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has learned since the ban or block was imposed, how the editor would conduct themself differently in the future if they are allowed to resume editing, or why they believe the ban was unfair. The editor should also include links to any relevant on-wiki discussions and any other information necessary to understand the grounds for the appeal.
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violate existing category standards. Care should nonetheless be taken to see if articles need to be merged to a parent category before the speedy deletion. Categories created by a banned user which may be useful or fit into a larger category scheme can be tagged for discussion and possible merging using the
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It is customary for the "ban timer" to be reset or extended if a banned editor attempts to edit in spite of the ban. No formal consideration is typically necessary. For example, if someone is banned for ten months, but on the sixth month attempts to evade the ban, then the ban timer may be reset from
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While asking the enforcing administrator and seeking reviews at AN or AE are not mandatory prior to seeking a decision from the committee, once the committee has reviewed a request, further substantive review at any forum is barred. The sole exception is editors under an active sanction who may still
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The purpose of an interaction ban (IBAN) is to stop a conflict between individuals. A one-way interaction ban forbids one user from interacting with another user. A two-way interaction ban forbids both users from interacting with each other. Although the interaction-banned users are generally allowed
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An article ban forbids an editor from editing a specific article or set of articles. The text of the ban should state whether the ban includes or excludes the article's talk page. Editors subject to an article ban are free to edit other related pages or discuss the topic elsewhere on Knowledge (XXG).
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These provisions apply only to discretionary sanctions placed by administrators and to blocks placed by administrators to enforce arbitration case decisions. They do not apply to sanctions directly authorised by the committee, and enacted either by arbitrators or by arbitration clerks, or to special
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automatically reveals the account used for sending it.) The appeal should clearly but succinctly explain the reasons the editor feels the ban should be overturned, such as what lessons the editor has learned since the ban or block was imposed, how the editor would conduct themself differently in the
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If there is any doubt whether a limited ban prohibits any specific edit, the banned editor should assume that it does, unless whoever imposed the ban expressly clarifies that it does not. If clarification is not sought before making the edit, the banned editor assumes the risk that an administrator
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An email appeal must specify the banned editor's Knowledge (XXG) username and any other usernames they have used to edit Knowledge (XXG) in the past two years. The appeal should clearly but succinctly explain the reasons the editor feels the ban should be overturned, such as what lessons the editor
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Since categorization can impact many pages, and deletion of a category without merging can leave pages orphaned, you should carefully consider what to do with categories created by a banned or blocked user. Blatantly useless categories can be speedy-deleted, as well as any categories which clearly
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on at least two occasions after an initial indefinite block that is active, for any reason, are to be considered site banned by the English Knowledge (XXG) community. CheckUser findings must be documented on Knowledge (XXG) before a user is considered banned. Users who have been banned in this way
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be kept open for at least 24 hours before any sanction is implemented to allow time for comments from a broad selection of community members. For site bans, the discussion must be kept open for 72 hours except in cases where there is limited opposition and the outcome is obvious after 24 hours. If
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Where there are serious questions about the validity of the ban discussion or its closure, appeal by email to the Arbitration Committee. An email appeal must specify the banned editor's Knowledge (XXG) username and any other usernames they have used to edit Knowledge (XXG) in the past two years.
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If an editor has proven to be repeatedly disruptive in one or more areas of Knowledge (XXG), the community may impose a time-limited or indefinite topic ban, interaction ban, site ban, or other editing restriction(s) via a consensus of editors who are not involved in the underlying dispute. When
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Editors are site-banned or topic-banned only as a last resort, usually for extreme or very persistent problems that have not been resolved by lesser sanctions and that often result in considerable disruption or stress to other editors. A ban is not merely a request to avoid editing "unless they
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New accounts which engage in the same behavior as a banned or blocked editor in the same context, and who appear to be editing Knowledge (XXG) solely for that purpose, are subject to the remedies applied to the editor whose behavior they are imitating. See the policy on
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CheckUser findings include any statement by a CheckUser connecting specific accounts on the English Knowledge (XXG) based on private technical evidence. In addition to the standard unban requirements, a CheckUser must also be consulted to unblock users that are
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behave". The measure of a ban is that even if the editor were to make good or good-faith edits, permitting them to edit in those areas is perceived to pose enough risk of disruption, issues, or harm, to the page or to the project, that they may not edit at all,
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In some cases, a banned editor may be unblocked for the purpose of filing an appeal. In such cases, editing of any unrelated page or other matter is grounds for immediate re-blocking. Editors banned by the Arbitration Committee must appeal to the Committee (see
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Bans are not intended as a short-term measure. Sometimes a ban may be for a fixed period of some months. More often no period is specified, because the ban is a decision that the editor may not edit or participate in the specified matters on this site.
