Category:Requests for unblock

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This category allows administrators to quickly locate users who have requested unblocking, whether they are suffering from collateral damage caused by another block, or they would like the original block placed against them removed or reduced. Users can add themselves to this category by placing the {{unblock}} template on their user talk page (which they can still edit while blocked, providing it is not protected).

Per Wikipedia:Blocking policy and Wikipedia:Appealing a block, administrators should not unblock users without discussing with the blocking admin except in cases where the block is clearly unjustified.

If you decide to unblock a user, please remove the {{unblock}} tag. Depending on your response, you can replace it with the {{unblock reviewed}} or {{request accepted}} templates. Other useful template responses include {{autoblock}} and {{2nd chance}}. Other templates include {{unblock-auto}}/{{unblock-auto reviewed}} and {{unblock-un}}/{{unblock-un reviewed}} for autoblocks and username blocks, respectively.

Other resources include the unblock-en-l mailing list and #wikipedia-en-unblock IRC channel, both mentioned in the #External links section, below. The list of pages in this category is also on a bot-generated list at User:Cyde/List of requests for unblock.

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[edit] External links

• unblock-en-l mailing list: (archives • subscribe)

In order to just read the archives, you'll need to subscribe to the list and then disable the mail delivery option at the same link. Note that list subscription is moderated at this time; you can send mail to the list without being subscribed.

• Autoblock tool
• Rangeblock helper
• #wikipedia-en-unblock
• Range Calculator - use this if unsure if an IP is within a range

[edit] Notices

[edit] July 2008

• A new guide to writing unblock requests has been drafted at WP:GAB. If users make abusive or unhelpful unblock requests, we can ask them (probably not more than once) to rewrite it based on that advice.  Sandstein  23:33, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] August 2008

• {{Rangeblocked}} can be used as a boilerplate response to users who are caught in a rangeblock, instructing them to email the unblock list to request an account if they wish to edit. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 01:23, 12 August 2008 (UTC)