Narutopedia:Blocking policy

This is the policy for blocking.

Bad Edits
In practice, users are not to be blocked just because they've made a bad edit. Many users who come by the wiki are probably not aware of the various wiki policies in use so blocking just because of one edit is likely to create acrimony and bad feeling between the user and the administration.

If a user persists in reverting page revisions to show their bad edit or continually makes the same bad edit in multiple pages and ignores their talkpage warnings to stop making such edits, a block is valid. The same holds true if a user makes a singular vandalism edit that was obviously done to disrupt the site (eg, replacing the contents of an article with expletives or pornographic material).

Repeat Edits
A repeat edit can only be considered on a user if the contributions page indicates a fair gap in time between the edits or if another editor has sent the user a message telling them to stop making that edit which they've ignored or have been given plenty of time to not make that edit again.

Vandals
The blocking of obvious vandals is pointless and achieves nothing. Some vandals simply come to make one bad edit and leave and shouldn't be blocked for just one instance of vandalism (a temporary 3 day block may be appropriate, depending on the severity of the vandalism).

Temp Blocking
If a user is ignoring warnings from other editors to stop persisting in vandalism or ignorance of Narutopedia policies, a temporary block may be appropriate. This is useful when the user is currently making such edits while the temporary block is being applied.

It should be noted that the block reason will show up to the user when they try to edit pages, so this is a good place to put a message because it will be "in their face". Even though user talkpages send out a notification to the user, they can be passively ignored by the recipient whereas a block cannot.

Please avoid making blocks of excessive length. A good practice is to block in incrementing lengths: an example would be 3 days -> 1 week -> 2 weeks -> 1 month -> 3 months -> infinite.

Civility
The Narutopedia expects a certain level of civility between the editors and administrators. Users who do not show any kind of civility towards other users and ignore warnings to remain civil may be blocked.

Permanent Blocks
Permanent blocks should not be applied without valid reasoning, nor for first time offences. Examples of reasoning which may warrant a permanent block include:
 * Continued harassment and intimidation of other editors
 * Repeated violations of Narutopedia policies after constant warnings to stop
 * Large scale vandalism which is intended to start an "interwiki" war
 * Sockpuppet accounts that belong to a different user evading a block

Talkpage Revocation
Users should not be blocked from editing their own talkpage for any reason. The only instance in which a user should have that privilege revoked is if the user has made contributions which abused this privilege or is a persistent vandal or troll who is very likely to abuse the privilege and would have no reason to be allowed to send messages.

Uploads
A temporary block may be advised if a user makes a large batch of uploads which violate the Image policy and the user has not read the policy in detail. A permanent block should be used as a follow up if it is clear the violator has completely ignored the block and has not bothered to read the policy (in some cases, users may read the policy and just choose to deliberately ignore it)

Chat
Blocks in the chat should increment in length per violation. Blocks less than 3 days should not be applied as they serve little purpose. Generally, the following line of action should be adhered to: Verbal Warning -> Kick from chat -> 3 day ban -> 1 week ban -> 1 month ban -> Infinite ban. Depending on the severity of the rule violation, kicks or temporary bans may be bypassed: for example, a user creating alt accounts to evade a block would result in an immediate permablock, or a user joining the chat and spamming may go straight to a 3 day ban.