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
--- Koltwills@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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