LehighValleyCitizen

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May 2024

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Thank you. TheSandDoctor ^Talk 19:09, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

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

LehighValleyCitizen (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:

Username does not represent a group, organization, website, or other entity. It represents the individual as a citizen within a geographical area LehighValleyCitizen (talk) 17:20, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Accept reason:

I think the "Lehigh Valley Citizen" site is defunct enough that you don't need to be forced to change your username, given your explanation. As such, I will remove the block. However, I would strongly encourage you to voluntarily change your username via Special:GlobalRenameRequest or WP:CHUS in order to save you grief, as others are likely to think as TheSandDoctor did. My suggestion would be to make your username "ALehighValleyCitizen" or similar. 331dot (talk) 07:31, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

• TheSandDoctor I would tend to agree with this request, unless you know something I don't. I get that the name looks like it might be that of a newspaper, but I can't find anything by this name. 331dot (talk) 19:50, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

  @331dot: Apologies for the delay. It looks like there is not a current paper by that name but there was one(? or at least a site by that name) that appears to be defunct but was archived -- at least in (small) part -- by the wayback machine. If you are inclined to accept this request/explanation I will defer to your judgement here and not interfere, but I would be inclined to say that a username change would probably still be an encouraged move to avoid any potential future confusion. --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 05:51, 8 August 2024 (UTC)