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from the English Knowledge (XXG) and all other Wikimedia projects, either by the broader Wikimedia community or by the Wikimedia Foundation. In the case of the former, English Knowledge (XXG) users will be explicitly invited to participate in the
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future if they are allowed to resume editing, or why they believe the ban was unfair. The editor should also include links to any relevant on-wiki discussions and any other information necessary to understand the grounds for the appeal.
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is a formal prohibition from editing some or all pages on the English Knowledge (XXG), or a formal prohibition from making certain types of edits on Knowledge (XXG) pages. Bans can be imposed for a specified or an indefinite duration.
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decided that "Users who have been sanctioned for improper conduct are expected to avoid repeating it should they continue to participate in the project. Failure to do so may lead to the imposition of increasingly severe sanctions."
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The standard distinction is that a ban is a social decision about the right to edit; a block is a technically imposed enforcement setting. Blocks are much more common than bans; in 2023, more than 80,000 accounts were blocked.
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be reverted just because they were made by a banned editor (changes that are obviously helpful, such as fixing typos or undoing vandalism, can be allowed to stand), but the presumption in ambiguous cases should be to revert.
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the banning system, "prove" they cannot be banned, or force editors into the paradox of either allowing banned editing or removing good content. Even if such editors make only good edits, they will be rebanned for evasion.
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Both the Arbitration Committee and the Knowledge (XXG) community may delegate the authority to impose bans. They have authorized administrators to impose editing restrictions (including bans) in certain topic areas (see
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As a result, enforcement has a number of aspects. While all editors are expected to respect the enforcement of policies by not undermining or sabotaging them, no editor is personally obligated to help enforce any ban.
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request an easing or removal of the sanction on the grounds that said sanction is no longer needed, but such requests may be made only once every six months, or whatever longer period the committee may specify.
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should be updated with a notice of the ban, linking to any applicable discussion or decision-making pages. The purpose of this notice is to announce the ban to editors encountering the banned editor's edits.
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An editor who is "sitebanned" (which may sometimes be described as a "full ban") has been completely ejected from the project. For the duration of their ban, their edits are subject to reversion, although
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of a banned editor who edits from a static IP address may also be blocked for the duration of the ban. If a banned editor evades the ban from a range of addresses, short-term IP blocks may be used.
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Knowledge (XXG)'s hope for banned editors is that they will leave Knowledge (XXG) or the affected area with their pride and dignity intact, whether permanently or for the duration of their ban.
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Editors who are indefinitely blocked by community consensus, or remain indefinitely blocked after due consideration by the community, are considered "banned by the Knowledge (XXG) community".
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the discussion, notifies the subject accordingly, and enacts any blocks called for. Except for a site ban, the sanction should be logged at the appropriate venue if necessary, usually
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Note the committee generally considers appeals of community sanctions only if there were serious questions about the validity of the ban discussion or its closure, as discussed at a
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Appeals may be made only by the editor under sanction and only for a currently active sanction. The process has three possible stages (see "Important notes" below). The editor may:
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asking an administrator to take action against a violation of an interaction ban by another user (but normally not more than once, and only by mentioning the fact of the violation)
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The Wikimedia community, or the Wikimedia Foundation, may impose a global ban on editors. A global ban prohibits an editor from making any edit under any circumstance to any
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As a banned user, if you think your editing is exempted from the ban according to these rules, you should explain why that is so at the time of the edit, for example in the
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Serious, ongoing ban evasion is sometimes dealt with by technical means or by making an abuse complaint with the operator of the network from which the edits originate.
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Problematic behaviour may lead to editing restrictions (partial or complete) to be applied to any editor, either by community consensus or by the Arbitration Committee.
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In some cases the community may review a block or an editor's unblock request and reach a consensus of uninvolved editors to endorse the block as a community sanction.
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Bans imposed by the community may be appealed to the community or, where there are serious questions about the validity of the ban discussion or its closure, to the
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they have independent reasons for making such edits. Editors who reinstate edits made by a banned or blocked editor take complete responsibility for the content.
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In the case of project-wide bans, the primary account of any banned editor may be entirely blocked for the duration of the ban. Partial bans may be backed up by
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of the old account. Obvious reincarnations are easily dealt with—the account is blocked and contributions are reverted or deleted, as discussed above. See
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Pages created by banned or blocked users in violation of their ban or block, and which have no substantial edits made to it by others, are eligible for
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asking an administrator to post their appeal to the appropriate discussion board. This is a voluntary act, and should not be abused or used to excess.
