only chance.  Let them have it, boys. There's the black arrow. It took but a few moments for the crooks to realize that their fight was a hopeless one. Half blinded by smoke, they were quick to throw down their guns and fire. Eat them up. Stop shooting. We got it. We got it mixed up. When our new guns and come forward with your hands up.  He squealed at us. Quiet, Grimes. Quiet, my eye. You won't talk yourself into getting a light term. Listen to me. Drake is one of the six men that directed the whole of the black arrow. There's five more of them. If Drake is going to get off easy, I am too. I won't. You listen to me. I'll name the others. Kimberly, the railroad man, is one. Webster, the fur traders, another. And they're steel, the cattle man. Baxillor, the gold syndicate. And Page, the army contractor. Get them two. You'll find proof again, each one of them inside that cave. Got those men tired. We sure will. Where are you going? Here, Silver. I'm going to get the sheriff and bring him here with wagons to carry everything away from that cave. This is the end of the black arrow. Teddy boy. Well, Silver, follow me. Corey, you have just heard is a copyrighted feature of the Lone Ranger Incorporated.


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Hello and welcome to the session. In this session we discussed the following question which says, find the particular solution satisfying the given condition for the following differential equation, dy by dx minus y upon x plus cosec of y upon x is equal to 0, y is equal to 0 when x equal to 1 is the condition given. Let's move on to the solution now. The given differential equation is dy by dx minus y upon x plus cosec of y upon x equal to 0. Let this be equation 1. Now this is a homogeneous differential equation. Now we can rewrite the equation 1 as dy by dx is equal to y upon x minus cosec of y upon x. Now we take this as equation 2. Next we put y equal to vx. So this means we have dy by dx is equal to v plus x into dv by dx. Then substituting the values of y and dy by dx that is this and this in equation 2 we get v plus x into dv by dx is equal to vx upon x that is in place of y we put vx minus cosec of vx upon x. Now this further gives us v plus x into dv by dx is equal to x cancels with x. So we have v here minus cosec of v since x cancels with x. Thus we have v plus x into dv by dx is equal to v minus cosec v. Now this v cancels with this v and so we are left with x into dv by dx is equal to minus cosec v. Or you can say we get dv upon cosec v is equal to minus dx upon x or you can say we have sin v dv is equal to minus dx upon x. Now integrating both sides we get integral sin v dv is equal to minus integral dx upon x. So this gives us minus cosec v is equal to minus log of modulus x plus c further we get cos v is equal to log of modulus x minus c. Now in place of v we put y upon x so we get cos of y upon x is equal to log modulus x minus c. Now the given condition in the question is y is equal to 0 when x is equal to 1. So let this be equation 3. Now we are given x equal to 1, y equal to 0. So in this equation we put x equal to 1 and y equal to 0. So we get cos 0 is equal to log 1 minus c. Now cos 0 is 1, log 1 is 0. So this gives us c is equal to minus 1. So now we get the value of c as minus 1. Now from equation 3 we have cos of y upon x is equal to log of modulus x plus 1. So this is the required particular solution of the given differential equation. So this completes the session. Hope you have understood the solution of this question.


Hello, everyone. Welcome. So we have this topic that is the effects of IP address range blocking on contribution to the free knowledge. So we are so excited that you are here. It will be a quick presentation. I have some two other co-speakers joining online who are Tochi and Bobby Shabangu from South Africa. Then after the presentation we'll be having some open discussion with you all and with us there are other stewards. We have some stewards. Can you raise your hands? Yes, we have Johnny and Martin there. Then we have Niharika. Right. She's working with the foundation on IP masking stuffs. So we are happy to have you here as well. Alright, so IP address blocking have been an obstacle for most of the Wikimedia foundation, Wikimedia movement contributors and at some point some assumptions are there like, okay, is this a regional targeted thing? Are we doing some mistakes to deserve this and so on. So I'll be welcoming Tochi to start telling us what is even IP blocking then I'll come later. Then I'll welcome Bobby. Then it will be an open discussion to all of you. So welcome Tochi. Thank you, Anthony. Hi everyone and thank you for joining our session. Alright, so we all know that IP issue is kind of a challenge to us. IP range block is a challenge to us and a lot of us are familiar with it either as an editor or maybe as an organizer you must have experienced IP block somewhere or sometime at a point in maybe in your editing process. In December 2022, user Radima WMF actually wrote a diff blog. He wrote three diff posts about IP address range blocking and he titled it What's Happening with Proxy Blocks. So for the sake of this presentation, we're going to be focusing on global block and then the range block. The global block is the one that tells you you've been blocked from editing all weekies, which as an editor you must have experienced and then the local block is the one that maybe as an organizer one of your new participant is trying to sign up and then they tell them that they've been blocked. So those are the ones we're going to be focusing on. And when I talked about Ray's article, he defined Proxy and they said, I'm sorry, they said for the purpose of media blocks, a Proxy is generally anything that allows a user to connect to media projects through an IP address other than that assigned to them by their internet service provider. And then when you go on media wiki, you also see the definition of range blocks to be technical restrictions applied through a group of IP addresses that prevents them from editing, creating new accounts, sending emails through the wiki interface, et cetera. And this is also coined from meta wiki. So we're trying to make you understand where we are coming from and what the focus is all about. And then there's a reason why these IPs are used. So the first one is to prevent cross wiki vandalism, which is why you get a global block and then it's also used to prevent cross wiki spam. And also another reason for the IP address block is that it protects against for anyone who doesn't know, so it protects fake accounts that are created by some persons and they use it to do a whole lot of things. And then it's also used to prevent destruction on multiple media projects. But then in as much as it has so many good parts to it, it also has some potential effects on contributions and the potential effects of IP addresses can actually range from both positive and negative side, which we're also experiencing. So I'm going to be calling back Anthony for him to continue from there. Hi Anthony. Okay, hi Tochi, thank you so much. All right, so I'll be talking a little bit about positive effects because some people they think IP blocking is only to punish people, but they have their purpose. Some positive effects is that it helps to avoid what is pretty cross wiki vandalism. Some people if not everyone is having good intention towards