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<div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.1</span> <span>Community bans and restrictions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Community_bans_and_restrictions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bans_for_repeated_block_evasion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bans_for_repeated_block_evasion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Bans for repeated block evasion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bans_for_repeated_block_evasion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Recidivism_may_lead_to_a_ban" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Recidivism_may_lead_to_a_ban"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Recidivism may lead to a ban</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Recidivism_may_lead_to_a_ban-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Duration_of_bans" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Duration_of_bans"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Duration of bans</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Duration_of_bans-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Review_and_reversal_of_bans" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Review_and_reversal_of_bans"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Review and reversal of bans</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Review_and_reversal_of_bans-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Review and reversal of bans subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Review_and_reversal_of_bans-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Appeals_of_bans_imposed_by_the_community" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Appeals_of_bans_imposed_by_the_community"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Appeals of bans imposed by the community</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Appeals_of_bans_imposed_by_the_community-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Appeal_of_Arbitration_Committee_decisions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Appeal_of_Arbitration_Committee_decisions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Appeal of Arbitration Committee decisions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Appeal_of_Arbitration_Committee_decisions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Arbitration_enforcement_bans" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Arbitration_enforcement_bans"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Arbitration enforcement bans</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Arbitration_enforcement_bans-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Evasion_and_enforcement" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Evasion_and_enforcement"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Evasion and enforcement</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Evasion_and_enforcement-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Evasion and enforcement subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Evasion_and_enforcement-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Bans_apply_to_all_editing,_good_or_bad" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bans_apply_to_all_editing,_good_or_bad"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Bans apply to all editing, good or bad</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bans_apply_to_all_editing,_good_or_bad-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Blocks" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Blocks"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Blocks</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Blocks-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Reset_of_ban_following_evasion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Reset_of_ban_following_evasion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Reset of ban following evasion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Reset_of_ban_following_evasion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Edits_by_and_on_behalf_of_banned_and_blocked_editors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Edits_by_and_on_behalf_of_banned_and_blocked_editors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Edits by and on behalf of banned and blocked editors</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Edits_by_and_on_behalf_of_banned_and_blocked_editors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Proxying" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Proxying"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4.1</span> <span>Proxying</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Proxying-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-User_pages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#User_pages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5</span> <span>User pages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-User_pages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_enforcement_measures" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_enforcement_measures"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.6</span> <span>Further enforcement measures</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_enforcement_measures-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Difference_between_bans_and_blocks" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Difference_between_bans_and_blocks"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Difference between bans and blocks</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Difference_between_bans_and_blocks-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_considerations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_considerations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Other considerations</span> </div> </a> <button 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id="toc-Scope_and_reciprocity-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF" title="উইকিপিডিয়া:নিষিদ্ধকরণ নীতি – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উইকিপিডিয়া:নিষিদ্ধকরণ নীতি" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D1%8D%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%8F:%D0%9F%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B5_%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B5" title="Вікіпэдыя:Пэрсанальнае абмежаваньне – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Вікіпэдыя:Пэрсанальнае абмежаваньне" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A7_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF" title="विकिपीडिया:प्रतिबंध नीति – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="विकिपीडिया:प्रतिबंध नीति" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%9E%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5" title="Уикипедия:Отнемане на правата за редактиране – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Уикипедия:Отнемане на правата за редактиране" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Forbud" title="Wikipedia:Forbud – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Wikipedia:Forbud" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1:%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%8D" title="Βικιπαίδεια:Πολιτική