2600:8805:9200:888:5880:A5D9:5831:A930

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I want to create an account but am blocked for three years by Graham87 for "disruptive editing" despite the fact that I have never had a Wikipedia account or edited any pages. 2600:8805:9200:888:5880:A5D9:5831:A930 (talk) 17:44, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

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Request reason:

I want to create an account but am blocked for three years by Graham87 for "disruptive editing" despite the fact that I have never had a Wikipedia account or edited any pages.

Decline reason:

If you have never edited, then you are not the target of the block. Unfortunately, sometimes abusive users make such measures necessary to protect Wikipedia. What you can do is go to a different location with a different IP address and create an account there; you can then return to your current location and use the account, as the block is only on IP editing. 331dot (talk) 18:36, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

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I think this was declined a bit too quickly. @Graham87: why is this IP range blocked for three years? NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 18:49, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

@NinjaRobotPirate: Because almost all (~100%) of its contribs over the years that I checked were by this rather interesting editor who messed around with Jewish topics and disambiguation pages in a rather ... unconventional way that broke many Manual of Style rules, destroyed the formatting, and tried to "fix" grammar/phrasing in a way that was not helpful. I did try to communicate by email with this user (see the latest contribs) but got some ... rather unusual responses, which indicate that this person is not suited to editing Wikipedia. She told me she used to have an account but chose to stop using it ... she said she couldn't recall its name though. Debresser also dealt with this editor and the discussion they had mentioning her is at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism/Archive 37#IPv6 user needs careful review. I'd be OK with turning on account creation for the range ... an unblock may well require daily monitoring as she makes prodigious quantities of edits. Graham87 04:47, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Fixing ping to Debresser. Graham87 04:50, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

As indicated at the WT:JUDAISM page, there was hardly an acceptable edit among the edits made by the editor in this IPv6 range. If this was an existing editor, then they should at least me aware of the basics of editing, which makes the obvious fact that the opposite is the case all the more worrisome. Let them create a (new) account, then we can see, but I am afraid this is one editor we can do without. Again, the range block is not a real obstacle, since the editor can always create an account, so better block this range. Debresser (talk) 18:16, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

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