Mspriz

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Europe and Asia or Eurasia?

Hello Mspriz. I am Nazeef. Recently you reverted one of my edits by replacing Eurasia by Europe and Asia in the article of USSR. In the article of Russian Empire, there is also given Eurasia. And both of them are from history and are former countries. So I suggest that using Eurasia in the article of Soviet Union is more encyclopedic and much better. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HELLO IM NAZEEF (talk • contribs) 12:28, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

@HELLO IM NAZEEF Sure. Mspriz (talk) 12:42, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

February 2022

Wikipedia's technical logs indicate that this user account has been or may be used abusively. It has been blocked indefinitely from editing to prevent abuse.

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NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:51, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Mspriz (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:

NinjaRobotPirate I got blocked for apparently "abusing" this account? How exactly did I use this account abusively? By getting over a 1000 edits, nominating and successfully electing an article to GA, and even getting the Million Award? Simply checking my IP and connecting me to a string of banned accounts I once had access to justfies this block? This time, I did not even use another account.... I had, at one point, used one account for strawman sockpuppetry in August 2021, and still regret that decision to this day. It got my main account, with over 6000 edits, banned. I waited. And then my IP ban expired on November, so I do not get the point of this ban. My edit history clearly shows I have no malicious goals, and my only goal is to improve Wikipedia. How much more will I pay for that single mistake? I do not have another account created, this is the only one. I have understood my mistakes. I have no goals for sockpuppetry anymore. Its a pointless thing. Mspriz (talk) 11:02, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Decline reason:

Every edit you made here was in violation of WP:EVADE and WP:SOCK. Note that blocks apply to the person, not just the account. Until the block on your original account is lifted, you (you the person) are not permitted to edit Wikipedia. WP:SO is your best bet at this point, though you'll need to show substantially more understanding of Wikipedia policies than you have done so far. Yamla (talk) 14:06, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

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