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This FAQ will answer some common questions about
Wikipedia:Blocks
.
What is a block?
A block is the method by which administrators prevent users from editing
Wikipedia
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How do I request a block?
See
Wikipedia:Blocking policy#Requesting blocks
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If I have been blocked, how can I get unblocked?
See
Wikipedia:Appealing a block
and
Wikipedia:Guide to appealing blocks
.
If I made an account on Wikipedia on one IP address but opened it on another, would that create problems?
You could be affected by an
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Template:Autoblock
for instructions on how.
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This FAQ will answer some common questions about
Wikipedia:Blocks
.
What is a block?
A block is the method by which administrators prevent users from editing
Wikipedia
.
How do I request a block?
See
Wikipedia:Blocking policy#Requesting blocks
.
If I have been blocked, how can I get unblocked?
See
Wikipedia:Appealing a block
and
Wikipedia:Guide to appealing blocks
.
If I made an account on Wikipedia on one IP address but opened it on another, would that create problems?
You could be affected by an
Wikipedia:Autoblock
. You can request an unblock for these circumstances, see
Template:Autoblock
for instructions on how.
More FAQ topics
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
Index of FAQs
Main FAQ
Overview
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Featured articles
Administrators
Blocks
Technical
Problems
Article subjects
Categories
Categorization
Copyright
Forking
Templates
Main Page
Miscellaneous
v
t
e
Wikipedia help pages
Visit the
Teahouse
or the
Help desk
for an interactive
Q & A
forum.
FAQs
(?)
Reference desks
(?)
Noticeboards
(?)
Cheatsheet
(?)
Directories
(?)
About Wikipedia
(?)
Administration
Purpose
Principles
Policies and guidelines
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Who writes Wikipedia?
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Copyright
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Viewing media
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Avoiding common mistakes
Etiquette
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Simplified rule-set
"Ignore all rules"
"The rules are principles"
Style-tips
Tip of the day
Your first article
(
article wizard
)
Getting started
(?)
Why create an account?
Introductions by topic
Graphics tutorials
Picture tutorial
IRC
(live chat)
tutorial
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(?)
Accessibility
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Categorization
Consensus
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Leads
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Lists
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Tables
Titles (of articles)
How-to pages
and
information pages
(?)
Appealing blocks
Article deletion
Categories
Citations/references
Referencing for beginners
Citation Style 1
Cite errors
References and page numbers
Convert
Diff
Editing
Minor edit
toolbar
edit conflict
Find sources
Files
Footnotes
Image deletion
Infoboxes
Linking
(
link color
)
Logging in
Merging
Page name
Renaming pages
Redirect
Passwords
Email confirmation
Reverting
Simple vandalism cleanup
Talk pages
(
archiving
simple archiving
)
User contributions
WP search protocol
Coding
(?)
Wiki markup
Barcharts
Calculations
Characters
Columns
Elevation
Hidden text
HTML
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Templates
Transclusion
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