contributing to the free knowledge through wiki platforms. So it helps to prevent the widespread cross wiki vandalism. Number two, it avoids cross wiki spamming. As I said, we have some stewards here. We'll talk a little bit more about this on our interactive discussions. Number three, it prevents blatant disruption on multiple projects. So, but also IP blocking is having some negative effects. We have our colleague Bobby Shabangu from South Africa. He's the witness and he is an event organizer. He expressed this while organizing some of the events. So I'll be welcoming him to talk a little bit more about the negative effects. Welcome Bobby. Sure, thank you so much Anthony. I'm going to be focusing on the negative effects of the IP blocking. As my colleagues have already pointed out that as much as there are positive effects of IP blocking, but there are also negative effects of IP blocking, it seems colleagues that a lot of people do not really understand the positive effects of IP blocking, but they focus more on the negative effects of IP blocking. And one of the things that we've seen really over the years, my personal experience as a Wikimedian and also have seen other, especially African Wikipedians, experience because of IP blocking has been discouragement and people did not want to continue editing because it's a lot of work to go through. You find out that legitimate users of Wikipedia who have good intentions wants to continue in Wikipedia, but because of the fact that they've been blocked either temporarily or their accounts have been blocked indefinitely, they don't want to really continue. And I need to say that when a person gets blocked, a reason is given, but because of the fact that now they are required to go to do the administration basically to read the reasons which are long, by the way, it then discourages them from editing and it reduces the enthusiasm of new editors. New editors, for an example, they come on the wiki, they are happy, they want to just edit, they do not really know about maybe five pillars of Wikipedia or they don't know about some of the policies that are around different parts of the Wikimedia community or different language communities. So for them they just come in, they edit, but you find out that there's not that welcoming of new editors. When the new editor tries to edit, they are being blocked and when they are trying to get the reason why exactly they are being blocked, nothing is explained to them, instead they are just being blocked and they are bombarded with information. So you find out that it discourages new editors from being blocked because of that reason and it just restricts access to editing for a lot of people. Most of the reasons that I've seen and it's something that I've already highlighted on actually, it's the administration that you have to go through in order for you to be unblocked. You find out that you have to read through a lot of text and I believe you me and I believe that in the room everyone sitting in the room there knows that you can actually find anything that you are looking for on Wikimedia, but you have to go through a maze of information and really you find out that people, they just discourage. First, they are being blocked. Second, no proper explanation is given why you are being blocked. You are just given information. Third, there seems to be not caring of people. It seems to be lack of caring of people looking into the history of the person. Are they an experienced Wikimedia user or they are a new user? There's not that taking care of people to look at their status and their experience. You find out that people don't get encourage on doing editing on the site. At this stage, I'm going to give back to Anthony to talk about how to solve the IP blocking issue. Thanks for what you do. Thank you so much, Bobby, for discussing with us the effects of the IP range blocking. So there are some couple of ways you can go around with solving any problem that you face around the IP blocks issues. So as I said, we have some stewards on the room. They tell us like there is a global IP block exemption. You can actually ask from them. So you can create multiple accounts for your events. Number two, there is, I think, a program called Wizard. They can tell us a little bit more about that. Then what stewards can do and it's one of the solutions to help you. You can reach out to them, they can help you. Then also be happy to hear how can stewards help on this and who else could help. So this is now the open discussion where we all together with the stewards have to intermingo discuss about this. So maybe to kick off the discussion who have ever experienced the IP blocking issues. Hands up. Oh, I'm so happy that many hands are up. I'm not happy that it's a good thing, but I'm happy that it's something that exists and it needs discussion. Maybe now I'll be welcoming some questions from participants or event organizers or participants who have ever experienced this. That question should be going to the stewards so they can help us. Why would that happen? Any question? You all said you experienced. What was your case? Maybe you can ask like maybe I just saw my account was broke. I didn't know.  I didn't know why. This is the time we have to ask for the stewards to help us. Please welcome. Oh, I need some mics. Thank you, Sandra. And also before you contribute, thank you all who are joining online. Please welcome. You are free to ask anything. Maybe on the chat and our comms team will be happy to read for us. Welcome, please. Okay, thank you. My name is Obi Ezilu. I'm from Nigeria. My case is... I was about organizing an event. I've already done the introduction just like you did. And I did a little training with my students and I asked them, I taught them how to create account. As I was about teaching them with my own space, I got a notice your account has been blocked. It was so embarrassing. I didn't know what to do.   I tried calling some people that I know. But I noticed that after like three minutes, I on my laptop when the person I was trying to reach answered the call and I logged in. I noticed I didn't see the sign, the pop-up again. So I was kind of confused in the first place because I know I saw it and all of a sudden I'm not seeing it again. So something must have happened. I don't know what happened, but I know I really can't explain what happened. And since that time I've been very, very careful. So what could have been the problem? As a question. Thank you so much for that question. I see a hand from, oh, multiple field. Maybe two floor lanes, then we take two questions, then I welcome the... It is just a quick follow-up question for Obie. Can you say if the first attempt you did was on a computer using Wi-Fi in the room and if the second attempt was on your cell phone using 3G or 4G? It was only computer. I don't know how to use the mobile phone. I prefer my laptop. So it's Wi-Fi. Okay, thank you for the clarification. So I'll be welcoming the stewards. Anyone ready? Then I'll be coming back to you, Felix and Nidumi Sani. Hi, I'm Dudu from Malaysia User Group. I've been doing meetups in my country around 30, 40 plus meetups and then most of the time, most of our time were wasted because of the IP blocks. In the first two hours of the meetups and we only have like one hour left given for us, ranges from everything you name it. We use the school IP address. It