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If the block is an autoblock, the reviewing administrator may need to email the appellant to ask for their IP address. If the block is a checkuser block, send it to review by checkusers; If the block is an open proxy block, send it to review by WP:OPP; If the block is an Arbcom block, direct the user to Arbcom list
Ask for further information and/or request unblocking. An administrator or CheckUser will investigate and consider whether it is likely this has happened. Using a VPN or other anonymizing proxy service - you are using a VPN or another service that uses proxies. These can be blocked for any period of time to protect site security.
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.
Watch this user's user and talk pages adds the blocked user's page to your watchlist. Now click Block. Leave {{subst:uw-uhblock-double}} on Keegagan's talk page to explain that he has been indefinitely blocked. User:Keegagan now says Keegagan is a family name and you wish to unblock him: Typical Admin Un-block form. Click on Keegagan's ...
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).
Monitoring your recent login activity can help you find out if your account has been accessed by unauthorized users. Review your recent activity and revoke access to suspicious entries using the info below.
Occasionally, a user will edit Wikipedia using the same IP address as another user who then becomes blocked. As a result, the first user will be shown a block message describing the other user's activity. If you receive a block notice about actions that you were not involved with, don't worry; stay calm.
Ensure you place \ before all .s or other characters with special meaning in regexps; you don't need to place \ before / Mark the request {} Log the addition at the bottom of MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/log, linking to the discussion (a template to do this will be available at the top of the request page after you mark it done).