SmashWiki:Blocking guidelines

This page documents an official SmashWiki policy, a widely accepted standard that all users should follow. When editing this page, please ensure that your revision reflects consensus. If in doubt, consider discussing changes on the talk page.

Administrators can block users and individual IP addresses. Blocked users will still be able to read the wiki, but will not be able to edit or upload files.

Users can be blocked for many reasons. In general, blocks are given for:

• repeated vandalism
• breaking policies
• adding pages that are copyright violations.

Admins are advised to give a warning to people before banning them. It is also advisable to have a working email address in your preferences so you can be contacted by a user affected by a block if necessary. Most blocks should be for 24 hours. IP blocks expire after 24 hours unless you choose a longer time period.

If you feel you have been unfairly blocked, please contact the admin who blocked you. Tell them what IP you are using. This information is shown on the page that tells you that you are blocked. A list of admins can be found by going to the Special:Listadmins page.

Vandal bots

Since a vandalbot may be attacking other Wikia too, it should be blocked as soon as possible. If you see one, try to contact a staff member in the Wikia IRC channel. See this page for more details.

Proxies

Anonymous or open proxies should usually be blocked. You can set the timestamp for "indefinite".

Try not to block ISP proxies since this would affect a wide number of users.

Range blocks

Range blocks are not recommended unless you need to deal with severe and prolonged vandalism from a particular range, and you are very sure what these mean and how to use them. It is advised that you report these problems and the use, or intended use, of range blocking on the Community Portal.

Related pages

• Special:Ipblocklist - lists currently blocked addresses and usernames.
• Special:Log/block - shows all blocks and unblocks.
• Special:Blockip - use this to block or unblock a user (admins only)
• MediaWiki:Blockedtext - the text a blocked user sees when they try to edit a page.