John Prescot

December 2010

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because your username, John Prescot, matches the name of a well-known living individual. Note that the practice of blocking such usernames is to protect you from being impersonated; not to discourage you from editing Wikipedia. 

You are encouraged to choose a new account name that meets our policy guidelines. 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:

1. Adding {{unblock-un|your new username here}} on your user talk page. You should be able to do this even though you are blocked, as you can usually still edit your own talk page. If not, you may wish to contact the blocking administrator by clicking on "E-mail this user" on their talk page.
2. At an administrator's discretion, you may be unblocked for 24 hours to file a request.
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If you feel that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text {{unblock|Your reason here}}, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. Rodhullandemu 16:33, 24 December 2010 (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).

John Prescot (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

If unblocked, I will admit that I'm not John Prescott on my user page rather than copying his article.

Decline reason:

Somehow you have managed to find the wrong template to use (have you edited much before?), please refer to your block notice and use the correct unblock template  Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 18:13, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

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You did not copy his article, you redirected John Prescott to your user page. That is blatant vandalism. Do you not understand that? –MuZemike 17:55, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

I copied the contents of John Prescott to my user page. As they saw the same thing anyway, do those edits matter? John Prescot (talk) 17:59, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

You don't "move" an article to your userspage (which is misspelled) and force people to edit your userpage to edit that page. –MuZemike 18:04, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

I wouldn't stop them editing my userpage anyway. So what's the problem with that? John Prescot (talk) 18:08, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

User pages are not the place for articles; the Wikipedia mainspace is where articles go, and properly spelled. If you do not understand that, then I am afraid you will remain blocked. –MuZemike 18:10, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Alright, I'll understand that articles have to be spelled right. John Prescot (talk) 18:11, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Do you also understand that "moving" articles to your user page in the manner in which you did is wrong? –MuZemike 18:16, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without a good reason (see the blocking policy). Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

John Prescot (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Requested username:

JohnPrescottFan (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

original unblock reason

Decline reason:

You are a sockpuppet of Thehelpinghand (talk · contribs)Kiko4564 (talk · contribs). PeterSymonds (talk) 18:26, 24 December 2010 (UTC)