gets blocked, not me, but especially the new students, they got blocked. They cannot create because the school IP address got blocked. I asked them to use their mobile phone, use their own 3G chattering. Some works, but in some instant cases, even two or three cases, even that one got blocked as well. So I really have no idea, I mean, how to do this wiki media outreach when we spend so much time preparing for this meetup and then on the day itself when teachers, students, everyone is here then we cannot do anything in which we don't even know where is the SOS button to ask for help with immediate answer right on the spot. And also last week in my apartment's Wi-Fi, I tried to log in, I log into my username, log in already, but then when I want to edit an account, an article in English wiki pedia, I receive this IP address has been blocked from editing wiki pedia because the IP address that you are currently using has been blocked because it is believed to be used by peer-to-peer proxy service. I tried to ask for unblocking because there is a template below, but that one got rejected. So only after three, four days then it was unblocked automatically naturally just like that. So I mean, where to ask for help for all of this thing? I mean, there are so many problems. All right, thank you. So now the mic will be going to the stewards to answer the three questions that have been asked, then we'll again come back. Welcome, Martin. Hello, Martin from Berlin, Germany, being a steward for 15 plus years. And of course, know the situation. I have talked with a couple of users about this and from the experience shared so far, I think we have to be more clear what are the exact cases who can help and when that's the stewards. So I was hearing a couple of problems with creating accounts. This is throttled limited by the media wiki software itself to six per IP address per day. This is not related to any kind of administrator steward. That's a decision by media wiki developers whatsoever to limit the number of accounts created by an IP address. Four reasons of spamming creating mass accounts, mass abuse, et cetera. And so there's a good reason to have that and I'm pretty sure that this will not be changed easily. So what to do about that? Of course, foundation is aware of events where accounts need to be created and for that reason event organizers are asked to have the accounts created by the pupils beforehand before they come to that place because just as Andrew was asking, if you do this in a different mobile net or a different Wi-Fi or the different IP address you can create your own account but not for the other ones. One solution. Other solution, not the easiest one is asking before that event to get the IP address of the venue where you do this white listed for a specific time. You have to submit a fabricator ticket at least two weeks in advance and those who are already out of that say, I won't do that myself either so I don't consider this to be a solution. I just say what solutions are offered not if they are good ones. And third one is administrators and everyone who needs to be lifted from such limitations and there is no rate limit user right which prevents or removes the six per day limit. Every administrator on any Wikimedia project has that right automatically. So if you're an administrator on your local language Wikipedia you can create accounts for all your pupils or all the trainees at the event. Of course that's still not so nice. The experience would be better if the people would create the accounts themselves which is why I would recommend the first way to ask them to create these before the event which requires additional communications how to do that, I know. But yeah, well that's the ad hoc solution for the problems there. So if you have administrator rights somewhere do that. Hind, admin rights on test wiki for example is pretty easily given out or test 2 wiki or whatsoever.  What else? Thank you Mati. We're still at the first of the three problems. Yes, yes, yes. Sorry. So yes, so and yes that's the one I wanted to say that accounts can be, we have global accounts yes thanks to 2008 and 2015 when we had the single user login finalization so that if you create an account on a local wiki or a local language wiki it can also be used on comments on English Wikipedia etc. So even if you're just an administrator on a smaller project the accounts that you create will be available on all the wikis. So that's the part of limitations on account creation which has nothing to do with stewards. So if you experience a block that you were talking about this seems to be a local block on English Wikipedia it's provided with the local message on your user talk page and the procedures how to do that. If the procedures are good or not on English Wikipedia that's not on security duty. And there are reasons why peer to peer proxies are blocked. They were mentioned in this talk so it's okay there is the policy that says it's not good to have that because of possible abuse and this is handled differently on local wikimedia projects as well as stewards. Stewards also block IP addresses on a global level and in our block messages there is a contact form how to reach out to us as mentioned we are working on a wizard which hopefully also easy finds complaints about global blocks. So we are aware of the situation we try to do that to improve that including the complainment process. But sadly obviously most of the problems arise from the limitations of registrations and local blocks. Stewards only have a say in global blocks. Thank you Martin. One little addition from colleague. Welcome Johnny. Hello my name is John I'm also a steward and I just wanted to add a little bit to that as well for methods to perhaps avoid.  So what you can do perhaps is again as beforehand you can have the administrators and they can create the accounts ahead of time. Whether you have a form or sign up sheet you can collect the emails and then when you create the account exactly interface called special create account and so I can create account for a new user and then it sends in the password by email kind of thing. So if you hit that six rate limit on the English Wikipedia for example there's a right called account creator where you can bypass that rate limit of six per 24 hours as well as any administrator and any project can do that as well. So my advice would be to try to do as many as you can before and if people run into issues where they have a blocked IP at home for some reason then you can perhaps on the event day address or create with a different IP at the actual event rather than the home. I don't think anything else. I remember I think a colleague mentioned that you did an event. Was it at a school and there was a block? So with schools even when I was in high school all it takes is one person to go and write something silly and then they're going to block the entire school. And generally this happens at the local level English Wikipedia and it's pretty standard but as a part of that usually they can tell it's a school that has the IP and they do what's called an anonymous only block. So what that means is that only people that are not logged in cannot edit. If you have an account and you are logged in you should not be impacted by that block. So generally best practices when it's like kind of a shared IP there's like a university or other educational institution it is