MediaWiki:Autoblockedtext
This IP address has been automatically blocked on Festipedia.This does not affect your ability to read Festipedia pages.
This is because someone using this internet address or shared proxy server was blocked. The ability for all users on this IP address to edit pages has been automatically suspended to prevent abuse by the blocked party. Innocent users are sometimes caught in an autoblock.
Most people who see this message have done nothing wrong.
Some kinds of blocks restrict editing from specific service providers or telecom companies in response to recent abuse or vandalism, and affect other users who are unrelated to that abuse. See below if you do not believe you have done anything wrong.
The IP address or range $7 has been automatically blocked (disabled) by $1 for the following reason(s):
$2
This block will expire on $6. The block ID is $5.
Even when blocked, you will usually still be able to edit your user talk page and email administrators and other editors.
What does this mean?
As on many websites, Festipedia 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 Festipedia from possible improper use or modification. Once a block has expired, they become history unless problems reoccur. Blocks can be applied to a user account, an IP address, or a range of IP addresses. 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 causes of an autoblock
- The typical cause of an autoblock is because your IP address or network is either the same one used by another blocked account, or the software believes your account or IP address is connected to another blocked account. Due to the nature of some Internet service providers, automatic blocks may inadvertently affect people other than the person who the block was intended for.
Rectifying an autoblock
Unblock request
If you are unjustly affected by this block, please contact $1 (the blocking administrator) via email to resolve the problem that led to the block. You cannot use the 'email this user' feature unless you have a valid email address registered and confirmed in your user preferences and you have not been blocked from using it. If, after discussing the matter with $1, you still believe your block is unfair, you may appeal the block by requesting that another administrator review your block.
Emailing us
When emailing an administrator, 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 your email will only be viewable by the administrator to whom you send it, under no circumstances should you email us your account's password or reveal it to anyone else even if asked to.
Correspondence containing legal threats, personal attacks or rudeness is likely to be ignored and may result in having your current block extended.
IMPORTANT: Please do not email us without providing the information requested above. You are wasting your time and ours if you do.
Other useful links: Help:I have been blocked