On 5/1/06, Galen Williams
<banbanbananaman(a)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
editor<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Anonymous_editor>for 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.
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