Jack Melucci

Child editing

Regarding the edit summary left here about child editing, Wikipedia welcomes people of all ages to edit. We value safety and maintain a child protection policy. If you have further questions, here is information on contacting Wikipedia. Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 01:54, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for your time. My son will not have access to a computer until this is resolved. My husband and I had a long discussion. We did not have the video removed from his YouTube channel. It's best to let the mediator speak with all of you who have had interactions with a minor. Nine years old is too young to be editing on wikipedia without an adult checking to see the work. This profile is monitored until it's permanent removal from wikipedia. Thank God he didn't use his real name. Thank you to the board for your same concerns. Wikipedia replied with help quickly. Lessons learned today about how people are online.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jack Melucci (talk • contribs) 02:25, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi Jack Melucci. After seeing the edit summary referred to above, I asked Bagumba, who is a Wikipedia administrator, to try and help you sort things out. Just some things for general reference, Wikipedia is a project that basically anyone anywhere in the world can contribute to if they so like; so, there aren't any restrictions placed on how old someone has to be to create an account; moreover, it's also possible to edit without even registering for an account. It's pretty much impossible to know how old someone really is from just their edits unless they someone reveal their age to others. However, when an editor does come across someone who they think might be a minor, they may try to help them avoid problems by pointing them to pages such as Wikipedia:Guidance for younger editors or pointing their parents to pages like Wikipedia:Advice for parents.

The reason your son started attracting the attention of other editors wasn't because someone thought he was a young kid, but because some of his edits weren't in accordance with some of Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Your son asked for help here at the Wikipedia:Teahouse and some hosts tried to help. Your son's edits weren't a big problem so to speak and people were happy to try and help him sort things out until things unfortunately took a turn for the worst and he started making personal attacks against others at the Teahouse. This is a big deal since Wikipedia expects all editors to remain civil (or at least a make a really good effort to do so) when interacting with others and avoid any personal comments that might lead to problems between editors. This kind of behavior is the kind of thing that tends to quickly attract the attention of Wikipedia administrators and often leads them to take action if they feel it's needed.

So, this account was indefinitely blocked by Bagumba for this and other reasons to prevent it from being used to cause any further disruption. It currently cannot be used to edit any page other than this particular user talk page. An account cannot be deleted or permantly removed as explained in Wikipedia:Username policy#Deleting and merging accounts, but you can just abandon it you never intend to use it again. Just leave it be and it will remain blocked pretty much as long as Wikipedia's around. On the other hand, if you think that you might want to someday use this account again, you can request that it be unblocked as explained in Wikipedia:Appealing a block; indefinitely doesn't have to mean forever and even indefinitely blocked users have been allowed to edit again in cases where an administrator feels that it's worth giving them a second chance at becoming productive members of the Wikipedia community.

One important thing that an administrator will be looking at if you do decide try and get this account unblocked is whether it can be certain that the account is no longer compromised or otherwise at risk of being used by your son or anyone else again as explained in Wikipedia:Guide to appealing blocks#Compromised accounts. Accounts suspected of being compromised are pretty much never going to be unblocked as a precaution; so, if ever want to use this account again to edit, you're going to have to make sure that only you're the person using it. If you have any questions about the above, feel free use the template Template:Admin help and an administrator will try and answer them; I believe you can also try to get real-time assistance by using Wikipedia:IRC. If you'd rather seek help via email, you can try Wikipedia:Unblock Ticket Request System.

Finally, one thing about an account being blocked is that the block applies to the person behind the account; in other words, a block techinically remains in place regardless of whether that person decides to create another account to edit. Many editors who end up blocked feel that they can out smart the community and that nobody will be any wiser if they just create a new account to edit. Such a thing might work for awhile, but there are some pretty savy Wikipedia editors who are adept at sussing out these accounts and editors who repeatedly try to evade a block usually end up at Category:Wikipedia sockpuppeteers or even worse at Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/List. The best course of action is generally to appeal the block and try to convince an administrator that the behavior which led to the account be blocked will not be repeated. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:54, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

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