User talk:A cowgirl

Welcome!

Hello, A cowgirl, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• Tutorial
• How to edit a page and How to develop articles
• How to create your first article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
• Manual of Style

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! —C.Fred (talk) 18:29, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Sorry aobut not signing - I know now! Guess it just did not sink in when I was trying to read about editing. Looks like system caught my name anyhow. Shall I re-write or just leave it? A cowgirl (talk) 18:32, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

You can just leave it; that way, the time when you left the message is still preserved. —C.Fred (talk) 18:40, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. It is a bit over-whelming when you are new and trying to learn. I am trying to review the info on editing before I try something else. I do see much room for imporvement and improved readability.

Why am I blocked?

Would somebody please have the courtesy to inform me as to exactly why I have been blocked? I have done nothing wrong that I can think of. It has been so long since I have edited and I have tried to follow my own paper trail, finding no wrong doing! Help! A cowgirl (talk) 02:16, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

You don't show as blocked. What message are you getting that indicates you're blocked? —C.Fred (talk) 02:22, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

This is what I am able to cut n paste per the instructions I can follow when I get the block message:

[unblock-auto template removed when C.Fred responded] A cowgirl (talk) 02:23, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

This user's request to have their autoblock removed is on hold because the reviewer is waiting for a comment by the blocking administrator.

A_cowgirl (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • abuse filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock)

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• Blocking administrator: MuZemike (talk)
• Reviewing administrator: —C.Fred (talk) 02:29, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
• Autoblock log entry: {{checkuserblock}}
• A cowgirl (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• 76.91.157.170 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

Administrator use only:

After the blocking administrator has left a comment, please replace this template with the following template:

{{unblock-auto|1=76.91.157.170|2=<nowiki>{{checkuserblock}}</nowiki>|3=MuZemike|4=}}

I've asked MuZemike, who made the block in question, to comment on it. —C.Fred (talk) 02:29, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Honestly, all I want to understand what is going on! If Wikipedia hates me, I am happy to never read another article! I find that this is becoming the sentiment of the public at large anyhow. As a professor at a community college, I give students an automatic F if they use Wikipedia as a source on a paper or report. I believe all my collegues do the same. A cowgirl (talk) 02:35, 13 January 2012 (UTC)