MediaWiki:Blockedtext

Block warning: You can read pages, but your account is blocked from editing and changing them.

What does this mean?
As do many websites, Times Square 42 Street's administrators occasionally block accounts and IP ranges that are deemed responsible for or related to problematic activity. You may be an innocent victim of collateral damage, whereby a block of some other activity has accidentally caused your account to be inaccessible. Alternatively, your account or IP may have been identified by an administrator as responsible for or related to misuse, or some other breach of policy.

If your account has been blocked by mistake, it will be reactivated very quickly, as soon as you let an administrator know of the problem. Otherwise, there is a rapid appeal process which obtains quick review by other independent administrators, and brief discussion of the matter. The box above gives the information you will need in either case, as provided by the blocking administrator.

What is a block?
 * A block is a measure used to protect Times Square 42 Street Wiki from possible improper use, or modification in breach of editorial policies. Once blocks are over, they become history unless problems recur. Blocks can apply to a user account, an IP, or a range of IPs. A number of automated features identify unblocked usage which apparently should be blocked; this can be quickly rectified if incorrect.

Most common causes
 * Your IP matches that used by another blocked account, or the software believes your account or IP is connected to another blocked account. Ask for further information and/or request unblocking.


 * Your account or a connected IP has been used in a problematic way, or your username was unsuitable and you need to choose another. The reason should be in the box above.


 * You have just clicked a 'red link' - an article that does not yet exist - but you don't have access to start a new page when no article exists already. Ask someone else to create the page for you, or create an account yourself to do so.


 * You are trying to edit a page that can only be edited by users with established accounts. See below.


 * You are using Google Web Accelerator or some other web accelerator, or an open proxy, or other similar software to access this site, which can interfere with some aspects of Wikipedia's vandalism-management process. Some schools, colleges, workplaces and ISPs can also cause this problem. Disable these and try again, or see below.

What do I do now?

 * 1) If the reason given is "username", "user...", "contact an administrator for verification purposes", or something similar, then you have been blocked for choosing an inappropriate username. To request a change in username and be unblocked, please follow these instructions. Alternatively, you can create a new account with a more appropriate name.
 * 2) If you have never edited Times Square 42 Street before, or do not have an account, please see the Unregistered? section for specific information.
 * 3) If your computer is blocked as an open proxy, please follow these instructions.
 * 4) If a specific reason is given or you wish to appeal, please see the following section.

Message
$7 was blocked by $1. Expiry: $6. IP Address: $3.