My Time at Sandrock Wiki:Blocking policy

The blocking policy is a set of guidelines for administrators who have the ability to block users from editing. This policy ensures that admins do not abuse their user rights by creating an unfair advantage over users, in this case, bad faith blocking. Blocking a user is the means of preventing the user from editing and/or leaving comments. It is a last resort to a problem-causing user and should never be used to resolve a dispute or simply because you "don't like" them.

MTaS admins reserve the right to change, update, add, or remove to this policy page.

Guidelines
These guidelines are to help admins make decisions on issuing a block. All blocks are under the discretion of the blocking administrator.


 * Blocks are for legitimate reasons only
 * Blocks are issued when a user(s) maliciously harms the wiki, or bad faith edits. Legitimate reasons include but are not limited to: spamming (intentionally or unintentionally), vandalism, unsolicited advertisement to unapproved websites, harassing other users, content removal (including "blanking", or the act of removing all content from valid articles), adding inappropriate content and/or files, or violating the wiki's policies.


 * Unfair blocks are prohibited
 * Admins may not block a user over civil disputes, unsatisfactory work, or simply "disliking" someone due to personal beliefs. All blocks must be for a legitimate reason.


 * Good faith edits must be discussed
 * Edits made in good faith must be discussed with the users. Good faith edits, by simple definition, are when editors add or remove content with the effort of positively helping the wiki, but the edit(s) in question does not conform to the wiki's Manual of Style or policies. You may not unfairly block a user who may be editing in good faith; blocks can still be issued as a warning, however, though very rarely and for a good reason.

Blocking
All blocks must be in good faith, meaning blocks cannot simply be from unsatisfactory work. Blocks can be issued with or without reason for the following reasons, but is not limited to:
 * Spamming
 * Vandalism
 * Harassing other users
 * Uncivilized disputes
 * Intentional legitimate content removal
 * Adding inappropriate content and/or files
 * Other forms of harmful contributions to the wiki and/or the community

Blocks cannot be issued without a reason for the following reasons:
 * Unsatisfactory work (or work that does not meet the standards of the wiki)
 * Civil dispute with another user(s)
 * Creating invalid articles relating to

Block duration
The following are examples of the duration of the blocks, according to the severity of the problem.


 * 1st offense
 * Warning, 1 hour block, 1 day block, 3 day block


 * 2nd offense
 * Warning, 1 day block, 3 day block, 1 week block


 * 3rd offense
 * 3 day block, 1 week block, 2 week block


 * 4th offense
 * 2 week block, 1 month block, 3 month block


 * Final offense
 * 3 month block, 6 month block, 1 year block

Permanent blocks are not issued unless the problem persists after the 5th offense. Permanent blocks may be issued on the 1st offense but is highly not recommended.

Discussing a block
All blocks are to be discussed with the administrator and the blocked user only. No outside parties are permitted in discussing a block unrelated to them. You may not ask why a user was blocked.

Global blocks are administered by Fandom staff. MTaS admins have no control or participation over global blocks.