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 can t 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 it s frowned upon but so long as it s 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 to check your ip address before and after to verify it's 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 you're 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 don't choose an account name similar to your old account name administrators will use that as an excuse to sanction you don't edit your user page or your talk page straight away it's a dead giveaway you re not a new user remember this user is new to wikipedia mess up a little forget to sign or sign incorrectly split someone's comment accidentally everything to give the impression this is your first experience editing wikipedia avoid noticeboards and contentious articles until you ve made a reasonable number of edits sockpuppet or not experienced wikipedians don't 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 user's real life identity is verified by the following sha hash