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Default appearance	This user has been banned for an unspecified reason, such as  spamming,  vandalism,  copyright violations,  sockpuppetry,  edit warring, trolling or  harassment, and/or violating the Valve Developer Community's Terms of Use along with other misbehavior.
Violation of the Terms of Use reason = termsofuse	This user has been banned for violating the Valve Developer Community's Terms of Use.
Edit warring or making disputed edits reason = editwar reason = dispute	This user has been banned for repeatedly  edit warring and/or  making disputed edits.
Spamming or advertisement reason = spam reason = spamming reason = ad reason = advertising	This user has been banned for  spamming pages and/or  advertising.
Bad username reason = username	This user has been banned because their username clearly violates our username policy (meaning that it is profane, threatens, attacks or impersonates another person), or suggests that this user do not intend to contribute positively to Valve Developer Community. For more information, see  username policy on Wikipedia.
Copyright violation reason = copyright reason = dmca	This user has been banned for  repeated copyright violations If the copyright claims was later found to be false (such as "Fair Use", using "Public Domain" content), this user will be unbanned, and the user who made the false copyright claim will be warned and/or banned.

Sockpuppetry

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Sockpuppetry reason = sock reason = sockpuppet	This user has been banned because it is a  sockpuppet account.
Sockpuppetry with user specified reason = sock reason = sockpuppet user = [[User:Example]]	This user has been banned because it is a  sockpuppet account of User:Example.