User:AMK152/Blocking policy

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Blocking policy

1. Administrators are privileged with the power to block other users and are expected to have good judgment when it comes to using this power.
2. Administrators must follow the established blocking policy. Any exceptions require a community discussion.
3. Any administrator who fails to follow the blocking procedures after one (1) warning from a bureaucrat will be suspended for seven (7) days.
4. After the administrator's 7-day suspension, their administrative powers shall be returned. If the administrator continues to violate the blocking procedures after one (1) warning from a bureaucrat, they will be given a 14-day suspension, pending discussion on the administrator's user rights.

1. Administrators that find a user violating any of the policies must revert any changes and must politely notify the user of their wrongdoing by giving one (1) warning on their message wall.
2. If a user breaks two (2) different rules, that counts as one (1) offense for each rule. A user must break the same rule two (2) times before being blocked for the first time. (second level offense, see below)
3. If a warned user continues to edit within twenty-four (24) hours without acknowledging the warning, the administrator should try to contact that user again.
4. If the warned user continues to edit for twenty-four (24) hours after the administrator has tried to contact them again, ~~the user will be blocked for a maximum of fourteen (14) days.~~
4. If the warned user continues to edit for twenty-four (24) hours after the administrator has tried to contact them again, the user's offense moves up a level, in which they would be blocked.
5. Any user who continues to violate the rule for which they were blocked within seven (7) days after their initial block ends will receive further penalties, depending on the severity of the offense. The blocks will follow this format:

6. See part B
7. All policy violations must be listed here for everyone's reference: ESB:Policy violations.
8. The preceding clauses (1 through 5, above) are the blocking policy and must be followed, except for the clauses outlined in section D, "Exceptions," below.

1. Any user who makes any contributions that are very serious to the point in which they harm the wiki or threaten a user, they may be infinitely blocked immediately, pending a block review (see section D, clause 4, below).
2. The administrator who infinitely blocks a user due to section D, clause 3, above, must create a block review to determine that the block is legitimate. Three administrators must endorse the block before it is legal. These two clauses are in place for emergencies in which a user may do seriously harm on the wiki.
1. Immediate Block Clause Any user who spams and/or vandalizes as their first edit will automatically be blocked for a maximum of fourteen (14) days. If they continue to spam and/or vandalize after their block in which none of their contributions are positive they shall be given an infinite block.
2. This clause outlines items that are not block-worthy, and such are deemed "unfair."

1. Any user who is blocked has a right to their message wall for purposes of explaining their actions and/or making an appeal (see section E).
2. Any blocked user who violates a policy on their Message Wall receives one warning specified on their talk page for each offense. If they violate the same policy twice, the rights to their talk page are removed. These offenses apply to the schedule listed in B5, above.
3. No administrator shall alter a block unless it is to correct it so that it follows the schedule listed in B5, above.

1. Each offense applies to each wiki within the network separately. If a user violates rules at ESB but not FSB, they do not get punished at FSB, unless a discussion deems it necessary.
2. This includes the SpongeBobia Wiki, SpongeBob Answers, and Fanonia SpongeBobia.

1. Any user who is blocked or banned may appeal to have the block or ban removed if they deem it unfair.
2. The appeal will be in the form of a discussion that will follow the discussion policies and last seven (7) days.
3. In this case, it is required to allow the user to edit their talk page/message wall no matter what the issue is.
4. If the blocked user handles the block without verbally/personally attacking the blocking administrator or violating any other user conduct rules, they will be allowed to make an appeal on their talk page/message wall.
5. If the blocked user violates any user conduct rules, the will be blocked from using their talk page/message wall and the opportunity to appeal a block.
6. If the appeal fails, the block will not be reverted.
7. If a blocked user fails an appeal, they must wait out the rest of the block.
8. If a banned user fails an appeal, they must wait six (6) months before creating another appeal.

Since this is more controversial, it is going to be voted on separately:

6. It is acknowledged that users who learn from their mistakes be forgiven, and so every 30 days a user goes without another offense for a particular policy violation drops a level.