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Community bans, except those where the nature of the ban is unsuitable for public discussion, may be appealed at the appropriate time by using the
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A no-fault two-way interaction ban is often a quick and painless way to prevent a dispute from causing further distress or wider disruption.
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and ask an administrator to post it to the appropriate discussion board. This is a voluntary act and should not be abused or used to excess.
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a block will be used to enforce the ban. Such a block will necessarily prevent their editing of the entire site, but they are not banned
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Exception: A third-party block review that results in a normal administrator block being endorsed is not converted into a community ban.
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Bans imposed by community consensus or for repeated block evasion may be lifted by community discussion (unless needing ArbCom review)
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found that 73,528 (3.7%) editors who created an account in 2023 had been blocked at least once during (or shortly after) that year;
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Site bans imposed by the Wikimedia Foundation can only be appealed to the Wikimedia Foundation, but not all WMF bans are appealable.
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If someone is banned from the Knowledge (XXG) namespace, administrative boards, or is under a similar restriction, this exception
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An editor who has been banned or has had their account blocked, and tries to evade this by creating a new account, is known as a
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to edit the same pages or discussions so long as they avoid each other, they are not allowed to interact with each other.
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where a topic-banned editor was allowed to participate in featured content discussions of his (non-contentious) diagrams.
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When reverting edits, care should be taken not to reinstate material that may be in violation of such core policies as
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On very rare occasions, a limited exception may be requested; for example, to participate in a particular discussion.
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weather-related parts of other pages, even if the pages as a whole have little or nothing to do with weather: the
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The following are the applicable parts from the standard provision for appeals of arbitration enforcement bans:
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A number of site-banned editors have used "good editing" (such as anti-vandalism edits) tactically, to try to
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determining consensus, the closing administrator will assess the strength and quality of the arguments made.
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the discussion appears to have reached a consensus for a particular sanction, an uninvolved administrator
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The purpose of a topic ban is to forbid editors from making edits related to a certain topic area where
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Indefinitely site-banned editors may be restricted from editing their user talk page or using email.
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Dissuading or preventing banned editors from editing Knowledge (XXG) or the relevant area of the ban.
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discussions or suggestions about weather-related topics anywhere on Knowledge (XXG), for instance, a
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Except as noted above, individual editors, including administrators, may not directly impose bans.
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Unless stated otherwise, article, page, topic, or interaction bans do not apply to the following:
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accounts to evade the ban, these usually will be blocked as well. When evasion is a problem, the
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Site bans imposed by the Arbitration Committee can only be appealed to the Committee by email.
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Engaging in legitimate and necessary dispute resolution, e.g. addressing a legitimate concern
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from editing Knowledge (XXG). Blocks are used chiefly to deal with immediate problems such as
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takes a broader view of the scope of the ban and enforces it with a block or other sanction.
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found that 82,865 total (new and older) accounts were blocked at least once during the year.
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The MediaWiki software allows the ability to block editing of individual pages, known as a '
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make reference to or comment on Foo anywhere on Knowledge (XXG), directly or indirectly;
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Knowledge (XXG)'s approach to enforcing bans balances a number of competing concerns:
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undo Foo's edits to any page, whether by use of the revert function or by other means;
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For example, if Bar is banned from interacting with Foo, Bar would not be allowed to:
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any edits made in violation of a ban or block, without giving any further reason and
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The following are the common types of bans; other bans may be used when appropriate:
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Bans imposed by the Arbitration Committee may be lifted by the Arbitration Committee
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Specific pages, users, tools, topics, or other categories in the wording of the ban
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A list of currently active editing restrictions (including topic bans) can be found
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are subject to the same unban conditions as users banned by community discussion.
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Editors who are banned from a topic area or certain pages but can otherwise edit
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Editors who are banned from a topic area or certain pages but can otherwise edit
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The decision to ban an editor can be made by the following groups or persons:
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exception is that editors with talk page access may appeal in accordance with
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Entire site (talk page access may be allowed to discuss or appeal the block)
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Avoiding inconvenience or aggravation to any victims of mistaken identity.
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is required. If consensus at AE or AN is unclear, the status quo prevails.
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Bans imposed by the Wikimedia Foundation may be lifted by the Foundation
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template or comment there, by email or other off-site means such as the
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The English-language Knowledge (XXG) does not have authority over the
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ask the enforcing administrator to reconsider their original decision;
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Knowledge (XXG):Requests for arbitration/Agapetos angel § Meatpuppets
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allow for reporting vandalism to administrative noticeboards. (See
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Editors in turn are not permitted to post or edit material at the
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edits made to it by good faith users, it is not eligible for G5.
