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User:Alex.sapre/Blocking policy

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The blocking policy applies to all users on the wiki, including ESB crew members.

Blocking should be a last resort on any Fandom community, and talking through misbehavior with a user is always a priority. If, however, that can't be done and the block needs to be placed, the following guidelines should be applied.

Blocking policy

If a user is violating any rule, administrators must resolve the problem and politely notify the user of their wrongdoing by giving one warning on their message wall.

If a user breaks two different rules, that counts as one warning for each rule. A user that breaks the same rule twice merits a block.

If a warned user continues to break the same rule within twenty-four hours without acknowledging the warning, the administrator should try to contact that user again.

If the warned user continues to break the same rule for twenty-four (24) hours after the administrator tried to contact them again, the user will be blocked for a maximum of fourteen (14) days.

Any user who continues to violate the rule for which they were blocked within seven days after their initial block ends will receive further penalties, depending on the rule(s) violated and the severity of the offense at the discretion of the administration.

Exceptions

Any user who commits offenses that are very serious to the point in which they harm the wiki or threaten a user may be blocked immediately for any given amount of time at the discretion of the blocking administrator.

Any user who spams, vandalizes, harasses, or threatens a user or the wiki as a whole as their first contribution or interaction may be blocked immediately without warning. If they continue to violate such rules after their block, they shall be given an infinite block.

Users that misuse spelling and/or grammar, unintentionally use improper formatting, and/or make an accidental edit shall not be blocked.

Blocking the user

When an administrator blocks a user, they must use the {{Blocked}}​ template on their message wall to notify that they have been blocked. This allows the blocked user to know that they have been blocked and the reason, so that they can be linked to the policies to better understand our rules, as well as learn how to appeal a block.

Administrators must leave the user's message wall open in order for the blocked user to make an appeal case.

If a blocked user abuses their wall privileges by spamming, threatening, or harassing other users, before making an appeal case, they have forfeited their chance to make an appeal for the duration of the block and can have their wall privileges removed until the end of their block.

A bureaucrat may unblock the user if they deem it an unfair block. If any other bureaucrat is in disagreement, the bureaucrat disputing the block must start a block review.

Block disputes

A block dispute occurs when an administrator's action in blocking a user is challenged.

Any user may appeal their block or another user's block they deem unfair to have the block or ban removed. All blocking disputes should be handled between the conflicting parties. If the conflicting parties resolve the dispute, the dispute is over. If neither party agrees to a compromise, any user opposing the block must start a block review and follow the procedures.

*E. Blocking administrators. Blocking another administrator is strictly prohibited. All administrators are supposed to resolve disputes with each other through discussion and not blocking.

  • 1. Any administrator who blocks another administrator will be suspended from all roles (administrator, assistant, rollback, chat moderator, discussion moderator) and an emergency user rights review shall be created.
  • 2. Any exception to the rules, including an appeal from the suspended administrator, will be implemented by a vote of a majority of the active bureaucrats.

Once the dispute is resolved, the decision is final. Any edit made by the losing party in the dispute that blatantly ignores the decision is subject to a maximum three day block. If any user is in disagreement over the decision, they are free to make a proposal to change the guidelines/policies/rules/etc.

3 Revert Rule

An editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page—whether involving the same or different material—within a 24-hour period. An edit or a series of consecutive edits that undoes other editors' actions—whether in whole or in part—counts as a revert. Any appearance of gaming the system by reverting a fourth time just outside the 24-hour slot is likely to be treated as an edit-warring violation.

During an edit war, when a page is reverted after three times by the same user, the editing must stop and be reported to an administrator.

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