an anonymous only block so if you have an account beforehand or created elsewhere like at a home Wi-Fi or something like that or even sell your Wi-Fi or internet then you can avoid that. So it's one of those messages that tells you the conditions of the block whether it's anonymous only or not and that applies to both local and global blocks. You know if let's say for example us as stewards we see like a range block we have to do a range block where a lot of abuse or something like that but there are legitimate editors on that range. What we would do in that instance is we do it anonymous only right so that the people that are already editing on that range can continue editing but then the problem is is that it's a balance because the abuse is so bad we have to put a block in but then we can't have new accounts made they have to request it you know kind of whether it's through an admin or another trusted user on the project or you know reach out to stewards so we can you know help them have an account and not edit. Because of the limitations of the software. Correct. So we have asked for there are some limitations in the media wiki software currently we have some tickets that we have requested since I mean 2015 2010 2008 for improvements so that we can kind of whitelist so like let's say we brought a huge range right and there's this portion of IPs that should not be blocked we can't choose to exempt this portion it has to be the whole thing it's so it's all or nothing in some instances which causes us problems because sometimes we can identify like oh this particular sub range isn't an issue so there are limitations in the software that do impact our ability to have this be optimal and we are working with those limitations so we can kind of have everything in balance and in check but obviously no block will be perfect because everybody can be impacted because there are legitimate users that try to edit every day and they get caught because of preventative blocks put in place to prevent abuse that has been occurring on these IP addresses or ranges and I'm happy to answer even further questions just got to explain or clarify any details as well because it is a complex topic there's local global and then there's limitations of the software as well and we all have to work together to make sure that we can optimize that participation because we want people to edit that's what we're all here for right we don't want anybody to be caught in a block but at the same time the processes can be improved and we are working to improve them with the wizard to help you identify what the reason is behind the block and we are also working with the foundation as well to make sure that the tools are in place so that this is better addressed moving forward and this is a continuing dialogue that we have thank you thank you so much John thank you alright so here is what is for us we have some online people I hope Winnie do we have any comment from online participants before I okay so no alright thank you so I'll be welcoming you more questions I saw a hand from Felix Dumisan then there will come there so now the time is almost coming to an end so I'll collect all the questions and maybe stewards will help to answer some of them I know this could have been like three hour discussion or two hours but we have just 30 minutes and now 12 minutes are remaining so welcome Felix then Dumisan then my brother there then we'll come here I think he answered my question my question was going to be on the range why the block every IP in the range even when they know setting IPs good enough to be like retained and he did mention there's a limitation in the software I think he pretty much answered that but I think the question the next question I have is for the whole room and I think we've been complaining about this speaking about this a lot but I don't think enough is being done about it so the question for me is what do we do as a collective about this problem because it's hurting what we do as we comedians thank you question number one what do we do from Felix then next Dumisan what do you say I just want to comment so you just can't go per question I'll comment later I have some advice for think so you can do first I think Felix he didn't say that they've solved the thing he said that there's a limitation on the software he said that they've asked for a tool in 2008 you said for being able to work on a sub range so us as stewards we have requested so there's a system fabricator where you can request software improvements or report bugs with the media wiki software and we have requested some improvements to make us handling but us like to the global blocking tools for example right so let's say there's an abuse on a large range for example and we want to exempt let's say either one IP or a range of IPs within that larger range currently that's technically impossible with the media wiki software they have not made the changes to allow us to do that so what we're faced with is we have to in a global block situation if it's a hard block that's what we call it when you anybody can't edit so it's not just locked out users we have to add let's say global IP block exemption so there is a request page on meta wiki but this is where you can request that but that also depends on if the IP is unblocked on meta or not because it could was very well also be blocked on meta if an IP is blocked on meta it's generally for a good reason we generally try not to block both globally and on meta unless there is persistent abuse that justifies a meta block but yes to clarify where was the request made or have been request made over the course of over 8 years that we've requested to improve some software so that we could that's where I was coming in this is really an issue for us especially in Africa because unfortunately when these IP were being assigned as you know we were the last to be assigned the IP addresses and we got assigned a very specific small portion of those IP addresses so the service providers have to hop us onto different IP addresses not because we chose that and we know the world is not going to move on to IP6 anytime soon so we are left with this situation which we didn't create which is making our editing lives a horrible thing so what can we do to help you get the tools that you need to get that because I think it would really solve something if it doesn't make sense to block the whole range when you can actually select a specific range well that's the general problem of popularity votes like community wish list it's like of course as I said I'm doing this for a couple of years and I tried various ways to get tools prioritization with foundation a couple of times in various documents and at various places etc etc it's really like they even have been tools teams like admin tools development and such but places like community wish list where the 35 stewards that are out there are the community who can evaluate if that's a good thing for us or not and no one else understands the impact more or less it's really a problem so I co-created the Wikimedia Studios user group so that we can more easily get grants to hire our own developers but as you can imagine it's not so easy to manage getting people on board etc especially with a small user group we are only small user group as well so it's like personally I don't think that community wish list is the right place for that I personally