Azula's Revenge Wiki:Blocking policy

Blocking is the method by which administrators may technically prevent users from editing. Blocks are used to prevent damage or disruption, not to punish users. Blocks sometimes are used as a deterrent, to discourage whatever behavior led to the block and encourage a productive editing environment.

Any user may request a block at Forum:Administrative Requests for major incidents of vandalism or disruption. Users requesting blocks should supply credible evidence of the circumstances warranting a block. Administrators are never obliged to place a block and are free to investigate the situation themselves. Because blocks may be reviewed and appealed, it is often important that the blocking and reviewing administrators each communicate with and take care to inform the other.

Blocked users can appeal their blocks by making a statement on their talk page. Except in cases of unambiguous error, administrators should not undo other administrators' blocks without prior discussion; see below.

Acceptable Reasons
Accounts and address may be blocked for:


 * Persistently making personal attacks
 * Persistent vandalism
 * Persistent gross incivility
 * Persistent harassment
 * Persistent spamming
 * Edit warring or revert warring
 * Breaching the sock puppetry policy
 * Persistently violating other policies or guidelines
 * Accounts with inappropriate usernames
 * Editing for the purpose of obtaining badges

Unacceptable Reasons
Accounts and address may not be blocked for:


 * Disagreeing with an administrator; this is conflict of interest
 * "Cooling off" purposes; this usually only inflames the user even more

Durations for Blocking

 * Anon. vandals (inserting abuse, blanking pages etc.):
 * 1st offence = warning
 * 2nd offence = 1 week block
 * 3rd offence = 3 months block
 * Futher offence? = 1 year block
 * Registered vandals:
 * 1st offence = warning
 * 2nd offence = 2 week block
 * 3rd offence = 1 year block
 * Further offence? = infinite block
 * Problem users (personal attacks, disruption, disregarding policy):
 * Offence = warning
 * 5 warnings = 2 week block
 * 2 blocks = 3 month block
 * Further offence? = infinite block
 * Sockpuppets (multiple usernames for the same person):
 * 1st offence = One year
 * 2nd offence = infinite

Users with Rights
Any User who has rights (i.e., rollback, Admins), will be striped of their rights. Bureaucrats will be recommended by another Bureaucrat to a Wikia staff member or a helper and will most likely be stripped of their rights. The users will remain stripped until the appellate court rules. If the appellate court does not rule in the users favor, his user rights will not be returned to him.