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Editors who are blocked from editing by the Arbitration Committee
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Entire site (talk page access may be allowed to appeal the ban)
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It describes a widely accepted standard that all editors should
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template on one's own talk page or by submitting an appeal to
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Maximizing the number of editors who can edit Knowledge (XXG).
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asking for necessary clarifications about the scope of the ban
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that are related to the topic, as encapsulated in the phrase "
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Avoiding conflict within the community over banned editors.
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can appeal by emailing the Arbitration Committee using the
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Editors who cannot edit any page except their own talk page
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a new account to file an appeal or to post in a discussion
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Editors without usernames may be banned by the community (
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Edits in violation of the block or ban may be reverted (
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will normally tag the master account's user page with {{
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For partial lists of banned and restricted editors, see
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such as all of the categories that are associated with
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Category:Wikipedians banned by the Wikimedia Foundation
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It is unacceptable to take advantage of banned editors
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For banned links, see 1888:(by the user or by someone acting on their behalf) 747:The Knowledge (XXG) community can impose a ban by 846:to impose various types of sanctions on editors: 1553:of a banned or blocked editor (sometimes called 1286:Standard provision for appeals and modifications 1131:(Using Knowledge (XXG)'s email feature to email 392:When the word "page" is used in a ban, it means 1806:May be appealed at the appropriate time to the 1206: 83:This page documents an English Knowledge (XXG) 1849:May be lifted by any uninvolved admin, except 1668:the site and remain members of the community. 2433: 2265: 201: 8: 1266:(ii) a passing motion of arbitrators at ARCA 866:Community sanctions may be discussed on the 679:Knowledge (XXG):Global actions § Global bans 1516:process instead of deleting them outright. 1321:Maximizing the quality of the encyclopedia. 868:Knowledge (XXG):Administrators' noticeboard 762:can impose a ban, usually in response to a 669:or ask whoever imposed the ban to clarify. 646:in an appropriate forum. 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Changes made to it should reflect 1157:Appeal of Arbitration Committee decisions 1678: 1074:Appeals of bans imposed by the community 432:their contributions have been disruptive 2360:Viewing deleted pages and contributions 2037: 1603:Site banned and global banned editors' 1475:without regard to the three-revert rule 1237:Special:EmailUser/Arbitration Committee 480:weather-related project pages, such as 337:Unless otherwise specified, a ban is a 155: 1502:speedy deletion under the G5 criterion 1342:Bans apply to all editing, good or bad 1280:functionary blocks of whatever nature. 1179:or, if email is disabled, by emailing 792:has the authority to ban editors (see 3328:Knowledge (XXG) Administrators' guide 2538:Usernames for administrator attention 781:Individual administrators may impose 705:Category:Banned Knowledge (XXG) users 47:Category:Banned Knowledge (XXG) users 7: 3323:Knowledge (XXG) enforcement policies 2016:Knowledge (XXG):Editing restrictions 1239:(or, if email access is revoked, to 885:Knowledge (XXG):Editing restrictions 709:Knowledge (XXG):Editing restrictions 592:Knowledge (XXG):Editing restrictions 583:extension to respond to Foo's edits. 66:§ Difference between bans and blocks 55:Knowledge (XXG):Editing restrictions 1863:blocks by the Arbitration Committee 1810:(for community bans), by filing an 1680:Difference between bans and blocks 1504:. If the page in question contains 1222:arbitration enforcement noticeboard 966:alerting the community to the ban. 385:Article bans may be enforced using 2663:UTRS Unblock Ticket Request System 2011:Knowledge (XXG):Contentious topics 1676:towards them remain unacceptable. 1623:Difference between bans and blocks 1231:submit a request for amendment at 772:Knowledge (XXG):Contentious topics 25: 2330:Granting and revoking user rights 776:Knowledge (XXG):General sanctions 753:§ Community bans and restrictions 1477:. 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Index

Knowledge (XXG):BANEX
Knowledge (XXG):Spam blacklist
MediaWiki:Titleblacklist
Knowledge (XXG):Long-term abuse
Category:Banned Knowledge (XXG) users
Category:Wikipedians banned by the Wikimedia Foundation
Knowledge (XXG):Editing restrictions
Knowledge (XXG):Blocking policy
§ Difference between bans and blocks
policy
normally
consensus
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WP:BAN
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Enforcement
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Blocking policy
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consensus
community
Arbitration Committee
Wikimedia Foundation
administrators
in certain topic areas

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