don't think that hiring our own developers really makes sense it is foundation task to provide a useful software foundation for anyone to add it and with the recent annual plan moderator tools etc there are some steps in that direction to also work on technical improvements that at first look seem to only affect a couple of users as but the impact our work has especially on blocks or administrators in general have has to be evaluated at a different place and I'm still here I'm not yet gone as a steward because I really dislike the situation we are in that we don't have the tools we need and I have a little hope now with the steps we have right now and the conversations with the foundation that some development will happen but we are talking to foundation and I think we are the only ones who actually can because we know the technology behind that and I don't know what would you say should we ask for support endorsements at some point for some stuff maybe that would help we will definitely take that back to our group and integrate that into our conversations and have the feeling right now foundation understands that there is a problem and that they should listen to stewards what they need to reduce the problems and I know some people want to talk about that as well thank you so much Martin so what I'm going to do is I saw some hands I'm going to go next hand so it's going to be steward round table eventually so I'm not asking a question but it might be useful to share at the local administrator level I'm Young Jin as you know and I'm administrator at Oversight in Korea and Wikipedia so what's the problem with that I'm just going to share what's the problem with the IP address range blocking because like in South Korea there is specific fundamentalism IPs it's going to be a little bit tricky but they are like doing this in IPv6 and there's IPv6 like 2001, 2D8 and there's lots of varieties so like if we block the range it is not possible to block the range and it is possible to evade themselves by disconnecting and connecting the cellular data so it has like the other side effect if you not block it it has like the preventive fundamentalism but the other mischirators are aware of that if you are blocking the wide range it's going to be having false positives a lot like my examples of the 2001, 2D8, blah blah blah that's like kind of the I don't think that's going to be effective to like the blocking like that but I just like to make logs to block specific IPs even I know they're evading that's my right wiki situation but that's I think good to know to be for that and I just like to hear observed like about the meeting 40 seconds sorry yeah meetings and like I can give you advice it's like the coordinate to whatever committee or the administrators if you have any connections to it it is more main easier to get like in this small wikis because I think in English wikipedia has large and large process but like even going smaller wikis it might be easier as long as administrator is active it is easier to cooperate yeah that's what I was building when I was doing thank you the mic should go here then we have like less than 3 minutes so well I'll try to make my remarks short and I want to face the room when I talk because I've been in this on the other side perhaps even more closely than Martin and John have I'm Daniel Case, I'm an administrator in the English wikipedia and I'm looking at faces that are probably behind quite a few unblocked that may be behind a few unblocked declines where I've just basically had to say procedural decline you're not directly blocked you may not be responsible for this but it's probably hard it's hard enough to lift those open proxy blocks that you have to really know your tech and network stuff so I often refer people to the IPEC proxy page where you can submit a request through email to get IP block exemption on the English wikipedia we used to administrators used to be able to give it out but someone gave it out once like too many party favors and well we can't have nice things anymore yes all this administrators do have the right to give out IP block exemption but I've only given it out to people who've had it before prove that they're here for good reasons and I feel I can say it was a good call on my port or people I know who've edited for years that I can trust and I don't know there have been people complaining about how much time that list takes to answer the other suggestions I have is sometimes if you're on a VPN which I know some people may need to be on to edit from where they are turn the VPN off that sometimes solves the problem but you have to wait a day or two for the DNS to update other things too we have discussed on community wish list the idea of putting in instead of blocks being all soft or all hard we could as people have asked what if we only had them apply to everybody who's not an extended confirmed user or apply only to auto confirm or apply to non auto confirmed accounts that would have less effect that would have less of this problem also this is grim confirmation of what I've thought yes these disproportionately affect Africa and I'm thinking of Heather Ford's presentation so a lot of the same faces there and well we were talking there about the causes of these gaps here we have one and believe me this causes me some pain on my end too that I can't do more but I can just suggest supporting the next community wish list request for this kind of spectrum of block hardness and making use of the check users mailing list it is available if I am the one declining your unblocked request when your registered account is behind a proxy that's been blocked I will give you the link and I will tell you it's not your fault but that's all I can do anybody so maybe 10 seconds or something the time was short but I think it's kinda important hi I'm Gargo I'm a media developer I think there is a mindset problem here so in the end IP blocking is a way to prevent people from doing lots of contributions there are other ways of preventing bad people from doing lots of contributions those are more experimental the people who are involved in blocking have been very averse to experimentation so I think part of why we don't have better methods is the foundation hasn't been very interesting in supporting development efforts hopefully changing these days but the other part is that people doing blocking have been very risk averse and that has to change that really has to change because the browser Chrome is working on a feature called Privacy Sandbox it's not very widely known but still has probably heard about this because currently one effect of that is that user agents are harder to access even lesser known feature is that they want to hide IP addresses completely in something like a year so English Wikipedia has taken not our problem stands to IP blocks but it's becoming their problem soon so if you are involved in blocking then please get your communities involved in discussion and in what features can we find to replace IP blocks because we don't have a very long time to figure out something else that works Thanks Thank you so much I really wanted this discussion to continue but the time is over I'd like to use this chance maybe to welcome Bobby are you still online to say something and Toshi to say bye Welcome Yes, thank you so much colleagues for this discussion actually I said there's a lot to be said it's just limited time so please let's continue with this conversations the people that are administrators there please don't run away from us we want to take to have these conversations more to you Toshi Thank you Bobby Thank you everyone for joining the session we actually do wish that we had so much time because it's really a present topic so there's still words everyone involved please if we call on to you kindly come to our aid and let's work together in any way possible wherever we can assist as a community we're happy to help please do reach out to us as well because we're all in this together Thank you very much everyone Thank you so much Bobby and Toshi Yes so we still have sub time wiki mania is ending in 20th so maybe when we bump on the corridors we can continue talking so for this I'd like to thank much all of you who are here and the stewards for joining us and for clarifying some of the questions so yeah that's it thank you and see you around


