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You are encouraged to choose a new account name that meets our [[Wikipedia:Username policy|username policy]] guidelines and '''[[Special:Userlogin/signup|create the account yourself]]'''. Alternatively, if you wish for your [[Special:MyContributions|existing contributions]] to carry over under a new name, then you may request a '''[[Wikipedia:Changing username|change in username]]''' by:
:# Adding <!-- Copy the text as it appears on your page, not as it appears in this edit area. Do not include the "tlx" argument. -->{{tlx|unblock-un|''your new username here''}} {{SAFESUBST:<noinclude />#switch:{{SAFESUBST:<noinclude />NAMESPACE}}|User talk=below.|on [[Special:MyTalk|your user talk page]].}} You should be able to do this even though you are blocked. If not, you may wish to contact the blocking administrator by clicking on "Email this user" from their talk page.
:# At an administrator's discretion, you may be unblocked for 24 hours to file a change of name request.
:# Your requested new username cannot already be in use. Therefore, please check the list [[Special:CentralAuth|here]] to see if a name is taken <u>prior</u> to requesting a change of name.

'''Appeals:''' If, after reading the [[Wikipedia:Guide to appealing blocks|guide to appealing blocks]] you believe you were blocked in error, then you may [[Wikipedia:Appealing a block|appeal this block]] by adding <!-- Copy the text as it appears on your page, not as it appears in this edit area. -->{{tlx|unblock|Your reason here}} {{SAFESUBST:<noinclude />#switch:{{SAFESUBST:<noinclude />NAMESPACE}}|User talk=below this notice|on [[Special:MyTalk|your user talk page]]}}.