User talk:JamesLavoie

July 2009

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at User:Jimmy Lavoie, you will be blocked from editing. Jimmy^talk 23:54, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This account, JamesLavoie, has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia, because your username does not meet our username policy.

This is often not a reflection on the user, and you are encouraged to choose a new account name which does meet our guidelines and are invited to contribute to Wikipedia under an appropriate username. If you feel this block was made in error, you may quickly and easily appeal it—see below.

Our username policy provides guidance on selecting your username. In brief, usernames should not be offensive, disruptive, promotional, misleading, or related to a 'real-world' group or organization. Also, usernames may not end with the string "bot" unless the account is an approved bot account.

If you have already made edits and wish to keep your existing contributions under a new name you may request a change in username. To do so, please follow these directions:

Add {{unblock-un|your new username here}} below. This is possible because even when you are blocked, you can usually still edit your own talk page.
At an administrator's discretion, you may be unblocked for 24 hours to file a request.
Please note, you may only request a name that is not already in use. The account is created upon acceptance – do not try to create the new account before making the request for a name change since we can far more easily allocate your new name to you, if it is not yet used. Usernames that have already been taken are listed here. For more information, please visit Wikipedia:Changing username.
Alternatively, you can "abandon" the contributions under this username and create a new account, which is much faster and easier, especially if you have few or no edits.

Last, the automated software systems that prevent vandalism may have been activated, which can cause new account creation to be blocked also. If you have not acted in a deliberately inappropriate manner, please let us know if this happens, and we will deactivate the block as soon as possible. You may also appeal this username block by adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here}} below or emailing the administrator who blocked you. Dougweller (talk) 21:03, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Username & hounding

This editor's second edit was to redirect his talk page to that of Jimmy Lavoie (talk · contribs), then to revert edits by Jimmy Lavoie and edit one of his user boxes. Given the similarity of names, the redirect, the reverts, and the vandalism, this is a clear case of an account being created to hound another editor. Dougweller (talk) 21:05, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]