| v • e Policies | |
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| Site | Manual of Style • General • Editing • Userpages • Categories • Forum • Images and videos • Comments and blogs • Message Walls |
| Administration | Administrators • Blocking • Deleting • Vandalism • Spam |
| Chat | Chat Guidelines • Moderators • Banning • Emoticons |
Main
- Blocks are punishments given for violating policies which prevent the user from further editing. See Help:Block for more information.
- It's highly appropriate for an administrator to warn a user who may have broken the rules instead of quickly blocking them.
- If a user has vandalized a page, it'd be best to warn first, unless it's been repeated.
- This excludes spam.
- It's recommended to keep the block lengths for policy violations at minimum.
- This excludes spam, vandalism and sock-puppetry.
- Users who may have violated a policy their first time should always be given a second chance.
- Administrators should always include a relevant block reason in the logs when blocking a user.
- Never include insulting or spiteful comments in the block reason, unless quoting from the blocked user.
Other
- It's recommended for administrators to investigate the contributions of the user in question so an appropriate block length can be settled.
- Keep in mind that administrators may rule out different lengths in blocks depending on how they think is appropriate.