Template:2nd chance
This unblock request has been declined due to your history of
- Familiarizing yourself with our basic rules.
- Reading our guide to improving articles.
- Picking any pre-existing article you wish to improve.
- If you have trouble choosing an article to improve, see this index of articles needing improvement for ideas.
Once you have decided on the article you will propose improvements to:
- Click the Edit tab at the top of that article;
- Copy the portion of the prose from that article that you will be proposing changes to. However:
- do not copy the "infobox" from the start of the article (i.e., markup like this:
{{infobox name|...}}
), - do not copy any image placement code (i.e., markup like this:
[[File:Name.jpg|thumb|caption]]
), - do not copy the page's categories from the bottom of the page (i.e., markup like this:
[[Category:Name]]
), - and do not copy the stub tag (if there) from the bottom of the page (i.e., markup like this:
{{Foo stub}}
);
- do not copy the "infobox" from the start of the article (i.e., markup like this:
- Click edit at your talk page and paste at the bottom under a new section header (like this:
== [[Article title]] ==
) the copied content but do not save yet; - Place your cursor in the copyright attribution): "
Copied content from [[exact Name of Article]]; see that article's history for attribution.
" - You can now save the page. However, if your edits have any reliable sources(which they should), add the following template to the end of your prose:
{{reflist-talk}}
. Once you have added the template, click .
- Now, edit that content. Propose significant and well researched improvements by editing the selected portion of the article. Please note that we are not looking for basic typo corrections, or small unreferenced additions; your edits should be substantial, and reflect relevant policies.
- When you are done with your work, re-request unblocking using {{administratorwill review your proposed edits.
- If we (including the original blocking admin) are convinced that your proposed edits will hopefully improve Wikipedia as an encyclopedia, you will be unblocked.
If you need help while working with your proposed edits, you may add "{{Help me|your question here ~~~~}}
" to your talk page. Thank you.
This template should always be substituted (i.e., use {{subst:2nd chance}}). Any accidental transclusions will be automatically substituted by a bot. |
Usage
For use in a declined {{unblock}} request. When replacing the request with {{unblock reviewed}}, use the parameter decline={{subst:2nd chance}} ~~~~
Note that this template should be
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Informs a user whose unblock request was declined of how best they could demonstrate that their block is no longer necessary because they understand what they are blocked for, they will not do it again, and they will make productive contributions instead.
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