That today was July 20th, but then I looked in this July 21st time be going by way too fast Anyway first question came from my boy George K and he said Wiley and I Joe may be on to something Oh It must be one of the other because they usually not on the same page when it comes to a lot of the stuff And we obviously about the axon about the Raven so it's kind of scares me anyway He said what's up in gravy and hope you and the fam are doing well I just seen a second of Wiley and I showed and they were discussing that QBs that when a Super Bowl with the Team that drafted them do so within the first five years of that quote quarterback being on the team Yeah, we have seen that a lot recently from quarterbacks who won the Super Bowl Obviously minus Matt Stafford because he went to the Rams obviously minus Tom Brady because he did it on the Bucks Minus Nick foals because he did it with the Eagles but Normally, that's how it goes down I mean Raven's got experience with Joe Flacco, but anyway continuing He said they were saying it would be smart business Don't excuse me. They were saying smart business would be not to give Lamar an extension and well if we don't get to the Super Bowl then to franchise tag him for the next two years and That if it doesn't happen within seven years, then it's not going to happen You really need to hit a full segment to get the full context, but they may be on to something Just curious of your thoughts on this. Oh, yeah, I did see that whole thing That was I Joe I Joe has this weird thing right now Well, he just really does not want a lot of quarterbacks to get paid Okay, I saw you saying something different context, of course in different argument But for Kyle Murray, he's like, you know, Kyle Murray, he shouldn't get paid either. But anyway, um, I disagree I don't even think this should even be a conversation that there should be no question on Lamar Jackson getting paid Have have have we not do we need reminders of everything that he's done for these Baltimore Ravens? And even though yeah, they haven't made it to the Super Bowl yet, um like What what what does he need to do to show how valuable he is to the Ravens in order for people to really be like No, no, no to not even like and attain that that that he should maybe shouldn't get paid He definitely should get paid that that there is no doubt in my mind That Lamar Jackson should get his bread For everything and and that's another thing too for everything that he's already done And of course he ain't no perfect quarterback He got his flaws. He got his issues. He got his thing that that he got to get better at for sure But even with that for everything that he's done for this franchise for the city for the team All the bread that he's brought in the prime time that Just the success just changing the trajectory Of the Ravens because they were headed down a slippery slope in 2018 Because we can go to the year before and the year before and in the year before in the year like or not 2014 but 2015 and 16 and 17 and the way that 18 was headed It was not pretty my friends It was not pretty In 2018 it was headed down that same path. It was ugly But then Lamar came in The Ravens have been resuscitated. They got life again and He the life hasn't come out the Ravens ever since And again, I just No, so no, they they are not onto anything Yeah, QB's do usually win it within the first five years. Hey, hopefully Lamar gets it in the fifth But no, he there's no reason to doubt That No, I think I worded that wrong You should not doubt That I think I worded it wrong again Lamar should get paid bottom line. He should get paid He has earned his money. He deserves his money and he will get his money eventually I just hope that it comes from the Ravens now He also said sarah ellison was saying she believes bateman can turn into an alpha dog receiver similar to jamar chase I also think she's onto something Your thoughts my friend love what you do and you are appreciated. Hashtag team keep it clean. I appreciate that, george Uh, and yeah, I think he definitely can. Um, he got the the physical tools. He got Uh, the the size of speed. Um, he got hands He'd go up and get it. So yeah, I think he came for sure. It's just a matter of opportunity. Um, and help too Next questions came from a boy marco g he said a was good engraving this your boy mg back with another annoying question Actually a two ball question first Since the ravens will most likely bring five tight ends including ricard And probably four running backs into the season Do you see them going light at inside linebacker with possibly three and maybe two on the practice squad? um I could see them Going light at because obviously patrick queen and josh binds. I think those two Excuse me or locks to make the roster malik harrison He is somebody that I think They may have him as sort of one of those Not necessarily do it all type of guys but sound kind of like a do it all like inside and outside lineback I think they will have him as somebody Slotted to play both positions Um, so that would allow them a little more flexibility Uh, when it came to the roster and then of course, you're gonna have chuck clark there A little bit you're gonna have kyle hamilton there a little bit You got possibly tony jefferson if he makes the roster He could be there a little bit So I think that um, yeah, they could end up going light at inside linebacker He said reason I say that is because I don't know any other position We can go light on given our solid depth at those other positions. And secondly With patrick queen being the only locket inside linebacker to play almost every down I don't see anyone locked into that second inside linebacker position Bynes has a great mind But by the time it's catching up to him when it comes to speed and agility And I don't think molly karrison is proven is a proven every down guy Well, yeah, he he just he hasn't had the opportunity to really be out there every down um rookie season he was out there a good amount, uh, then uh last year, you know to remember the unfortunate situation So he just hasn't really been able to be out there, uh too much He said with that said given harrison binds and versatility We have at safety position with clock jefferson. I should have just read this whole thing before I start talking Could we say the same thing? Do you see the second inside linebacker position being done by committee? I hope you and your family are doing well in