• Resolved uuaide

    (@uuaide)


    Hello,

    My original account with username: hoosoft has been blocked.

    I can’t update my theme.

    This is the message I am getting while logging in:-

    You’ve been blocked. If you think a mistake has been made, contact this site’s administrator.

    Can I please get myself unblocked. Also I would want to know what might be the possible reasons because of which I have been blocked.

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  • Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    Why are you creating multiple accounts? Am I right to say you have 4 accounts (not including this one in this thread)?

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    The issues we’re seeing are:

    1. Multiple accounts have been created unnecessarily
    2. Some of those accounts have been advertising your website on the forums (possibly related to point 1)

    Both reasons are suitable for blocking your accounts.

    Moderator Jan Dembowski

    (@jdembowski)

    Forum Moderator and Brute Squad

    Fixed and please consider this a warning.

    *Puts on grown up hat*

    What has happened was that another theme account that belongs to you as well. There’s been a great deal of sock puppetry going on regarding a theme.

    That’s something that is taken very seriously and the theme review team will be alerted to that behavior. I am not on the theme team (they work really hard!) but that can lead to your themes getting pulled from the WordPress repo.

    Please do everyone including yourself a favor: pick ONE account and use that one only.

    If you’re tempted to promote your themes then you can do that on your theme page.

    If you create sock puppet accounts or randomly promote your site then don’t. You risk your account being blocked for good.

    Thread Starter uuaide

    (@uuaide)

    I used this account to help others solve problems. Now, I became a theme developer, I want to use a different name slug, so I signed up another account. I would not use these accounts to promote my site, and I will not register another account again. Thank you.

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