Template:Uw-causeblock

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, club, organization, company, or website, I have blocked this account from editing. You are welcome to continue editing after you have chosen a new username that complies with Wikipedia's username policy.

It also appears that your account is intended to be used for the purpose of telling the world about an organization, person or cause that you consider worthwhile. Unfortunately, many good causes are not sufficiently notable for their own Wikipedia article, and all users are discouraged from editing in any area where they have an inherent conflict of interest. You may wish to consider one of these alternative outlets. 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.

Please take a moment to either create a new account, or request a username change of your current account here. The new username that you choose must represent you as an individual person, and it must comply with Wikipedia's username policy.

• 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 on this account, you may do so by adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page here: {{unblock-un|new username|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.

Please note that the new username you choose cannot already be taken or in use by another account. You can go here to search and see if the username you'd like to choose is available. If the search returns that no global account with that username exists, that means it is available to be taken.

Please also note that you are permitted to use a username that contains the name of a company or organization if it also identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87", but not "SEO Manager at XYZ Company".

Appeals: If your username does not represent a group, organization, 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 talk page here: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. 

Thank you.

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-causeblock}} rather than {{Uw-causeblock}}. (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-causeblock|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.

Block templates

Temporary	Indefinite	Partial
{{uw-block}}	{{uw-block|indef=yes}} or {{uw-blockindef}}	{{uw-pblock}}
{{uw-3block}} violating the three revert rule {{uw-ablock}} for IP addresses {{uw-adblock}} advertising {{uw-aeblock}} for arbitration enforcement blocks {{uw-bioblock}} for BLP violations {{uw-blocknotalk}} cannot edit own talk page; informs user of WP:UTRS {{uw-botblock}} for running unapproved bot scripts {{uw-copyrightblock}} for copyright infringement {{uw-csblock}} for enforcing general sanctions or article probation imposed by the community {{uw-cserblock}} for enforcing personal editing restrictions imposed by the community {{uw-dblock}} deletion / removal {{uw-disruptblock}} for disruptive editing {{uw-ewblock}} edit warring block {{uw-efblock}} for repeatedly tripping edit filters {{uw-gwblock}} genre warring block {{uw-hblock}} attempting to harass other users {{uw-lblock}} making legal threats {{uw-nfimageblock}} Repeatedly uploading non-free content that violates the relevant policy {{uw-npblock}} creation of nonsense pages {{uw-pablock}} personal attacks {{uw-sblock}} spamming {{uw-socialmediablock}} using Wikipedia as a blog, webhost or social networking site {{uw-sockblock}} sock puppetry {{uw-sockblocknotalk}} sock puppetry blocks without talk page access {{uw-ipevadeblock}} block evasion {{uw-ucblock}} unsourced content {{uw-vblock}} vandalism	{{uw-adminublock}} use of a 'sysop' username {{uw-adminuhblock}} use of a 'sysop' username and vandalism or disruption-only account {{uw-botublock}} use of a 'bot' username {{uw-botuhblock}} use of a 'bot' username and vandalism or disruption-only account {{uw-ublock}} username policy violation {{uw-compblock}} possible compromised account {{uw-causeblock}} username promoting a charity or non-profit {{uw-deoablock}} disruption / trolling only accounts {{uw-nothereblock}} not here to build an encyclopedia {{uw-pblockindef}} indefinite partial blocks {{uw-soablock}} spam / advertising-only accounts {{uw-softerblock}} promotional username block {{uw-spamublock}} spamming & username violation {{uw-ublock-double}} possible username just similar to another user {{uw-ublock-nonsense}} username that is a meaningless string of characters {{uw-ublock-wellknown}} username of a well-known person block {{uw-uhblock}} blatant username violation (bad-faith) {{uw-uhblock-double}} blatant username impersonation in bad faith {{uw-upeblock}} undisclosed paid editing & advertising/promotional accounts {{uw-vaublock}} vandalism-only accounts & username violation {{uw-voablock}} for vandalism-only account {{uw-blockindefnotalk}} blocks without talk page access; informs user of WP:UTRS	{{uw-pblock}} temporary partial blocks {{uw-pblockindef}} indefinite partial blocks {{uw-ewpblock}} edit warring block {{uw-epblock}} email block {{uw-acpblock}} account creation block {{uw-aepblock}} arbitration enforcement partial block

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