User talk:GeorgeWashingtonWitnessTreeMuseum

Your username
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "GeorgeWashingtonWitnessTreeMuseum", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, service, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually (not your role), such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87", but not "SEO Manager at XYZ Company".

Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, service, or website, regardless of your username. Please also read our paid editing policy and our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please request a change of username by completing the form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest, choosing a username that complies with our username policy. Alternatively, you can just create a new account and use that for editing. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. Leonidlednev (talk) 14:57, 5 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks so much for your help. Unfortunately, while I was following your advice... The Blade of the Northern Lights blocked me. I followed your link and am waiting on my username change. You were very helpful. Thanks again! GeorgeWashingtonWitnessTreeMuseum (talk) 19:09, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * P.S. Do you have any Idea about how long the username change takes? It really felt like I got "bit" by the other person. Thanks again! GeorgeWashingtonWitnessTreeMuseum (talk) 19:25, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

January 2023
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 from editing. You are welcome to continue editing after you have chosen a new username that complies with Wikipedia's username policy.

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Thank you. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 18:35, 5 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello, I just joined a few hours ago. I was told this by Leonidlednev. He was very helpful. I was in the process of changing the username when you blocked me. This account is not shared by multiple people, I am not a promotor, I am not paid for this, I have read the guidelines Leonidlednev suggested. I am amazed you blocked me in my first hours while I was fixing the recommendation sent to me already. I will not let this sour my experience on wiki. I simply wish you joy of the day and can't wait to hear back from wiki in my name change. GeorgeWashingtonWitnessTreeMuseum (talk) 19:07, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Unblocking Request.
 * I had just joined wiki a few hours ago. An editor named Leonidlednev was very helpful and courteous. He informed me I needed a name change which I was in the process of doing. I am currently waiting for my name change to be approved. I am a single individual and are willing and happy to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner. I am not paid for this. My new requested username does not represent a company, group, organization, product, service, or website. The Blade of the Northern Lights permanently, and indefinity blocked me while I was requesting the name change. Sorry... like I said... I have only been on wiki a few hours and Leonidlednev sent me a lot of good information to read. It took me a while to read it. During that time I was banned. This seems unfair as I was fixing what was requested to be fixed while I was being banned. I think they did not mean too... but it really feels like I was "bitten" by my blocker. GeorgeWashingtonWitnessTreeMuseum (talk) 19:57, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Please use this template to file an appeal. (do not include the "nowiki" tags). Kleuske (talk) 20:00, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much! I have only been a member on wiki for a few hours and I am having to learn a lot quickly. Thanks again for your help! GeorgeWashingtonWitnessTreeMuseum (talk) 20:13, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * unblock-un|new username|reason=Problem Fixed
 * I had just joined wiki a few hours ago. An editor named Leonidlednev was very helpful and courteous. He informed me I needed a name change which I was in the process of doing. I am currently waiting for my name change to be approved. I am a single individual and are willing and happy to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner. I am not paid for this. My new requested username does not represent a company, group, organization, product, service, or website. The Blade of the Northern Lights permanently, and indefinity blocked me while I was requesting the name change. Sorry... like I said... I have only been on wiki a few hours and Leonidlednev sent me a lot of good information to read. It took me a while to read it. During that time I was banned. This seems unfair as I was fixing what was requested to be fixed while I was being banned. I think they did not mean too... but it really feels like I was "bitten" by my blocker The Blade of the Northern Lights. Editor Kleuske has been very helpful with unblock appeal template. Thanks. GeorgeWashingtonWitnessTreeMuseum (talk) 20:11, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * You may want to rethink "bitten by a blocker" bit. I don't think that will go over well with other admins (or me, for that matter). You have a "softerblock" at the moment. All you need to do is fill out the template and post it. And I don't know how to make it any clearer, but please use the template. Just C&P from the blue thing above and fill it in. This does not really work. Kleuske (talk) 20:21, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the recommendation. I will take your advice. However, that is very much how I feel. Imagine on your first day at school... Your teacher tells you there is a problem with your work (A simple and honest mistake that is easily fixable) and gives you the information and time to fix it. Then another teacher comes in an denies you access to many things in the school while you were following the first teachers' instructions. Would that not seem unfair, and you feel hurt? Perhaps it is because I am new... But I am confused how an indefinite block is softer. I am also curious how the block can get worse as you mention "at the moment." Thanks for your help! I will post the correct template soon. P.S. Do you have any Idea about how long the username change takes? GeorgeWashingtonWitnessTreeMuseum (talk) 20:38, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I think you might be getting confused by some Wikipedia jargon. A "soft block" prohibits only a specific account from editing, but not the IP address to which the account last used. Therefore someone from that IP address could continue editing as an unregistered user. A "hard block" is a more punitive block that also prohibits the last IP address used by the blocked account from editing.
 * Your unblock request will be reviewed when an administrator has time to review it. Every editor on Wikipedia is a volunteer, contributing when their time permits. Although admins try to review unblock requests in a timely manner, there is no deadline here. It may be several days or weeks before your request is reviewed. However, you have not submitted your unblock request yet using the unblock-un template... therefore no one will review it until such time as you submit it. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 06:25, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

Hello
Hi, GeorgeWashingtonWitnessTreeMuseum,

I don't know if you still are interested in editing Wikipedia but you needed to follow the instructions in your blocking notice. You didn't and so no one saw that you were posting an unblock request.

Use this format exactly. On your talk page will appear an unblock request and the page will be placed in a category for unblock requests that will be reviewed by administrators. Liz Read! Talk! 06:54, 5 July 2023 (UTC)