Template:Uw-softerblock/sandbox

Your account has been blocked from editing because your username gives the impression that the account represents a group, club, organization, company, or website. 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.

You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable, regardless of the username that you choose. Additionally, if your contributions to Wikipedia form all or part of work for which you are, or expect to be, paid or compensated in any way, you must disclose who is paying you to edit here. You may also read our FAQ for article subjects

Please take a moment to either create a new account, or request a username change to this account.

• To create a new account with a different username, simply log out of this account and then click here to make a new one.
• If you prefer to change the username of this account, you may do so by adding the following text to the bottom of your user talk page (this page): {{unblock-un|new username|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.

Important items to note:

• The new username that you choose must represent you as an individual person, and it must comply with Wikipedia's username policy.
  • You are permitted to use a username that contains the name of a company or organization if it also identifies you individually. Examples include: "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87", but not "SEO Manager at XYZ Company".
• The new username you choose cannot already be taken and used by another account. You can search here to see if the username you'd like to choose is available. If the search returns, "There is no global account for [username]", that means it is available.

Appeals: If your username does not represent a group, organization, department, website, or other entity described above, and if you believe that this block was incorrect or made in error, you may appeal this block by adding the following text to the bottom of your user talk page (this page): {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. 

Thank you.

This template should not be used on user talk pages of accounts with (account creation blocked) status. Only use this template on user talk pages of accounts with (autoblock disabled) status.

Template documentation

This template is used to notify a user that they have been blocked. It informs them of the reason for their block and describes the steps they can take if they wish to continue editing. It has been carefully designed based on guidelines by the user warnings project.

Please refer to the index of message templates before using any template on user talk pages to warn a user. Applying the best template available for your purpose may help reduce confusion from the message you are sending.

Note: Only administrators can block users; adding a block template does not constitute a block. See RFAA to request that a user be blocked.

Usage

Please remember to substitute the template by using {{subst:Uw-softerblock/sandbox}} rather than {{Uw-softerblock/sandbox}}. (Although this template must be substituted in the user talk page, it has also been designed to display properly when substitution is not possible.)

To give greater detail to your message, you may specify: the block duration, a specific reason for the block, and to auto-include your signature.

{{subst:Uw-softerblock/sandbox|anon=yes|reason=For a different reason|notalk=yes|page=Targeted page|sig=yes}}

Notes

• If not blocking an anonymous user, omit the anon parameter.
• Include the page parameter to refer to a page on which the conduct supporting the block occurred.
• The notalk parameter should always be omitted unless the user cannot edit their own talk page.
• The optional for parameter can be used if the word "for" before the block reason doesn't grammatically work. For example, if for=per is written, the block notice will say "blocked from editing per". Don't use this parameter if you don't want to change the word "for".

See also

• The message for the unblock process can be found at Template:Uw-block/unblock.

Description	Good-faith (soft block)	No/bad-faith (hard block)
Standard	{{subst:uw-ublock}}	{{subst:uw-uhblock}}
Promotional username	{{subst:uw-softerblock}}	{{subst:uw-spamublock}}
Promoting a cause (possibly not notable)	{{subst:uw-causeblock}}
Vandalism and blatant username violation		{{subst:uw-vaublock}}
Ends with the suffix -bot	{{subst:uw-botublock}}	{{subst:uw-botuhblock}}
Well-known (specific and identifiable) person	{{subst:uw-ublock-wellknown}}
Implies administrative authority	{{subst:uw-adminublock}}	{{subst:uw-adminuhblock}}
Impersonator of another user	{{subst:uw-ublock-double}}	{{subst:uw-uhblock-double}}

Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (create) pages.
Subpages of this template.