[WikiEN-l] Why am I being blocked?

Sun Sep 25 00:00:06 UTC 2005

I have made several attempts to update/correct articles on Wikipedia, 
and have received the following message, or some variation of it:

You have attempted to edit a page, either by clicking the "edit this 
page" tab or by following a red link.

Your user name or IP address has been 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy>blocked by 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jayjg>Jayjg.

The reason given is this:
massive vandalism from this range from banned 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Alberuni>User:Alberuni; we 
apologise for the inconvenience

You can <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Emailuser/Jayjg>email 
Jayjg or one of the other 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_administrators>administrators 
to discuss the block. You may also edit 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Mytalk>your user talk page if 
you wish. If you believe that our 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy>blocking 
policy was violated, you may discuss the block publicly on the 
<http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l>WikiEN-l mailing 
list. Note that you may not use the "email this user" feature unless 
you have a Wikipedia account and a valid email address registered in 
your <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences>user preferences.

Your IP address is 4.153.217.166. Please include this address, along 
with your username, in any queries you make.

What is interesting, every time I get this message, the IP address 
given is different. Also, I don't even know who this jerk Alberuni 
is! I don't even have an official Wikipedia name!

I have hunted and hunted and hunted and hunted and hunted for people 
to contact, and finally, after numerous e-mails and what seemed like 
one big wild goose chase, I received the suggestion that I subscribe 
to WikiEN-L. Also, I cannot find any way to contact Jayjg and ask 
that this block be removed.

Can anybody get me unblocked? I have made changes to Wikipedia, but 
all of them have been positive and good! Besides, during their fund 
drive I gave the foundation $20.

- Freya Harris
   Atlanta, GA 