User blog comment:ArceusFan2013/February 3rd - I can't take this anymore!/@comment-366087-20140203182425

If you feel a block in a local wiki is unfair, inciting *others*, especially from Central, is not the way to go about getting it overturned. It is, however, a sure path to getting blocked on Central. Inciting a "mob action", even were it to work, is a form of cyberbullying, which I see you just read and commented on Sannse's blog on the topic.

The way to go about trying to overturn or even *shorten* your block is to go to one of the Admins on your local wiki and calmly request the block to be reconsidered. Do not be confrontational. Take the humble path and just as you would assume good faith for an edit, assume their actions were done with a good reason.

Apologies go a long way, although some admins have also "heard it all before" and may have "been fooled before", so don't immediately jump to the conclusion they are abusing their powers or "out to get me". In rare cases that might be true… just be slow to assuming that is the case this time.

Should the admin be unwilling to discuss it further, your only other option aside from waiting out the block is to use Special:Contact to ask Staff to review the case.

Understand that Staff generally will not interfere or contravene the actions of local admins unless there is a provable and clear-cut case of TOU violations. If you chose this option, include as many links as possible to any and all conversations and logs of the case. Supply all: Staff is experienced with digging deep so any attempt to only provide links supportive of your side will only work against you.