User talk:The Winner of the NH Primary is Sanders

February 2016
Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia with this username. This is because your username, The Winner of the NH Primary is Sanders, 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 below this notice the text, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. NJA (t/ c)  09:14, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

unblock request
User: The Winner of the NH Primary is Sander unblock reasoning: I am sorry for all the vandalism that I did. I looked at all the edits and do not find any vandalism but accept the administrator's judgement and apologize for all my vandalism. I suspect the real reason is my user name. It is not profanity but it is a little weird. Therefore, I ask to be unblock and will (if you don't do it) change my user name to "The Winner of the NH". I chose my original username because it is very hard to choose a username that is not already used OR that the wikipedia computer deems is a little similar to an existing name. Please unblock and I will be a good Wikipedian. The Winner of the NH Primary is Sanders (talk) 06:11, 5 February 2016 (UTC) | 4=NJA (t/ c)  20:36, 5 February 2016 (UTC)}}

- You've lost me, I'm afraid. Can you show me some diffs of this user clearly vandalising? All I see is good faith edits. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  12:56, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I'll be the first to accept when I make a mistake. This may be the case here particularly regarding any "vandalism". I'm more concerned about the name potentially being promotional or shared but it seems you're saying you're an individual. If you're not affiliated officially then I'm happy to unblock but it might be in the long run for you to choose to go with the other name you've suggested (or any other you want as it seems maybe [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:The_Winner_of_the_NH_Primary_is_Sanders&oldid=703053421|2|you're not keen on the name itself]). Let me know or I'm happy for another admin to action this. Please accept apologies for inconveniencing you. NJA (t/ c)  18:35, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
 * kindly let me, and/or other admins know here whether you want that new suggested name, another or for this name to be unblocked for use so we may close down this request? If nothing in another 5 days this request may be abandoned. Thanks. NJA (t/ c)  07:35, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

I've removed the unblock request and corresponding discussion as at this stage it's a stale request and therefore lingering on admin backlogs. Without editor confirmation (pinged twice over several days) I, as the blocking admin have revised the block to allow IP use & new user name creation, removed the erroneous block log for a VOA account. Thus in summary and to confirm to other admins: this was if anything a soft-block for a potential username policy issue and NOT vandalism, which I erroneously recorded when initially blocking. This editor is free and encouraged to contribute to Wikipedia on any name he or she chooses and if requested again here he or she can seek unblock on this name with my involvement, though I'm happy to do if requested. Apologies again for this and happy editing. <em style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#6600CC">NJA <em style="color:#63D1F4">(t/ <em style="color:#63D1F4">c)  09:11, 15 February 2016 (UTC)