Your username is the only reason for this block. You are welcome to choose a new username (see below) and continue editing.A username should not be promotional, appear to represent a "real-world" group or organization, misleading, offensive or disruptive. Also, usernames may not end in the word "bot" unless the account is an approved bot account. However, you are permitted to use a username that contains the name of a company or organization if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87". Please take a moment to either create a new account, or request a username change of your current account here. The new username that you choose must comply with Wikipedia's username policy.
- To create a new account with a different username, simply log out of this account and then click here to make a new one.
- If you prefer to change the username of this account, you may do so by adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page (this page):
{{unblock-un|new username|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.
Please note that the new username you choose cannot already be taken and in use by another account. You can go here to search and see if the username you'd like to choose is available. If the search returns that no global account with that username exists, that means it is available to be taken.
Appeals: If your username is not in violation of Wikipedia's username policy, and if you believe that this block was incorrect or made in error, you may appeal this block by adding the following text to the bottom of your user talk page here: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.
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This template is used to notify a user that they have been blocked. It informs them of the reason for their block and describes the steps they can take if they wish to continue editing. It has been carefully designed based on guidelines by the user warnings project.
Please refer to the index of message templates before using any template on user talk pages to warn a user. Applying the best template available for your purpose may help reduce confusion from the message you are sending.
Note: Only administrators can block users; adding a block template does not constitute a block. See RFAA to request that a user be blocked.
Usage edit
Please remember to substitute the template by using {{subst:Uw-ublock/sandbox}} rather than {{Uw-ublock/sandbox}}. (Although this template must be substituted in the user talk page, it has also been designed to display properly when substitution is not possible.)
To give greater detail to your message, you may specify: the block duration, a specific reason for the block, and to auto-include your signature.
{{subst:Uw-ublock/sandbox|anon=yes|reason=For a different reason|notalk=yes|page=Targeted page|sig=yes}}
Notes edit
- If not blocking an anonymous user, omit the
anonparameter. - Include the
pageparameter to refer to a page on which the conduct supporting the block occurred. - The
notalkparameter should always be omitted unless the user cannot edit their own talk page. - The optional
forparameter can be used if the word "for" before the block reason doesn't grammatically work. For example, iffor=peris written, the block notice will say "blocked from editing per". Don't use this parameter if you don't want to change the word "for".
See also edit
- The message for the unblock process can be found at Template:Uw-block/unblock.
| Description | Good-faith (soft block) | No/bad-faith (hard block) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | {{subst:uw-ublock}} | {{subst:uw-uhblock}} | |||||||||
| Promotional username | {{subst:uw-softerblock}} | {{subst:uw-spamublock}} | |||||||||
| Promoting a cause (possibly not notable) | {{subst:uw-causeblock}} | ||||||||||
| Vandalism and blatant username violation | {{subst:uw-vaublock}} | ||||||||||
| Ends with the suffix -bot | {{subst:uw-botublock}} | {{subst:uw-botuhblock}} | |||||||||
| Well-known (specific and identifiable) person | {{subst:uw-ublock-wellknown}} | ||||||||||
| Implies administrative authority | {{subst:uw-adminublock}} | {{subst:uw-adminuhblock}} | |||||||||
| Impersonator of another user | {{subst:uw-ublock-double}} | {{subst:uw-uhblock-double}} | |||||||||