209.112.176.135

January 2018

Hello, I'm Oshwah. An edit you recently made to Barrow, Alaska seemed to be a test and has been removed. If you want more practice editing, the sandbox is the best place to do so. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:23, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Barrow, Alaska. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism can result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:26, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Barrow, Alaska, you may be blocked from editing. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:31, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

Anonymous users from this IP address have been blocked from editing for a period of 36 hours for persistently making disruptive edits.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:32, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

If this is a shared IP address and you are an uninvolved editor with a registered account, you may continue to edit by logging in.

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Barrow, Alaska. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:32, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

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

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Request reason:

While I already typed all this out to the administrators, they have redirected me here. You call this disruptive editing, but you, Oshwah, are blocking the use of indigenous language and place names by refusing to allow corrections to the Utgiagvik page. The title of the page is no longer Barrow. Please stop enforcing a limited, colonial narrative.

Accept reason:

I've unblocked as this appears to be a misunderstanding about the page name, and not intentional disruptive editing. IP: I would suggest you start an WP:RM to deal with the naming issue and get more input on the talk page, however. If you need help doing this, please feel free to reach out to me. TonyBallioni (talk) 22:13, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

@Oshwah: 209.112.176.135 (talk) 22:08, 18 January 2018 (UTC)}}

The RM was already tried back in November and failed, though with an observation that the consensus could change soon as more people learn the new name. —Soap— 03:11, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

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