Misplaced Pages

As do many websites, Misplaced Pages administrators occasionally block accounts and IP ranges that are deemed responsible for or related to problematic activity. You may be an innocent victim of collateral damage, whereby a block of some other activity has accidentally caused your account to be unable to edit pages. If your editing access has been blocked by mistake, it will be reactivated very quickly, as soon as you let an administrator know of the problem. The box above gives the information you will need.

What is a block?

A block is a measure used to protect Misplaced Pages from possible improper use, or modification in breach of editorial policies. Once blocks are over, they become history unless problems recur. Blocks can apply to a user account, an IP, or a range of IPs. A number of automated features identify unblocked usage which apparently should be blocked; these are known as autoblocks and can be quickly rectified if incorrect.

Most common cause of an autoblock

Your IP matches that used by another blocked account, or the software believes your account or IP is connected to another blocked account. Ask for further information and/or request unblocking. Due to the nature of some Internet service providers, automatic blocks may inadvertently affect people other than the person whose account was blocked.

Unblock request

If you are unjustly affected by this block, please copy-paste the following text to the bottom of your user talk page:

This user is asking that their autoblock or shared IP address block be lifted:

Autoblockedtext (block log • contribs • deleted contribs • abuse filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • user rights management • checkuser (log))

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IP address: $3 (block log • active blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • abuse filter log • WHOIS • RDNS • RBLs • unblock • checkuser (log))
Block ID: #$5 (BlockList • unblock)
Blocking admin: $1 (talk • blocks)
Block message:

$2

WARNING: If you were blocked directly then you are using the wrong template and your block will not be reviewed since you have not provided a reason for unblocking. Please use {{unblock | reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} instead.

Administrator use only:

If you ask the blocking administrator to comment on this request, or when you need checkuser assistance, please place {{subst:Unblock on hold-notification | 1=Autoblockedtext}} on the administrator's talk page. Then replace this template with the following:

{{unblock-auto on hold | 1=$1 | 2=<nowiki>$2</nowiki> | 3=$3 | 4=$5 | 5=~~~~}}

If you decline the unblock request, replace this template with the following, substituting decline reason here with any specific rationale. If the decline= parameter is omitted, a reason for unblocking will be requested.

{{unblock-auto reviewed | 1=$3 | 2=<nowiki>$2</nowiki> | 3=$1 | decline=decline reason here ~~~~}}

If you accept the unblock request, replace this template with the following, substituting accept reason here with your rationale:

{{unblock-auto reviewed | 1=$3 | 2=<nowiki>$2</nowiki> | 3=$1 | accept=accept reason here ~~~~}}

An administrator will show up shortly to review the block once you have added the above template to the bottom of your talk page.

If this problem affects you repeatedly, we encourage you to contact your service provider or IT department and ask them to contact Wikimedia's XFF project about enabling X-Forwarded-For HTTP headers on their proxy servers. This will reduce the chances of you being affected by future automatic blocks.

Emailing us

You will usually get a faster reply by posting the {{unblock-auto}} template on your talk page, as described above. If you need help, however, you can contact the unblock-en-l mailing list for assistance.

When emailing us, please copy and paste this form:

To request assistance with an autoblock:

• IP address: $3
• Blocking admin: $4
• Autoblock ID: $5
• Original block reason: $2
• Your account name (if you have one):

Even though emails sent to unblock-en-l mailing list are viewable only by administrators and trusted volunteers, under no circumstances should you email us your account's password or reveal it to anyone else even if asked to.

This list exists for the purpose of reviewing blocks only — any request to make edits to articles on your behalf will be disregarded. Correspondence containing legal threats, personal attacks or rudeness are likely to be ignored and may result in the lengthening of pre-existing blocks.

Click here to contact unblock-en-l