Template:Rangeblock
 | Your IP address range has been blocked from changing the Simple English Wikipedia due to abuse.
Changing pages by anonymous users from this IP address range has been disabled. In rare cases, logged-in editing may also be blocked. In some cases, An IP address range may be used by many people. If you do not believe that you are the person this block is meant for, please read below: If you do not have an account: An account can be created to let you make helpful changes to Wikipedia. You can email the administrators' mailing list at simple-admins-l@lists.wikimedia.org to request an account with the username you would like to choose. It may take some time to answer your request, but we will answer it as quickly as possible. If you do have an account: Please log in to edit. If you still cannot change pages, please place {{unblock}} on your talk page and mention this message; you may want to {{ping}} the blocking administrator. You may also want to email them using the "email this user" function. If you cannot do this, you can also send an email to simple-admins-l@lists.wikimedia.org. Administrators: Please consult the blocking administrator before altering or lifting this block, and consider consulting with a CheckUser before granting an IP block exemption to an editor using this range. Note that large or hard (logged-in editing blocked) rangeblocks are usually only made in response to serious abuse, and the blocking admin may have information about this block which is essential to reviewing any unblock request. |
Usage
{{Rangeblock|COMMENTS (optional)|sig=~~~~ (optional)}}
If there is an = character in the optional comments, you have to quote the first parameter, like this:
{{Rangeblock|1=OPTIONAL COMMENTS|sig=~~~~ (optional)}}
Important: Only use sig=~~~~ if you wish to sign the default blocking notice when used on a talk page. Remember that signatures are not substituted in the block reason field.
Recommendations: Do not substitute ("subst:") this template as contact details may change in the future. This template was designed especially for use as a block reason as readers frequently attempt to email us before they even read their IP address's talk page.
Asking to be unblocked
If you are currently blocked from editing Wikipedia and think this block is unfair, you may ask to be unblocked by adding "{{unblock|your reason here}}" to your talk page. An administrator will look into the matter. For further help, leave a message at "Wikipedia:Simple talk".
Other templates
- {{Anonblock}}
- {{Schoolblock}} – similar advice for school IP addresses