A cowgirl

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Hello, A cowgirl, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! —C.Fred (talk) 18:29, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Sorry aobut not signing - I know now! Guess it just did not sink in when I was trying to read about editing. Looks like system caught my name anyhow. Shall I re-write or just leave it? A cowgirl (talk) 18:32, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

You can just leave it; that way, the time when you left the message is still preserved. —C.Fred (talk) 18:40, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. It is a bit over-whelming when you are new and trying to learn. I am trying to review the info on editing before I try something else. I do see much room for imporvement and improved readability.

Why am I blocked?

Would somebody please have the courtesy to inform me as to exactly why I have been blocked? I have done nothing wrong that I can think of. It has been so long since I have edited and I have tried to follow my own paper trail, finding no wrong doing! Help! A cowgirl (talk) 02:16, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

You don't show as blocked. What message are you getting that indicates you're blocked? —C.Fred (talk) 02:22, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

This is what I am able to cut n paste per the instructions I can follow when I get the block message:

[unblock-auto template removed when C.Fred responded] A cowgirl (talk) 02:23, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

This blocked user's request to have autoblock on their IP address lifted has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request.

A cowgirl (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

76.91.157.170 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

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Block message:

{{checkuserblock}}

• Blocking administrator: MuZemike (talk • blocks)

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Decline reason: CU confirmed sock. Elockid ^(Talk) 15:31, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

I've asked MuZemike, who made the block in question, to comment on it. —C.Fred (talk) 02:29, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Honestly, all I want to understand what is going on! If Wikipedia hates me, I am happy to never read another article! I find that this is becoming the sentiment of the public at large anyhow. As a professor at a community college, I give students an automatic F if they use Wikipedia as a source on a paper or report. I believe all my collegues do the same. A cowgirl (talk) 02:35, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Just like you give them an F if they cite the World Book Encyclopedia—another tertiary source—in a reference paper?

What's going on is that somebody—likely a student if you're logging in from your work network—has abused Wikipedia in such away that anybody accessing it from your IP address has been blocked, even registered users. It's not uncommon with schools. —C.Fred (talk) 02:45, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

This is actually a condominium complex where all utilities, including wireless internet are included! It could be anyone of 1000 people! So unfair! I think Wikipedia is in a stage of dotage in any case. I cannot believe how obnoxious they treat people! A cowgirl (talk) 19:06, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

A three-month block is unusual. That means somebody at your complex was acting particularly obnoxious—obnoxious to get all access cut off from your network for three months. —C.Fred (talk) 01:02, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

And I have escalated your request to a wider group of CheckUsers other than the one who blocked your account. —C.Fred (talk) 01:11, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

I am not a sock! Some one's really confused or just plain malicious. A cowgirl (talk) 16:05, 19 January 2012 (UTC)