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This policy describes what kinds of usernames are acceptable on the English Wikipedia and how unacceptable or doubtful usernames can be dealt with. It also specifies that a user account should be used only by one person, and that in most cases one person should use only one account. You choose your username when creating a user account.
Blocking is the method by which administrators technically prevent users from editing Wikipedia. Blocks may be applied to user accounts, to IP addresses, and to IP address ranges, for either a definite or an indefinite time, to all or a subset of pages. Blocked users can continue to access Wikipedia, but cannot edit any page they are blocked ...
Banning policy. Blocking policy. Protection policy. v. t. e. A ban is a formal prohibition from editing some or all pages on the English Wikipedia, or a formal prohibition from making certain types of edits on Wikipedia pages. Bans can be imposed for a specified or an indefinite duration. Bans are a possible outcome of dispute resolution.
Most common causes. 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:Blocked users. You may be looking for: the list of all blocked users. the list of all autoblocked users. the list of recent blocks. the blocking policy. the banning policy, not the same as the blocking policy. This page is a list of project pages associated with the same title or shortcut. If an internal link led you here, you may ...
This category combines all Wikipedia usernames with possible policy issues from September 2022 (2022-09) to enable us to work through the backlog more systematically. It is a member of Category:Wikipedia usernames with possible policy issues.
Censorship of Wikipedia. Censorship of Wikipedia by governments has occurred widely in countries including (but not limited to) China, Iran, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, and Venezuela. Some instances are examples of widespread Internet censorship in general that includes Wikipedia content.
The Facebook real-name policy controversy is a controversy over social networking site Facebook 's real-name system, which requires that a person use their legal name when they register an account and configure their user profile. [ 1] The controversy stems from claims by some users that they are being penalized by Facebook for using their real ...