You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable, regardless of the username that you choose. Additionally, if your contributions to Wikipedia form all or part of work for which you are, or expect to be, paid or compensated in any way, you must disclose who is paying you to edit here. You may also read our FAQ for article subjects.
Please take a moment to either create a new account, or request a username change. The new username that you choose must represent you as an individual person, and it 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 for this account instead, you may do so by adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page (which is this page):
{{unblock-un|new username|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.
Please note that the new username you choose cannot already be in use by another account. You can use this page to search the list of registered accounts and see if the username you'd like to choose is available. If your search returns that "there is no global account for" your search term, that means it is available.
Please also note that you are permitted to use a username that contains the name of a company or organization if it also identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87", but not "SEO Manager at XYZ Company".
Appeals: If your username does not represent a group, organization, website, or other entity described above, 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 talk page (which is this page): {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.
This template should not be used on user talk pages of accounts with (account creation blocked) status. Only use this template on user talk pages of accounts with (autoblock disabled) status.
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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
Please remember to
substitute the template by using {{subst:Uw-softerblock}} rather than {{Uw-softerblock}}. (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-softerblock|anon=yes|reason=For a different reason|notalk=yes|page=Targeted page|sig=yes}}
Notes
- 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
- 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}} | |||||||||