I have made several attempts to update/correct articles on Wikipedia, and have received the following message, or some variation of it:
You have attempted to edit a page, either by clicking the "edit this page" tab or by following a red link.
Your user name or IP address has been http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policyblocked by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JayjgJayjg.
The reason given is this: massive vandalism from this range from banned http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AlberuniUser:Alberuni; we apologise for the inconvenience
You can http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Emailuser/Jayjgemail Jayjg or one of the other http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_administratorsadministrators to discuss the block. You may also edit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Mytalkyour user talk page if you wish. If you believe that our http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policyblocking policy was violated, you may discuss the block publicly on the http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-lWikiEN-l mailing list. Note that you may not use the "email this user" feature unless you have a Wikipedia account and a valid email address registered in your http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferencesuser preferences.
Your IP address is 4.153.217.166. Please include this address, along with your username, in any queries you make.
What is interesting, every time I get this message, the IP address given is different. Also, I don't even know who this jerk Alberuni is! I don't even have an official Wikipedia name!
I have hunted and hunted and hunted and hunted and hunted for people to contact, and finally, after numerous e-mails and what seemed like one big wild goose chase, I received the suggestion that I subscribe to WikiEN-L. Also, I cannot find any way to contact Jayjg and ask that this block be removed.
Can anybody get me unblocked? I have made changes to Wikipedia, but all of them have been positive and good! Besides, during their fund drive I gave the foundation $20.
- Freya Harris Atlanta, GA