User talk:IP user 138-68-79-17

September 2016

Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia with this username. This is because your username, IP user 138-68-79-17, resembles an IP address, which is not allowed.

You are encouraged to choose a new account name that meets our policy guidelines and create the account yourself. Alternatively, if you have already made edits and you wish to keep your existing contributions under a new name, then you may request a change in username by:

Adding {{unblock-un|your new username here}} on your user talk page. You should be able to do this even though you are blocked, as you can usually still edit your own talk page. If not, you may wish to contact the blocking administrator by clicking on "E-mail this user" on their talk page.
At an administrator's discretion, you may be unblocked for 24 hours to file a request.
Please note that you may only request a name that is not already in use, so please check here for a listing of already taken names. The account is created upon acceptance, thus do not try to create the new account before making the request for a name change. For more information, please see Wikipedia:Changing username.

If you think that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text {{unblock|Your reason here}}, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. Bishonen | talk 10:12, 5 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note also that promotional editing is not allowed regardless of username. Bishonen | talk 10:14, 5 September 2016 (UTC).[reply]

Autoblock lifted, I believe

I drew Widr's attention to the situation and the block on your café should be gone now. Welcome to Wikipedia, please apply for a name change and stick around as an editor! Yngvadottir (talk) 15:25, 5 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Unblock

@ST47, Bbb23, Materialscientist, Berean Hunter, GorillaWarfare, DeltaQuad, and Bishonen:

Dear BillShonen,

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).

IP user 138-68-79-17 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

Please unblock because this is a good user account. --IP user 138-68-79-17 (talk) 02:51, 3 March 2020 (UTC) (formerly aka "Blank is blank vandal" per DQ\Amanda)[reply]

Decline reason:

As noted, your username cannot resemble an IP address. If you want to edit from your IP address, then just do so. If you want an account, it needs to have an actual username. Please follow the instructions to propose one. 331dot (talk) 10:24, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.