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To contest your block well, you must understand the reason for it. Also, if the reviewing administrator decides that the block was justified, they will not unblock you unless they is convinced that you understand what you are blocked for, and that you will not do it again. | To contest your block well, you must understand the reason for it. Also, if the reviewing administrator decides that the block was justified, they will not unblock you unless they is convinced that you understand what you are blocked for, and that you will not do it again. | ||
You are told about the block reason in two ways. First, the blocking administrator provides a brief reason that you will see when you try to make a change. Second, they may leave a message explaining your block on [[Special:Mytalk|your user talk page]]. These messages should include the names or abbreviations of those of our site rules (the "[[ | You are told about the block reason in two ways. First, the blocking administrator provides a brief reason that you will see when you try to make a change. Second, they may leave a message explaining your block on [[Special:Mytalk|your user talk page]]. These messages should include the names or abbreviations of those of our site rules (the "[[Bharatpedia:Rules|policies and guidelines]]") that the blocking administrator believes you have violated. | ||
Before you make an unblock request, you should read the policies and guidelines named in your block reason. They are usually one or more from among the following: [[ | Before you make an unblock request, you should read the policies and guidelines named in your block reason. They are usually one or more from among the following: [[Bharatpedia:Vandalism|Vandalism]], [[Bharatpedia:Sockpuppetry|sockpuppetry]], [[Bharatpedia:Spam|spamming]] or having a [[Bharatpedia:Username policy|bad username]]. You should also review the [[WP:BLOCK|blocking policy]]. | ||
===Give a good reason for your unblock=== | ===Give a good reason for your unblock=== | ||
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# '''Keep it short.''' Administrators will often say no to read requests that are too long. | # '''Keep it short.''' Administrators will often say no to read requests that are too long. | ||
# '''Be kind.''' The use of [[ | # '''Be kind.''' The use of [[Bharatpedia:Be kind|profanities]], ramblings, ALL CAPS SCREAMING and personal attacks '''will''' lead to the decline of your unblock request without further review of your changing history. The block duration may also be extended. | ||
# '''Say what is wrong with your block.''' It is not enough if you just say that the block was "wrong" or "unfair". You must explain <u>why</u> it was wrong, and why this means that the block has broken our blocking policy. | # '''Say what is wrong with your block.''' It is not enough if you just say that the block was "wrong" or "unfair". You must explain <u>why</u> it was wrong, and why this means that the block has broken our blocking policy. | ||
# '''Address the block reason'''. As explained above, you have been informed about the reason for your block. You must address this reason in your request. This means that you must either explain why the block reason does not apply to your case, or you must convince the reviewing administrator that you won't do it again. | # '''Address the block reason'''. As explained above, you have been informed about the reason for your block. You must address this reason in your request. This means that you must either explain why the block reason does not apply to your case, or you must convince the reviewing administrator that you won't do it again. | ||
# '''Give evidence.''' If you state that you did or did not do something, please provide a link in the form of a diff if possible. | # '''Give evidence.''' If you state that you did or did not do something, please provide a link in the form of a diff if possible. | ||
# '''Don't [[:en: | # '''Don't [[:en:Bharatpedia:Wikilawyering|behave like you think lawyers do]].''' Unblock requests are unacceptable proceedings. A ban or block is a removal of your '''''privilege''''' to change Bharatpedia. Any legal right you may have to [[freedom of speech]] does not stop us from enacting and enforcing our own [[Bharatpedia:Policies and guidelines|policies and guidelines]]. We may also [[Bharatpedia:Requests for checkuser|check which IP address you change from, and which other accounts use it]], where this is necessary to prevent abuse. | ||
# '''[[ | # '''[[Bharatpedia:No legal threats|Do not threaten legal action]]''', either. Such threats may, by themselves, result in an indefinite block or evenly, a ban. | ||
===Talk about yourself, not others=== | ===Talk about yourself, not others=== | ||
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If you are blocked, it is because of '''your''' actions and not of that of others. Accordingly: | If you are blocked, it is because of '''your''' actions and not of that of others. Accordingly: | ||
# '''[[ | # '''[[Bharatpedia:No personal attacks|Do not attack or accuse other users]],''' such as those you may have been in a problem with, or the blocking administrator. If they have done something wrong prior to your block, they may be blocked in turn, but that does not matter in '''your''' unblock request. The only thing that needs to be addressed is why '''you''' no longer will try to violate policy. | ||
# '''Do not excuse your actions with that of others.''' Two wrongs do not make a right. It is not a good unblock request to ask that another user should also be blocked. | # '''Do not excuse your actions with that of others.''' Two wrongs do not make a right. It is not a good unblock request to ask that another user should also be blocked. | ||
# '''[[ | # '''[[Bharatpedia:Assume good faith|Assume good faith]]'''. It is possible that the other users who may have reported you, and the administrator who blocked you, are part of a conspiracy against someone half a world away they've never met in person. But they probably aren't, and an unblock request that presumes they are will probably not be accepted by anyone. | ||
===Agree to behave=== | ===Agree to behave=== | ||
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===Sockpuppetry and Checkuser-based blocks=== | ===Sockpuppetry and Checkuser-based blocks=== | ||
Accusations of [[ | Accusations of [[Bharatpedia:Sock puppetry|sockpuppetry]] result in many blocks and almost as many unblock requests, as [[WP:SOCK|Wikipedia policy]] calls for the sockpuppet account to be blocked indefinitely and the sockpuppeteer to be blocked for some length of time. Users confirmed or believed to have engaged in the practice '''must''' request unblock at their main account. [[WP:MEAT|Meatpuppets]] will be blocked indefinitely also, don't change on behalf of someone else, no matter how well you may know them. | ||
Reviewing admins will usually defer to the blocking admin in a sockpuppetry-based block, especially if the sock account has few changes. If the [[meta:Checkuser]] tool was used to determine that sockpuppetry had occurred, only another administrator with access to Checkuser can overturn the block as only they have access to the evidence on which it was based. '''Do not''' make an unblock request that includes a request for checkuser to "prove your innocence". Those are rarely done that you're better off not asking. Most administrators consider such an unblock request a sure sign of a sock account (particularly one with very few changes otherwise) and will decline on that basis. | Reviewing admins will usually defer to the blocking admin in a sockpuppetry-based block, especially if the sock account has few changes. If the [[meta:Checkuser]] tool was used to determine that sockpuppetry had occurred, only another administrator with access to Checkuser can overturn the block as only they have access to the evidence on which it was based. '''Do not''' make an unblock request that includes a request for checkuser to "prove your innocence". Those are rarely done that you're better off not asking. Most administrators consider such an unblock request a sure sign of a sock account (particularly one with very few changes otherwise) and will decline on that basis. | ||