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BLP ANI discussion

Hello, friendly BLP admin. You might want to weigh in at WP:ANI#Violations of WP:BLP policy at Talk:Ann Widdecombe.   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 22:15, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

Hi Skywatcher68, thank you very much for the notification! I think I won't get involved in that mess. One of its main problems seems to be the amount of people weighing in. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:55, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

Response

Hi ToBeFree, just letting you know I’ve created an account like you said. So is it still ok for me to continue editing now? Because I don’t want to get accused of sockpuppeting again. Plus, is there a change you can unblock my original IP address, because it won’t let me edit due to my original IP address being blocked. Get back to me as soon as you can. Thank you. Mr.RailroadFan3025 (talk) 11:08, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

Hello Mr.RailroadFan3025, thank you very much and welcome back to Wikipedia! Almost – if you want to be 100% sure, please disclose your history of previous accounts on your user page. To do so, simply click your currently-red username and explain the situation for people lacking the context, so noone can later claim you'd have attempted to hide this. Regarding the named account blocked in the past, that is and will always remain a problem until you find out which account we're exactly talking about. If someone else does, you can be reported and blocked as a sockpuppet of that account and can then appeal the block, which would be less scary than this may sound and likely end with an unblock. But if noone including you has an idea of which block you're allegedly evading, then I personally don't see an overzealous block incoming. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 17:54, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

Regarding the autoblock, that should automatically go away after 24 hours. If it doesn't, you'd need to follow the instructions in the error / "you are blocked" message and ping me ({{ping|ToBeFree}} ~~~~ at the end of your message, signature required for the ping to work and can't be added later if forgotten). ~ ToBeFree (talk) 17:58, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, I had to use another IP address just to message you with my username, because as I stated, my original one is blocked. But again, thank you for helping me out. Unfortunately I don’t feel all that comfortable to continue editing, because I know I stated to you on your talk page on Meta-Wiki that I did have a previous account that I haven’t used in years, to me it just feels wrong for me to create a new account even though I have a previous account. Because I know its against the policy rules to create a new account even after your previous account was banned for violation reasonings. I do respect the policy rules about not creating a new user account of the whole block invading, I just don’t feel comfortable for continuing to edit because of that rule I want to respect and not brake. I might take a brake for now and think this over a little. I really hope you understand. Mr.RailroadFan3025 (talk) 18:47, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

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• The Reader Experience team has incorporated community feedback around the placement of watchstar and watchlist buttons for the Reading Lists beta feature, which would allow for saving articles for later reading – a wishlist item to bring the functionality to web. Editors are invited to enable the beta feature to test it out and share their thoughts.
• Suggestion Mode offers edit suggestions within the VisualEditor for improving Wikipedia articles. All suggestions are community-configurable. The TextMatch feature is a way for volunteers to create custom local suggestions. The feature searches in articles for strings of text, and now includes support for regular expressions. This gives volunteers greater precision and flexibility over the kinds of local suggestions they can create. Note: Suggestions can be targeted based on the edit count of the person editing as well as other aspects of the page. You can find examples from other communities for inspiration, including TextMatches that detect: typos, grammar-errors, potential advertisements, clichés, incorrect dash or hyphen usage, non-specific time keywords, outdated names, and more. Any feedback is appreciated.
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