peace. Yeah, see that I gotta I gotta start reading a whole thing before I answer because We end up saying the same thing a lot of times top five top five top five next question came from our boy Thomas he said ain't graven Hope you're well and hope you have the time to cover this top five lists I made uh in one of your videos number one top five ravens tight ends list Uh, he said number one shannon sharp number two mark andrew's number three Todd heat number five denis peter. I mean excuse me number four denis peter uh and number five Dallas clock Yikes, no no no no take take him off take him off right now Remove that um Dallas clock was he was a yikes for the ravens that that was in 2013. Oh, that was so nasty I remember watching him. It just felt like when you were watching him run It was so sad man And he of course had a lot of successful pain man in over the years and whatnot But um, I'll put on daniel's over him like on daniel's was much better than dallas clock For the ravens that tighten. I don't even put for something shankle Like but now put a dixon over him as well. Um Who else man? Like, I don't know. Yeah, take I'm cool with the list all except for number five Exu questions came from my guy gold morano He said ain't graven had to come back with yet another question as you all well aware Former ravens and other former players pimps predictors and prognosticators A voice in their lack of faith in lima's ability to win a superbowl under the current scheme or his style of play Hollywood told us that lima would be great under any system and that he's going or he's doing what he's asked to do Under greg rome system and that all the receivers who have played with lima would attest to the same I hope it isn't true, but the negative voices seem to be Beginning to affect lima. Are you concerned as mi that lima may want a one-way ticket to the To the miami dolphins in 2023 just to prove to the naysayers in the whole nfl world that he is In fact a winning quarterback while throwing from the pocket. Um, my my saying with that um We know that lima he hears everything that people say about him and what i'm hoping that he Doesn't go out there and do this year and i'm hoping the ravens don't go out and do this year because we've seen it in A past where they've let the outside noise get in And they've responded to it on the field and it has gone both good and bad um And i just like obviously remember 2019 that dolphins game first game of the season first week one start for a little more through five touchdown Which was great. He didn't even hardly run the ball. Um, but after that, he's like, oh not bad for running back So he's good. He's obviously listening had had it on his mind a lot that people have been saying about him um, but then there was a Oh, no actually the year before that Um, so ravens have been letting a lot of noise get in from jump, but the year before that His first game was against andy dawning the bingles. I believe Then and he had obviously run a lot in that game. Um But then the second game before the second game so many, uh, analysts and commentators They were like, oh man, look more jackson running the ball too much. He shouldn't run the ball nearly that much And da da da da. He needs to stop running as much He needs to be throwing the ball a lot more. He need came to be running as much What did the ravens come out and do that first half? They were forcing themselves to throw the ball even though the runner was working They were forcing themselves to throw the football and again that that was lamar's rookie year Um, I remember he did say that he had been still adjusting to the size of the NFL football He also didn't really have chemistry with the guys that he was out there with because he wasn't the starter He was a backup and the backups they practice with the backups. Uh, they don't practice with the starters. So, um, anyway, uh They were forcing in the first half of that Raiders game I remember they just forced them past running here and there but really forcing them past And then something clicked and it was like, oh, wait a minute. Who are we? What do we do and what what have we had success with that's really the the question right there And then they end up changing it up. Um, so my point is that I hope that both lamar jackson and the ravens They don't go out there trying to play provable Like, all right, we got to do this to shut these people up now We know lamar can throw we know lamar can throw from the pocket now in order to throw from the pocket He got to have a pocket Uh, so hopefully all the investments that the ravens put in the offensive line pay off I think they will especially if ronnie stanley is healthy um But yeah, so I just as far as him to going to miami um Oh, that would be heartbreaking, uh for Many ravens fans included myself. I've already said plenty of times if that happened I would cry now if he did go that if if there was one place where he did go If he if he ever didn't end up playing for the ravens That would be the only place that I would Not even want him to go but I would uh, if he didn't play for the ravens That would be the only place that I would choose For him to go because I know they would they will go all out in order to make him happy In order to provide him with weapons. That's what I'm hoping the ravens do it I'm hoping the ravens do it. Um, but We'll see um But I don't think lamar is like right now like oh, yeah, I want to go down to miami. I don't think he's on that right now I don't um So anyway, uh, and because he said that Lamar may want a one-way ticket to the dolphins in 2023 Just to prove the naysayers in the whole NFL world that he is in fact a winning quarterback While throwing from the pocket. He's already proved that He proved that in 2019 I was already proving So, um, yeah, he said if our quarterback believes that roman is cemented into his position for the foreseeable future Uh, could lamar's only opportunity to play a more traditional quarterback style come by playing with a different offense or coordinated with a different scheme Ah now that that's a question right there. Um, and maybe I should have read that before I start going um, but that that's That's that's where it goes to ravens philosophy and What what their plans are? um, because it feels like with roman he There's just been limitations With this scheme. It seemed like this scheme has sort of held lamar jackson back and I know so many people Oh, but look he won unanimous MVP in 2019. How could this scheme hold him back? Where has the the growth been? Where has the Evolvement been where have the adjustments been where have the in-game situations the consistent in-game situations Been to where if plan a is not working then they got a plan b But plan a isn't working temporarily they go to plan b Hey plan b ends up stopping the work and they go to plan a again or they go to plan c Where has that been and that's not just with greg roman that falls on john harbore too It's not just g a g-roll thing. This this whole thing is not just a g-roll thing So a lot of it was has to do with just ravens philosophy as a whole But anyway, he said what would fans think of say or do to harbore if they felt that he chose roman over lamar A lot of fans already feel like he did do that He said surely you remember the tweet that lamar sent to hollywood stating that he Lamar looks forward to playing with hollywood again in the future. He