User talk:Bbarney

Your question at Talk:Walt Whitman

I've only done minor editing on Wikipedia articles is the past, so this is the first time I've encountered a page that doesn't allow edits. I assume others of you have a better understanding of how the various "blocking" and "unblocking" provisions work, and I'd be grateful for a quick explanation—I'm finding Wikipedia's internal documentation impenetrable, at least in this regard. ~ Bbarney —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bbarney (talk • contribs) 22:19, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's likely the article that is locked, rather than your account being blocked, but I could be wrong. Some pages which are subject to excessive vandalism (like Whitman's) are occasionally temporarily locked out and can be edited only by long-established editors (i.e. either by length of time as a contributor or by number of edits). If there's anything you can see that should be corrected or added in the meantime, feel free to leave a note on the article's talk page or my own talk page. Hope that helps! --Midnightdreary (talk) 00:26, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]