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Problem with your editing or Wikipedia behavior (under any account or IP address) - your account or a connected IP has been used in a problematic way or there is a concern about your editing. Problem with your username - your username was unsuitable and has been blocked; you need to choose another before continuing.
Logo for the Wikipedia CheckUser tool and the checkuser team. The CheckUser tool is used by a small group of trusted Wikipedia users (called checkusers).The tool allows its users to determine from Wikipedia's servers the IP addresses used by a Wikipedia user account, as well as other technical data stored by the server about a user account or IP address.
If your account was blocked specifically as a "compromised account", you should contact a CheckUser or steward, who can hopefully verify that you are now back in control again. You can also ask a Wikipedian who has met you outside of Wikipedia to vouch for you, or you could use a previously disclosed {{ committed identity }} .
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.
CheckUser is a function of MediaWiki that investigates the IP addresses of an account to enforce blocks. [1] [2] Together with manual inspection, it assists in uncovering illegitimate behavior such as spam. [3] This protects the wiki from disruption by any particular group or individual. [4]
From time to time, specific networks and network connections must be prevented from creating accounts on Wikipedia. Depending on the circumstances of the block, you still may be able to create an account. To avoid having to request an account and wait in line, please review the information below before requesting an account using the ACC process.
It has been blocked from editing to prevent further abuse. If you are not the intended target of this block, please read the information below in order to receive assistance. Wikipedia tries to be open, but we sometimes must block IP addresses to prevent editing by abusers, vandals, or block evaders.
See Wikipedia:Appealing a block and Wikipedia:Guide to appealing blocks. If I made an account on Wikipedia on one IP address but opened it on another, would that create problems? You could be affected by an Wikipedia:Autoblock .