knows that hollywood will never dawn a black and purple Uh ever again and kyla murray isn't going anywhere anytime soon The only way I see two floridians playing together again would be in miami or the pro bowl But that can't happen with them playing in different conferences I'm growing concerned about the way that harbore and acosta are not Handling the situation somebody in the front office needs to place a call to all former ravens who want to make illicit comments about current players Any concerns in graven? I don't remember that tweet. I I don't I don't remember that one. Um About lamar saying that he looked forward to playing with hollywood in the future Uh, yeah, I don't I don't remember that one at all um but anyway, uh Yeah, hey, I mean anything possible to the name possible no more Uh, so much just depends on so much man Like and I know that's so vague, but it does so much depends on so much I I know a lot of people whenever you hear people talk about uh, Lamar jackson to the dolphins and any like rumors or or Not even conspiracy, but when people just bring that up a lot of people immediately shoot it down Oh, and that'll never happen. It ain't happening. Stop saying it. Don't talk about that Lamar ain't got no contract yet from the ravens You got no deal from the ravens He's on a 50 option from the ravens. That's it There is no deal Until lamar jackson signs a deal with the baltimore raven signs that contract extension and they present him a contract extension That's a good one and he signs it Then there's no deal until that point So anything's possible As much as people don't want to hear about it much people don't want to talk about it Much people don't want to think about it Anything is possible And you can say what you want about oh man, it's crazy. It's far fetched. It's wild. It's it's it's atrocious. It's this is that It's not impossible You could deny so much stuff about lamar to the dolphins lamar to really wherever But I know specifically the dolphin could you from down here south lord and the dolphins I think a bigger reason that so many people see like see it as a possibility Is because they know the dolphins are willing to do whatever They are willing to throw whatever at whatever team for whoever they want to that they are willing they first round picks They don't care about those They say hey take it take it I think so many fans are trying to shoot it down because they don't want to be true But they know in the back of their minds the dolphins would be willing And I think they also know in in their minds too that you know how much the ravens love them draft picks We've seen it so much times where the ravens won't come off of draft picks in order to acquire people But what if somebody threw a bunch of draft picks at them to take somebody off their hands? Especially depending on how this whole contract thing goes All the ravens willing to pay lamar jackson like top top dollar not just topped up a top top dollar real money So, I mean We'll see hopefully the ravens and lamar. They they they get this thing sorted out And they also get him another nice weapon at wire see but hopefully they they they get this thing sorted out And we ain't even got to worry about none of this but until Until the raid until we get that announcement. Oh the ravens and lamar jackson agreed on a contract extension anything's possible As much as you don't want to hear it or what don't want to admit it or don't want to believe it anything is possible His next question he said in graven I've heard you say that uh with the current roster you have the ravens rated at an afc championship game level I want to share your sentiment But i'm not quite as generous with the upgrades made by las vegas miami and denver the charges cleveland Cincinnati etc. I see climbing that mounting as a daunting task. Oh, it is it is It would be tough very very tough lot afc is stacked man afc is stacked They got so many good teams in the afc. So many will put together rosters or so many playmakers on both sides of the ball So it is a tough task. He said all things are possible But I have our team Scrapping to finish at 10 and 7 with a wild card based on the opposing teams on the schedule Yeah, the raven got a really tough schedule very very tough schedule Very tough schedule All right, he said jk isn't expected to start the season according to nfl network. Oh, yeah jk Hold okay. I know when he sent this then Um, because jk he he shut that down. I mean now he got approved like You came out and said that so now the pressure's on jk jk put a lot of pressure on himself by coming out and doing that Like hey, I'm tired of all the noise. I'm tired of people talking. I'm tired of being quiet I'll be ready for week one. I might not even go on pup All right now you do now you got to follow through Uh, something we all should have been able to predict based on his his date of injury and the severity I don't see superbowl in our future unless Eric Dacosta gets aggressive about dk maccav or debo who are still unhappy with their contracts And we kid there's a couple days a couple rumors were going around about um Debo uh with his trainer said oh, he's about to get paid Uh, then some reporters came out and they were like, oh, no, he ain't about to get paid. So, I mean, we'll see Nobody ever knows well, some people do but we'll see what happens with that because stories could change situations could change in an instant um He said would you just close your eyes with me for five seconds and just imagine either receivers out there with our tight ends Our running backs our supporting cast of wire receivers and our quarterback Just imagine the havoc our offense were causing the afc. Those other teams wouldn't know what hit them Oh my goodness our 10 year wait would finally Be over wouldn't you agree? He said 10 and 7 right now But 14 and 3 with dk or debo I love it I love it and Yeah, I've said it like I feel like ravens right now. They're they're ceiling um Is is afc championship? But if they got uh, If they got a significant receiver to go along with everything that they got now I would say super bow I would say super bow. I would say their ceiling would be super bow Um, because I feel like they're close I feel like they're they're close. I feel like they're not there yet, but I feel like they're very very close But hey, hopefully either way Whether they get somebody or not, hopefully they prove me wrong We'll see I got my doubts, but let's see Hopefully the guys that whoever ends up being on the team ends up stepping up and just ascending and going off um Because again, I'm not Because I don't want anybody to get it twisted. I don't think anybody does get it twisted Um, I'm definitely not rooting against the guys that the ravens have at all We're not doing that We're definitely going for them and hoping that they do very well In their careers as baltimore ravens and then whatever happens after that too. I hope they all go off um, but I just I would love if if The ravens went into this thing with more proven talent at the wider seed position in addition to all the guys that they got now It would just just to make everybody's job that much easier make lamar's job that much easier make greg roman's job Even easier make everybody's job that much easier, man And what the more talent the better why who wouldn't want to add more talent?


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