User talk:FrustratedGuy

I forgot that I already had made a new name, and accidentally signed in on the old one.

Incidentally, you might want to tell people when they sign up that "inappropriate" names will be immediately blocked, and maybe have something that tells people their name is inappropriate before they confirm the name and go through the whole rigamarole of signing up. I thought "FunkyButtLoving," a reference to the classic film "Rookie of the Year" was fairly tame. Anyway, it seems pretty stupid to let someone go through the process of registration only to have them discover that they can't actually use the service once they sign in. Also, since the only recourse someone in my position has is to change their username, the new username should not also be blocked. It is almost inevitable that a person who is blocked for this reason is going to immediately sign on with their new name. I understand blocking people from just abusing multiple names on the same IP address, but doing so in this case is ridiculous and counter-intuitive.

Anyway, the official reason I'm blocked is:

"Autoblocked because your IP address has been recently used by "Funkybuttloving". The reason given for Funkybuttloving's block is:

'Your username has been blocked indefinitely because it is either inappropriate or too similar to an existing username (see our blocking policy for more information). You are encouraged to create a new account and contribute to Wikipedia under a more appropriate username, and in a constructive manner. See Wikipedia:Username for guidance on selecting an appropriate username. You may also edit Wikipedia without creating an account. You are not allowed to edit Wikipedia under an inappropriate username. If you would like to discuss the block, you may edit your talk page or email the administrator who blocked you.

Due to Wikipedia's mechanism for enforcing name changes, your IP address may be temporarily blocked. Unless you have also been engaging in vandalism or impersonation of another user, we will remove that block as soon as possible—if this doesn't happen within an hour or so, please email an administrator and explain the situation (see the list of administrators).

If you want to keep the contributions from your old account for your new one, please add the following to your user talk page: (or  for short). This is possible because even when you are blocked, you can still edit your own talk page. Note that this can only be done before you create the new one. If you wish to change to a new username, please visit Wikipedia:Changing username for information. In many cases (especially if your account has few or no edits), it is a lot easier to simply create a new account.'"


 * The create page already contains

Your username should not contain: * offensive, confusing, or unreadable text or characters * names of celebrities, notable world figures or events, or known Wikipedians * words like "bot" or "script" that refer to automated editing processes * titles like "admin" or "sysop" that imply authority on Wikipedia

And links to the username policy on such, so if people don't read it I'm not sure what else you expect us to do.

As to you believing the orginal name to be fairly tame the policy also contains the following statement "Fairly or unfairly, the line between acceptable and unacceptable user names is drawn by those who find the username inappropriate, not by the creator of the name.".

I've removed the autoblock so you should now be able to edit with this account, sometimes the autoblocker reengages, if so please request an unblock again. --pgk( talk ) 17:26, 7 July 2006 (UTC)