On 5/1/06, Galen Williams banbanbananaman@gmail.com wrote:
*I have been blocked for using my first name, Ban, as a username. Your username policy says nothing that could indicate "Ban" as being an impersonation of someone, offensive, or otherwise worthy of any level of blocking. Here is the error message:*
*Your user name or IP address has been blocked from editing*. You were blocked by Anonymous editorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Anonymous_editorfor the following reason (see our blocking policy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy): "username"
Your IP address is *64.233.172.4*.
*If there is some obvious reason for blocking me that I cannot see, then can I use "Ban Galen?"*
*Thank you for your time.*
*: Ban Galen :*
Heh. It is unfortunate that your chosen name is "ban", and we "ban" vandals. Anyhoo, I've unblocked you, since you don't seem to be foaming at the mouth.
~maru