The “don’t be afraid to edit” text on Wikipedia homepage point to “be bold”. When I click the pen an overlay appears telling me: • You have been blocked from editing Wikipedia. See more Blocked by L235 Block will expire in 2 years See details OK

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   Coralie Mercier (koalie@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Oct-2025 07:58:06 JST Coralie Mercier

   I use #wikipedia daily and supported it financially many years because if I benefit I absolutely want to “give back” if I can. But a few years ago I became aware of how unfairly the cohort of maintainers behave. I continued to donate every now and then up till when I realized the management of this project was complicit so I drew the line.
   The other day I wanted to fix a typo, and that’s when I noticed I couldn’t!
   I have no idea what I did that triggered in 2023 a ban of 4 years and 1 month 🤨