User talk:NightmareBot

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This account, NightmareBot, 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:

1. 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.
2. At an administrator's discretion, you may be unblocked for 24 hours to file a request.
3. 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.
4. 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.

The block is because this is not an authorised bot account, and only authorised bot accounts should use "bot" in their name in this way. If you want to carry on using the account as a legitimate sock puppet, feel free to request unblocking for the sole purpose of requesting a name change.

If you do, or if you carry on at WP:UAA under your main account, please note that there is absolutely no point in reporting names that have been blocked for years, e.g. [1] will show you that the username was blocked in 2007. Please check the block log before reporting names like this.

Regards, Bencherlite^Talk 11:55, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Unblocked to allow username change request only, per this message. --Bencherlite^Talk 12:01, 26 June 2009 (UTC)