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An autoblock is an automatic block of an IP address.Autoblocks are the result of an attempt to edit Wikipedia from an IP address recently used by a blocked user. Each time a user edits Wikipedia, the IP address from which the edit was made is logged (this log is accessible only by a very small number of trusted users, called checkusers).
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.
Wikipedia policy on open proxies is clear: editing through them is blocked without exception once identified. While some users can use them to circumvent censorship or filters, they have been used far too many times by far too many blocked vandals for Wikipedians to assume good faith on their part.
We will semi protect the page from editing. In the edit box, you will see that the default "Allow all users" is checked. To semi-protect, check the box for Allow only autoconfirmed users. (To test fully protecting the page, select the Allow only administrators option.) At the bottom of the edit box there is a dropdown menu titled expires. The ...
Almost every Wikipedia user, whether they are a registered Wikipedian with an account and password or are just anonymously browsing, sees and can use an edit link on almost every page of the Encyclopedia, and following that link, can change the content of the page. And these changes are then immediately visible to anyone who views that page ...
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.
Accounts that appear, based on their edit history, to exist for the sole or primary purpose of promoting a person, company, product, service, or organization. See Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and Wikipedia:Spam. Accounts with inappropriate usernames. Public accounts (where the password is publicly available or shared with a large group).
To allow the user to continue to edit pages normally while blocking other actions: Uncheck the Editing checkbox. Check the other actions to block where appropriate. To prevent the user from editing specific pages or within a namespace: Select the Partial radio button below the Editing checkbox. Enter the specific pages in the Pages box.