User talk:CracklingAss

November 2018
Your account has been blocked indefinitely because the chosen username is a clear violation of our username policy – it is obviously profane, threatens, attacks or impersonates another person, or suggests that you do not intend to contribute positively to the encyclopedia (see our blocking and username policies for more information). We invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia, but users are not allowed to edit with inappropriate usernames and we do not tolerate 'bad faith' editing such as trolling or other disruptive behavior. If you think there are good reasons why these don't describe your account, or why you should be unblocked, you are welcome to appeal this block – read our guide to appealing blocks to understand more about unblock requests, and then add the text at the end of your user talk page. Longhair\talk 03:00, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I think that this is meant to reference the Angry Video Game Nerd, specifically an episode about a particularly bad video game based on Little Red Riding Hood, where the sound quality of the game was very poor. However this does still need to be changed to fit in with Wikipedia's username guidelines - a good alternative may be "user:videogames2018". Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:12, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
 * , can you adjust the block on this to remove the account creation block? It's negatively impacting the other students in the course, as they're getting autoblocked since they're sharing the university IP address. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:30, 13 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Done.-- Longhair\talk 17:32, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia with this username. This is because your username, CracklingAss, does not meet our username policy. '''Your username is the only reason for this block. You are welcome to choose a new username (see below) and continue editing.'''A username should not be promotional, related to a "real-world" group or organization, misleading, offensive or disruptive. Also, usernames may not end in the word "bot" unless the account is an approved bot account.You are encouraged to choose a new account name that meets our policy guidelines and create the account yourself. Alternatively, if you have already made edits and you wish to keep your existing contributions under a new name, then you may request a change in username by:
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If you think that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding the text below this notice, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. Longhair\talk 17:31, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks ! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:33, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Oh!, Quick note - it looks like it's still set to block logged in users from editing from the same IP address. Can you change that or does that mean that it will only impact this user? Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:36, 13 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Softblock active, others shouldn't be affected. There's nothing set that I can see that'd stop others. Is this user available to change their username so we can unblock this so they can resume as well? -- Longhair\talk 17:38, 13 November 2018 (UTC)


 * I've contacted their instructor, so hopefully the student should respond on here soon. (I work remotely from the class.) Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:43, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hello, CracklingAss, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

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