Schabi.de

July 2010

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, Schabi.de, may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it it could be promoting a website. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may file for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account and use that for editing. Thank you. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 13:19, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Hi! My "usual" nickname is schabi, and I'm using that username in the german wikipedia since years. Now I was surprised that I need to re-register for english wikipedia, and that "schabi" is not accepted because it is similar to "schabl" which seems to already exist. So I used schabi.de - schabi from deutschland. It happens that this also is my private domain since more than 10 years now, but I have no interest in promoting it, as I do not maintain the website currently, I only use it for e-mail. Schabi.de (talk) 14:04, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because your username, Schabi.de, does not meet our username policy.

Your username is the only reason for this block. You are welcome to choose a new username (see below).

A username should not be promotional, related to a "real-world" group or organization, misleading, offensive, or disruptive. Also, usernames may not end in the word "bot" unless the account is an approved bot account.

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:

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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. -- Cirt (talk) 02:20, 29 September 2010 (UTC)