Inkipedia:Policy/Blocking

In wiki-jargon, a block is an administrator action that removes the editing privileges of a particular editor. Blocking is an action that usually comes with a warning: users are not usually blocked without a "This is your last warning" message.

What will get you blocked

 * Deliberately breaking policies to mock the administrators or helpful users.
 * Inappropriate language or material.
 * Spamming links to other sites.
 * Constantly inserting false information into articles.
 * Inserting nonsense/gibberish into pages.
 * Intimidating behavior or harassment of other users.
 * Removing legitimate content from pages, including, but not limited to, blanking.
 * Multiple accounts (excluding an authorised bot account or previous administrative agreement).
 * Impersonation.
 * Unacceptable username.
 * Userpage vandalism.

What will not get you blocked

 * Violation of the Splatoon or Nintendo Terms of Use. We are not in charge of regulating other sites.
 * Edit warring, unless the war grows into other policy violations. However, when involved with an edit war, always stop and discuss on the other person's talkpage or article talkpage.
 * Use of inappropriate language or material in a non-disruptive place (userspace, for example) that does not insult or harass another user.

How blocking works
There are two types of block: instant block and warned block.

Instant block
In very rare cases, an editor may receive an instant block that comes without warning. These cases are extremely uncommon, but there are cases that cause it:


 * Explicit material
 * Creation of accounts to solely break the rules above

Warned block
After performing a moderately disruptive action, a user or IP may be warned to let them know that their actions are wrong. If you notice that a user has been vandalizing pages, use the warning template to let them know.

If the user continues, then report the user/IP to an administrator, who will review the edits and, if they decide to block the user, they will use the blocked template.

Block Lengths
Below is a table of some offenses and their respective block lengths.

After the third block, if the offender still persists, they will be blocked indefinitely.

* Instant block