Forum:Blocking policy

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 * We have been told we need a policy explaining our basic wiki rules and guidelines for blocking. I have formulated a suggestion that should be suitably vague and that gives administrators a lot of leeway for dealing with disruptions. Note that the suggested policy is intended to codify existing conduct, and does not contain any sweeping changes or new rules.

Edit: changes to the original text are italicized. Text that will be removed is struck through.

Proposed policy
This blocking policy is intended as a loose codification of how and why blocks are implemented on the Forgotten Realms Wiki. The policy comprises two sections: a deliberately vague set of conduct guidelines, and a set of suggested measures for when these are violated.

Guidelines for Conduct

 * Be civil
 * Treat your fellow editors with respect. Do not harass, attack, impersonate, make derogatory remarks, or otherwise try to make others have a bad time when contributing to the wiki.


 * Do not be disruptive
 * Do not engage in vandalism. Do not insert nonsense or gibberish into pages. Do not remove content. Do not implement sweeping changes without prior discussion. Do not deviate from American English spelling and grammar. Do not arbitrarily alter categories. Do not add plagiarized or copyright-infringing content, including rules information (crunch). Do not post spam. Do not evade blocks.


 * Respect policy
 * Adhere to established policies unless you have a very good reason not to . Especially important are the plagiarism, no crunch, canon, and citing sources policies.

Measures
Note that these measures are merely guidelines. Administrators may use their own judgement and may choose to implement measures that are, relatively speaking, more or less severe on an individual case basis. Blocks will be applied when malicious intent is suspected, to prevent edit-warring, and to limit disruption to the wiki. Also note that blocks are not intended as punishment, but as a way of protecting the wiki and its contributors.


 * Very mild infraction
 * User is contacted and informed.


 * Mild infraction
 * 24-hour block.


 * Medium infraction
 * Three-day block.


 * Severe infraction
 * Seven-day block.


 * Repeated severe infractions
 * 1-year to indefinite block.

Finally, administrators reserve the right to block users for a short amount of time (2 hours to 1 day) to save them unnecessary effort ''or throttle their activity if there is a problem. This is to give the administrator time to contact them to resolve a issue. The block will be lifted once the user has responded and the issue resolved.''

Appealing a Block
''Users will not be blocked from editing their own Talk pages, so that they may discuss or resolve an issue or appeal a block. If this is abused (such as erasing messages or continuing harassment or spam on the Talk page), the block may be expanded to include the Talk page.''
 * Ir&#39;revrykal (talk) 10:06, 12 March 2021 (UTC)}}