--- Koltwills(a)aol.com wrote:
Greetings.
I'm new to Wikipedia. I've made a few posts. Still
don't know my way around
the neighborhood.
I'm up crunching a couple of deadlines, but I'm
bored, so I return to a
wikipedia listing I hated, but changed only the
first sentence (too
preoccupied/impatient to go any further). I spend
some time making the edit -- only to find
I've been blocked. (Annoying. Lost everything.)
What's that about?
While I may have ruffled a few feathers with my
first few posts
("motherfucker"/talk), I don't believe I've violated
any rules.
The message I received was:
"Autoblocked because your IP address has been
recently used by 'Hephaestos
vs. Dallabnikufesin'. The reason given for
Hephaestos vs. Dallabnikufesin's
block is as follows: 'Vandalism, clearly aimed at
user:Hephaestos'. "
So, what's this "vandalism" crap? More importantly,
how do I get unblocked?
Peace.
deeceevoice
Without knowing the username or the anonymous IP
address under which you were editing at the time of
the block, it's hard for anyone to say with certainty.
My wild guess is this: [[User:Hephaestos vs.
Dallabnikufesin]] is probably the latest incarnation
of the peristent vandal [[user:Michael]], who has a
strange fixation with Hephaestos's user page. Michael
sometimes uses AOL; from your e-mail address, I guess
that you also use AOL. If Michael was editing from an
AOL IP address when he was blocked, and you happened
to get the same IP address when you logged in, you
would also be blocked.
. . . but that's just a wild guess. Perhaps you have
some more information that might help? The username or
IP address you were using at the time of the block
would be most helpful.
--Charles Podles ([[en:User:Mirv]])
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