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Problem with your username - your username was unsuitable and has been blocked; you need to choose another before continuing. Unintended triggering of anti-vandalism systems (known as "collateral damage") - your IP address unfortunately happens to match an IP address used by a blocked account. Ask for further information and/or request unblocking.
A1: A block prevents a user account, an IP address, or a range of IP addresses from editing Wikipedia, either partially or entirely. Blocked users can still open, access, and read any article or page on Wikipedia; they just cannot modify or edit any pages that are restricted by the block.
Your IP address and all of your accounts will be blocked. If you bring your vandalism to other Wikimedia projects like Wikibooks or Wiktionary, a steward will globally lock your account, preventing you from being able to edit pages on any Wikimedia project. In some cases, your IP may even be globally blocked.
My account has been blocked If your account has been blocked from editing, you may not create nor request a new account. Instead, you should appeal your block following the guide to appealing blocks. If you are unable to edit your user talk page to request an unblock of your account, you must file an unblock request using the UTRS process here.
This allows the blocked account to create a new account with a username that is in compliance with the username policy, or to simply choose to edit anonymously instead. A hard account block (autoblock enabled, account creation disabled) will apply an autoblock to the IP address the account last used to edit, and disable the ability for the user ...
See global account details for more information."; or by looking at global account information, where the global account information section will contain "This account is locked. See the global account details on Meta-Wiki for more details.". Requests for global locks should be made at m:SRG (Steward requests/Global at Meta-Wiki).
If your account is "CheckUser blocked" (which is usually marked by using the {{checkuserblock-account}} tag within the block reason), this means that private CheckUser data was retrieved, determined to be relevant, and was taken into account or was a factor behind the decision to block the account.
Users that violate the terms of a partial ban may be site-wide blocked to enforce the ban. If the banned editor creates sockpuppet accounts to evade the ban, these usually will be blocked as well. When evasion is a problem, the IP address of a banned editor who edits from a static IP address may also be blocked for the duration of the ban. If a ...