Advice    I apologize for your recent difficulties your block was clearly undeserved Our governance here at Wikipedia is imperfect and too often administrators abuse the power we grant them While we cant prevent it we can work around it  in this case by creating a new identity to bypass your block  what we call a sockpuppet account Officially its frowned upon but so long as its undetected a sockpuppet is just as functional as a regular account In fact many current and former administrators are sockpuppet accounts The instructions below provide an easy guide to creating your new account and avoiding detection  Instructions  Log out of your Wikipedia account clear your cookies google how to clear all cookies for instructions and close your browser  Download a new browser Chrome Firefox Internet Explorer This will be your dedicated Wikipedia browser  Follow these instructions to permanently disable javascript in your new browser Chrome Firefox Internet Explorer  And these to permanently disable java All browsers  Reset your IP address With most  ISPs the procedure is as follows unplug your modem wait  minutes plug it back in Use this website httpwwwwhatsmyiporg to check your IP address before and after to verify its changed If it has great if not you may have to wait a few hours or a few days before repeating this procedure successfully  Now youre ready to register your new Wikipedia account  Tips  Never log into your old account from the same network or with the same browser as your new account  Dont choose an account name similar to your old account name administrators will use that as an excuse to sanction you  Dont edit your user page or your talk page straight away its a dead giveaway youre not a new user Remember this user is new to Wikipedia  Mess up a little  forget to sign or sign incorrectly split someones comment accidentally  everything to give the impression this is your first experience editing Wikipedia  Avoid noticeboards and contentious articles until youve made a reasonable number of edits sockpuppet or not experienced Wikipedians dont appreciate being held to community standards by new users  All done Happy editing and welcome back I hope your new experience will be more pleasant     John Whales Founder and CEO of the World Wide Web    This users real life identity is verified by the following SHA hash