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Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames that give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy.  You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose.

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Unblock appeal

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Sorry for violating Wikipedia's rules.

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Request reason:

Apprantely , I didn't know that this would contribute to a violation of Wikipedia's rules. I simply thought it as a small 'brief' to my custom browser. Please unblock my account. I didn't intend to spam at all. You can see my main MediaWiki account(Leaderboard) to verify it.

Decline reason:

Your intent is irrelevant; your request does not address the username issue. You should propose a new one using {{unblock-un}}. — Daniel Case (talk) 01:23, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

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--Leaderboard (talk) 18:08, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Unblock request

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Request reason:

I do not believe that the username Leaderboard should be blocked. It is simply that I use the name Leaderboard in most sites and have also used that name in my website and in my custom browser. I do not see the reason of ban here. Thank you , Leaderboard (talk) 14:40, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

Decline reason:

If I'd blocked you, it would have been with the spam username format. Saying "Get it at..." is advertising whichever way you look at it. Leaderboard is the name of your site, and of a product of yours. It is therefore not a suitable name for use here. I would point out that even if/when you get a name change to something suitable, you will probably be restricted from writing about or linking to your site or product(s). Wikipedia does not allow advertising or promotion, or things that look like them. Peridon (talk) 15:21, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

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Unblock request 3

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Requested username:

new username (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

Is there any exception here ,considering my contributions to other projects? I know that I'm making a lot of requests for unblock , but I am willing to contribute here as well , but am stopped by this unwanted rule(at least in my case). Thank you.Leaderboard (talk) 17:09, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

Decline reason:

No, you still need to change your username. PhilKnight (talk) 18:23, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

This blocked user is asking that their block be reviewed on the Unblock Ticket Request System:

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UTRS appeal #21740 was submitted on Jun 06, 2018 10:55:44. This review is now closed.

--UTRSBot (talk) 10:55, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

Unblock request 5

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Request reason:

I've been asked to appeal at my talk page, so here goes. Right from the start, I believed that I had done no wrong and that I was unfairly blocked because some user(s) (and the admins who rejected my previous appeals) had misassessed the situation completely.
Let me make it clear:
Leaderboard is just my pseudonym. It is NOT a company. It is NOT registered anywhere in the world. I don't earn any kind of money from the name.
The only thing I did was to create a website (which is defunct since 2014) with my pseudonym, which some user(s) and admins somehow thought it violated the rules. And that was just my personal website; what's wrong with that? My username "Leaderboard" was thought to represent some company, group or entity and hence apparantely violated Wikipedia's rules. I never did any sort of 'promotion' on any public Wikipeda article. At that time, I just put some introductory information on my userpage about a web browser that I was working on only on my userpage. That one was as private (i.e, nothing to do with a company or entity) as it could be; it could easily be written as James' Web Browser instead of Leaderboard's Web Browser (or someone simply linking to his/her GitHub repo) and which is also defunct since 2014. And if that (unintentional 'advertising') was the issue, I was not properly notified of the same and was a clear newcomer bitten. Let me repeat it again: Leaderboard is NOT a company/entity/for-profit/non-for-profit in any form - it's only my personal pseudonym. And somehow only Wikipedia (of all the Wikimedia sites) thinks that it is. Leaderboard (talk) 12:54, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

Decline reason:

Your name seems to represent a product- a web browser. Your deleted user page had "Leaderboard Web Browser" on it. You will need to change your username, as several others have told you. I am declining this request; if you make another where you do not suggest a new username, your talk page access will be removed. 331dot (talk) 13:03, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

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Unblocked

See Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Review_of_Leaderboard's_block

I have unblocked.

You have read the concern about your username. While the initial block was appropriate, a username referred to a product that was in existence at the time, it appears that it is now defunct. Although a user rename would resolve all concerns, I recognize you have contributions to multiple projects, so the user rename is not a good option. Please understand that if the project associated with your name is reinvigorated and you edit about it, a block is likely to follow.--S Philbrick(Talk) 20:25, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

@Sphilbrick:Thank you. Finally I can start contributing to Wikipedia like I would do to any other project rather than being held up by an useless block. Leaderboard (talk) 20:38, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

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FYI

Hi, Leaderboard. I have seen that you did not voted in 2019 for Vituzzu to be confirmed as Steward. I agree with you and for further information about "who is Vituzzu", please go to (Redacted) Sincerely, M1959 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.229.195.120 (talk) 23:26, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I don't know enough about him to make an informed decision on this. Leaderboard (talk) 23:34, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

Keep

I think he/she is right... Ransome7 (talk) 22:34, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Sorry, did not get you @Ransome7:. Leaderboard (talk) 07:16, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

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