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⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 19:19, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

March 2024

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Mechabot5", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because of WP:MISLEADNAME: "Usernames that could be easily misunderstood to refer to a "bot" (which is used to identify bot accounts) or a "script" (which alludes to automated editing processes), unless the account is of that type". If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username by completing the form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. Skyshiftertalk 19:36, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

ANI notice

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Discriminatory behavior from Mechabot5 at Talk:Sweet Baby Inc.. Thank you. Woodroar (talk) 00:21, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

March 2024

Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia because your username, Mechabot5, does not comply with Wikipedia's username policy. Your username is the principal reason for the block. You are welcome to continue editing after you have chosen a new username that complies with Wikipedia's username policy, which is summarized here.

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Thank you. Acroterion (talk) 00:33, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

However, your demand that members of LGBTQ communities recuse themselves from the SBI article and talkpage is utterly unacceptable. The discussion concerning your behavior remains open at ANI. Acroterion (talk) 00:34, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Acroterion, please standby for my response to "Trade" after my username has been corrected. It appears the editor "Trade" deceitfully misquoted me in attempt to paint my partial comment as discrimination against the LGBT community. As a member of that community, it only further asserts the issues currently occurring on the SBI talk page and the immediate need for administrator oversight. Mechabot5 (talk) 01:39, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Just remember to post the response on the Administrator's Noticeboard, not your user talk page. --Trade (talk) 02:02, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

"Deceitfully"? You're not improving your position. The necessary administrator oversight I am seeing involves you. I'm not addressing the username and block without an appropriate response from you. I can read what you wrote at Talk:SBI too. Acroterion (talk) 02:52, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

You haven't even been an editor for 24 hours and you are already blocked, because of your username, been brought to ANI. There are editors who've been editing for years who haven't been brought to a noticeboard. This doesn't bode well for your longevity as an editor here. You can't go around making demands of other editors. You are a new editor and you need to learn the policies, guidelines and norms for this platform before you go around demanding other editors recuse themselves from discussions. Most editors do not post identifying information about themselves on their User pages so we have no idea who they are. Discussions are open to everyone to participate in as long as there aren't editing restrictions. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:00, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

I have renamed you, but the other issue above needs to be resolved before unblocking. — Ingenuity (talk • contribs) 03:40, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because it appears that you are not here to build an encyclopedia.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Black Kite (talk) 22:23, 25 March 2024 (UTC)