# I am Blocked at Wikipedia
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-blocked-at-wikipedia/351261
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [April 4, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-blocked-at-wikipedia/351261 "2006-04-04T15:20:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-blocked-at-wikipedia/351261/1 "2006-04-04T15:20:51Z")
And with good reason, I might add. When I am in Saudi Arabia, I have to use a common ISP address, and I am sure many people have done many things that make blocking the ISP a good idea.
Now I am in the US and have a case of the crud. I log into Wikipedia, and discovered the Admin ‘‘Freakofnurture’’ blocked me. OK, so I go to his page and click on the ‘e-mail this user’ thingee. I get told it will not give me the e-mail address because I am blocked.
OK, I go to the Admin noticeboard, I try to post a short note, but cannot as I am blocked.
So what should I do now.
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### Author:  [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-blocked-at-wikipedia/351261/2 "2006-04-04T15:38:18Z")
(I can’t help, but just want to ask: are you on home leave? Back permanently? Looking to go scout out your retirement home in Lake Chapala?)
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### Author:  [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2006, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-blocked-at-wikipedia/351261/3 "2006-04-04T15:55:34Z")
Can’t you do it as an anonymous user?
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### Author:  [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-blocked-at-wikipedia/351261/4 "2006-04-04T15:58:25Z")
I am home for another week’s vacation, then back to fun and sun.
I was supposed to go back to Mexico to tease real estate agents, but I have been under the weather since I got back. I cancelled the trip.
You can all consider this a gentle bump in my quest for help from a Wikipeidan.
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### Author:  [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-blocked-at-wikipedia/351261/5 "2006-04-04T16:33:13Z")
I went to their ‘contact us’ [page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us/Top_questions#How_do_I_get_unblocked_from_editing.3F) and found:
> [@wikipedia](#):
>
> **How do I get ‘unblocked’ from editing?**
>
> You might have been accidentally blocked.
>
> You may contact the blocking admin, especially if you believe that the block was due to a mistake or misunderstanding.
>
> Or, E-mail our help desk and we’ll try to assist you. Please provide the details of the block message, including the IP address or username that was blocked, the stated reason for the block, and the name of the blocking admin.
The “E-mail our help desk” has [info-en@wikimedia.org](mailto:info-en@wikimedia.org) as the underlying address.
In truth, I’m not sure why I’m posting this. You’ve proven over and over to be quite intelligent, so please forgive me if the above comes off as condescending—that is, you already knew of the above and are looking for help of more depth. But… perhaps you didn’t see it, so perhaps it may help after all. Anyway, good luck and enjoy your vacation!
Rhythm
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### Author:  [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2006, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-blocked-at-wikipedia/351261/6 "2006-04-04T16:45:55Z")
Are you using the same laptop or something?
If so, clearing your cookies and cache may help.
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### Author:  [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-blocked-at-wikipedia/351261/7 "2006-04-04T21:01:40Z")
Gee, ‘Quite intelligent!’ Many thanks. I give all the credit to my spell-checker on my home machine.
I did find the e-mail address after I posted my question; I have not yet received a reply.
No, I am working with Mom’s laptop. (I wonder if she has been blocked, that would be amusing.)
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### Author:  [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-blocked-at-wikipedia/351261/8 "2006-04-04T21:22:21Z")
Thank you all. I am unblocked.
I only regret I cannot recall what the heck I wanted to edit.
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### Author:  [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-blocked-at-wikipedia/351261/9 "2006-04-04T22:18:25Z")
Interestingly, I find that, even if my IP address is blocked, I can still make changes to articles by clicking on the little “[edit]” icons for each section.
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### Author:  [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-blocked-at-wikipedia/351261/10 "2006-04-04T23:42:48Z")
Shh! I thought I was the only one in on that. I regret that in my urainium-deleted condition, I did not resort to that trick.
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### Author:  [@KellyM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyM)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2006, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-blocked-at-wikipedia/351261/11 "2006-04-08T03:26:56Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#):
>
> Interestingly, I find that, even if my IP address is blocked, I can still make changes to articles by clicking on the little “[edit]” icons for each section.
Hm, really. I’ll have to report that to the developers. It shouldn’t let you do that.