Locked global account
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Locked accounts are unified accounts which have been locked by a steward . Login attempts to such accounts will fail even if the correct password is specified. This is done to stop abuse such as spamming, vandalizing, or creating malicious or promotional account names that has become cross-wiki. See also Global blocks and locks .