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Jan 02, 2026 11:59AM
Hi, this evening I wanted to use Worldcat, but they have banned me temporarily from accessing this website. Does somebody know how long 'temporarily' is and how I can access the website again? I like to use this database for adding older books.
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I had the same issue a few weeks ago. It seemed to be an issue with their server. The next day I was able to log on just fine.Even though that cleared up, I have been having to verify I am a human constantly. Until recently, I had never had that happen on WC.
I've been getting the "Sorry, you have been blocked" message too, but only when I am not logged in to my account there. Once I've signed in, I can access the data as usual. I still get the cloudfare verification screen from time to time though.


