Template:Uw-causeblock

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, club, organization, company, or website - I have blocked this account. Please take a moment to either create a new account, or request a change of username of your current account here. The new username must represent only yourself as an individual and comply with Wikipedia's username policy.

It also appears that your account is intended to be used for the purpose of telling the world about an organization, person or cause that you consider worthwhile. Unfortunately, many good causes are not sufficiently notable for their own Wikipedia article, and all users are discouraged from editing in any area where they have an inherent conflict of interest. You may wish to consider one of these alternative outlets. Additionally, if your contributions to Wikipedia form all or part of work for which you are, or expect to be, paid, you must disclose who is paying you to edit.

Please also note that you are permitted to use a username that contains the name of a company or organization if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} at the bottom of your talk page.

You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text

{{unblock-un|new username|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}

at the bottom of your talk page. Please note that you may only request a name that is not already in use, so please check here for a listing of already taken names.

 Thank you.

Template documentation

This template is used to notify a user that they have been blocked. It informs them of the reason for their block and describes the steps they can take if they wish to continue editing. It has been carefully designed based on guidelines by the user warnings project.

Please refer to the index of message templates before using any template on user talk pages to warn a user. Applying the best template available for your purpose may help reduce confusion from the message you are sending.

Note: Only administrators can block users; adding a block template does not constitute a block. See RFAA to request that a user be blocked.

Usage

Please remember to substitute the template by using {{subst:Uw-causeblock}} rather than {{Uw-causeblock}}. (Although this template must be substituted in the user talk page, it has also been designed to display properly when substitution is not possible.)

To give greater detail to your message, you may specify: the block duration, a specific reason for the block, and auto-include your signature.

{{subst:Uw-causeblock|anon=yes|time=Duration|reason=For a different reason|notalk=yes|page=Targeted page|sig=yes}}

Notes

• If you do not set a block expiry, replace time=Duration with indef=yes.
• An already indefinite block template does not require the time or indef parameters.
• If not blocking an anonymous user, omit the anon parameter.
• Include the page parameter to refer to a page on which the conduct supporting the block occurred.
• The notalk parameter should always be omitted unless the user cannot edit their own talk page.
• The optional for parameter can be used if the word "for" before the block reason doesn't grammatically work. For example, if for=per is written, the block notice will say "blocked from editing per". Don't use this parameter if you don't want to change the word "for".

See also

• The message for the unblock process can be found at Template:Uw-block/unblock.

Block templates

Temporary	Indefinite	Partial
{{uw-block}}	{{uw-block|indef=yes}} or {{uw-blockindef}}	{{uw-pblock}}
{{uw-ablock}} for IP addresses {{uw-adblock}} advertising {{uw-aeblock}} for arbitration enforcement blocks {{uw-bioblock}} for BLP violations {{uw-blocknotalk}} cannot edit own talk page {{uw-botblock}} for running unapproved bot scripts {{uw-copyrightblock}} for copyright infringement {{uw-csblock}} for enforcing general sanctions or article probation imposed by the community {{uw-disruptblock}} for disruptive editing {{uw-dblock}} deletion / removal {{uw-ewblock}} edit warring block {{uw-efblock}} for repeatedly tripping edit filters {{uw-gwblock}} genre warring block {{uw-hblock}} attempting to harass other users {{uw-lblock}} making legal threats {{uw-nfimageblock}} Repeatedly uploading non-free content that violates the relevant policy {{uw-npblock}} creation of nonsense pages {{uw-pablock}} personal {{uw-sblock}} spamming {{uw-socialmediablock}} using Wikipedia as a blog, webhost or social networking site {{uw-sockblock}} sock puppetry {{uw-ipevadeblock}} block evasion {{uw-ucblock}} unsourced content {{uw-vblock}} vandalism	{{uw-adminublock}} use of a 'sysop' username {{uw-botublock}} use of a 'bot' username {{uw-botuhblock}} use of a 'bot' username and vandalism or disruption-only account {{uw-ublock}} username policy violation {{uw-compblock}} possible compromised account {{uw-deoablock}} disruption / trolling only accounts {{uw-nothereblock}} not here to build an encyclopedia {{uw-pblockindef}} indefinite partial blocks {{uw-soablock}} spam / advertising-only accounts {{uw-softerblock}} promotional username block {{uw-spamublock}} spamming & username violation {{uw-ublock-double}} possible username just similar to another user {{uw-ublock-nonsense}} username that is a meaningless string of characters {{uw-ublock-wellknown}} username of a well-known person block {{uw-uhblock}} blatant username violation (bad-faith) {{uw-uhblock-double}} blatant username impersonation in bad faith {{uw-upeblock}} undisclosed paid editing & advertising/promotional accounts {{uw-vaublock}} vandalism-only accounts & username violation {{uw-voablock}} for vandalism-only account {{uw-blockindefnotalk}} blocks without talk page access; informs user of WP:UTRS	{{uw-pblock}} temporary partial blocks {{uw-pblockindef}} indefinite partial blocks {{uw-ewpblock}} edit warring block {{uw-epblock}} email block {{uw-acpblock}} account creation block {{uw-aepblock}} arbitration enforcement partial block

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