αποκλεισμού – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βικιπαίδεια:Πολιτική αποκλεισμού" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Propuesta_de_pol%C3%ADtica_de_suspensi%C3%B3n" title="Wikipedia:Propuesta de política de suspensión – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wikipedia:Propuesta de política de suspensión" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a 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data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%AB%D6%84%D5%AB%D5%BA%D5%A5%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%A1:%D4%B1%D5%A4%D5%B4%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%BF%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB_%D5%BF%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%A5%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%AD%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%AF/%D5%8F%D5%B8%D5%BA%D5%AB%D5%AF_%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%B6" title="Վիքիպեդիա:Ադմինիստրատորների տեղեկատախտակ/Տոպիկ բան – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վիքիպեդիա:Ադմինիստրատորների տեղեկատախտակ/Տոպիկ բան" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a 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For banned links, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Spam_blacklist" title="Wikipedia:Spam blacklist">Wikipedia:Spam blacklist</a>. For banned titles, see <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Titleblacklist" title="MediaWiki:Titleblacklist">MediaWiki:Titleblacklist</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For partial lists of banned and restricted editors, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse" title="Wikipedia:Long-term abuse">Wikipedia:Long-term abuse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Category:Banned_Wikipedia_users" title="Category:Banned Wikipedia users">Category:Banned Wikipedia users</a>, <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedians_banned_by_the_Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Category:Wikipedians banned by the Wikimedia Foundation">Category:Wikipedians banned by the Wikimedia Foundation</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_restrictions" title="Wikipedia:Editing restrictions">Wikipedia:Editing restrictions</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">Wikipedia:Blocking policy</a>. 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A ban is normally a <b>site ban</b> (prohibiting all editing), but it may be limited to a <b>page ban</b>, a <b>topic ban</b> (prohibiting edits on pages relating to certain topic areas) or an <b>interaction ban</b> (prohibiting edits that interact with certain other editors). In certain cases, <b>global bans</b>, which prohibit the editing of any Wikimedia Foundation wiki, can be issued. </p><p>Bans are different from <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">blocks</a>, which are used by administrators to technically prevent a user account or <a href="/wiki/IP_address" title="IP address">IP address</a> from editing Wikipedia. Blocks are used chiefly to deal with immediate problems such as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">vandalism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing" title="Wikipedia:Disruptive editing">disruptive editing</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">edit warring</a>. A ban, on the other hand, does not technically prevent editing; however, blocks may be used to <a href="#Blocks">enforce bans</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Types_of_bans" data-mw-thread-id="h-Types_of_bans"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Types_of_bans"></span>Types of bans<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Types_of_bans"></span></h2></div> <p>The following are the common types of bans; other bans may be used when appropriate: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Site_ban" data-mw-thread-id="h-Site_ban-Types_of_bans"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Site_ban-Types_of_bans"></span>Site ban<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Site_ban-Types_of_bans"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:SBAN"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SBAN&redirect=no">WP:SBAN</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Unless otherwise specified, a ban is a <b>site ban</b>. An editor who is site-banned is forbidden from making any edit, anywhere on Wikipedia, via any account or as an unregistered user, under any and all circumstances. The <i>only</i> exception is that editors with talk page access may appeal in accordance with <a href="#Appeals_of_bans_imposed_by_the_community">the provisions below</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Article_ban_or_page_ban" data-mw-thread-id="h-Article_ban_or_page_ban-Types_of_bans"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Article_ban_or_page_ban-Types_of_bans"></span>Article ban or page ban<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Article_ban_or_page_ban-Types_of_bans"></span></h3></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Article_ban"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ABAN"></span><span id="WP:PBAN"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ABAN&redirect=no">WP:ABAN</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PBAN&redirect=no">WP:PBAN</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>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 Wikipedia. Article bans may be enforced using <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PBLOCK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PBLOCK">partial blocks</a> from the affected pages. </p><p>When the word "page" is used in a ban, it means <strong>any page on Wikipedia</strong>, including for example user, talk, discussion, file, category or template pages. The word "article" usually refers only to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Main_namespace" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Main namespace">mainspace</a> pages. If any other related pages (such as the page's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:TP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:TP">talk page</a>) are to be covered it will usually be stated explicitly. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Topic_ban" data-mw-thread-id="h-Topic_ban-Types_of_bans"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Topic_ban-Types_of_bans"></span>Topic ban<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Topic_ban-Types_of_bans"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:TBAN"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TBAN&redirect=no">WP:TBAN</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>The purpose of a topic ban is to forbid editors from making edits related to a certain topic area where <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing" title="Wikipedia:Disruptive editing">their contributions have been disruptive</a>, but to allow them to edit the rest of Wikipedia. Unless clearly and unambiguously specified otherwise, a topic ban covers all <i>pages</i> (not only articles) broadly related to the topic, as well as the <i>parts of other pages</i> that are related to the topic, as encapsulated in the phrase "<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Broadly_construed" title="Wikipedia:Broadly construed">broadly construed</a>". For example, if an editor is banned from the topic "weather", this editor is forbidden from editing not only the article <a href="/wiki/Weather" title="Weather">Weather</a>, but also everything else that has to do with weather, such as: </p> <ul><li>weather-related articles and <a href="/wiki/Help:List" title="Help:List">lists</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Wind" title="Wind">Wind</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_weather_records" title="List of weather records">List of weather records</a>, and their talk pages;</li> <li>weather-related <a href="/wiki/Help:Categories" title="Help:Categories">categories</a> such as all of the categories that are associated with <a href="/wiki/Category:Weather" title="Category:Weather">Category:Weather</a>;</li> <li>weather-related project pages, such as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Meteorology" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Meteorology">WikiProject Meteorology</a>;</li> <li>weather-related parts of other pages, even if the pages as a whole have little or nothing to do with weather: the <a href="/wiki/California#Climate" title="California">section entitled "Climate"</a> in the article <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, for example, is covered by the topic ban, but the rest of the article is not;</li> <li>discussions or suggestions about weather-related topics anywhere on Wikipedia, for instance, a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AFD" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AFD">deletion discussion</a> concerning an article about a <a href="/wiki/Meteorologist" title="Meteorologist">meteorologist</a>, but also including <a href="/wiki/Help:Edit_summary" title="Help:Edit summary">edit summaries</a> and the user's own <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UP">user and talk pages</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UP#SUB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UP">sandboxes</a>).</li></ul> <p>A list of currently active editing restrictions (including topic bans) can be found <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_restrictions#Active_editing_restrictions" title="Wikipedia:Editing restrictions">here</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interaction_ban" data-mw-thread-id="h-Interaction_ban-Types_of_bans"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Interaction_ban-Types_of_bans"></span>Interaction ban<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Interaction_ban-Types_of_bans"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:IBAN"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:IBAN&redirect=no">WP:IBAN</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>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 to edit the same pages or discussions so long as they avoid each other, they are not allowed to interact with each other. </p><p>For example, if Bar is banned from interacting with Foo, Bar would not be allowed to: </p> <ul><li>edit Foo's user and talk pages;</li> <li>reply to Foo in discussions;</li> <li>mention @Foo by <a href="/wiki/Help:Ping" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Ping">linking to their user page</a>;</li> <li>make reference to or comment on Foo anywhere on Wikipedia, directly or indirectly;</li> <li>undo Foo's edits to any page, whether by use of the revert function or by other means;</li> <li>use the <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Thanks" class="extiw" title="mw:Thanks">thanks</a> extension to respond to Foo's edits.</li></ul> <p>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. </p><p>Interaction bans are listed at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_restrictions" title="Wikipedia:Editing restrictions">Wikipedia:Editing restrictions</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Exceptions_to_limited_bans" data-mw-thread-id="h-Exceptions_to_limited_bans-Types_of_bans"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Exceptions_to_limited_bans-Types_of_bans"></span>Exceptions to limited bans<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Exceptions_to_limited_bans-Types_of_bans"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BANEX"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BANEX&redirect=no">WP:BANEX</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Unless stated otherwise, article, page, topic, or interaction bans do not apply to the following: </p> <ol><li>Reverting <strong>obvious</strong> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">vandalism</a> (such as page content being replaced by obscenities) or <strong>obvious</strong> violations of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLP">policy about biographies of living persons</a>. The key word is "obvious" – that is, cases in which no reasonable person could disagree.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Engaging in legitimate and necessary dispute resolution, e.g. addressing a legitimate concern <i>about the ban itself</i> in an appropriate forum. Examples include: <ul><li>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)</li> <li>asking for necessary clarifications about the scope of the ban</li> <li>appealing the ban</li></ul></li></ol> <p>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 <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_summary" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Edit summary">edit summary</a>. When in doubt, do not make the edit. Instead, engage in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DR">dispute resolution</a> or ask whoever imposed the ban to clarify. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Global_ban" data-mw-thread-id="h-Global_ban-Types_of_bans"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Global_ban-Types_of_bans"></span>Global ban<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Global_ban-Types_of_bans"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Global_actions#Global_bans" title="Wikipedia:Global actions">Wikipedia:Global actions § Global bans</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_bans" class="extiw" title="m:Global bans">m:Global bans</a></div> <p>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 <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_sister_projects" title="Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects">Wikimedia project</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Decision_to_ban" data-mw-thread-id="h-Decision_to_ban"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Decision_to_ban"></span>Decision to ban<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Decision_to_ban"></span></h2></div> <dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Banned_Wikipedia_users" title="Category:Banned Wikipedia users">Category:Banned Wikipedia users</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_restrictions" title="Wikipedia:Editing restrictions">Wikipedia:Editing restrictions</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse" title="Wikipedia:Long-term abuse">Wikipedia:Long-term abuse</a>. Note that the absence of editors from these lists does not necessarily mean that they are not banned.</i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Authority_to_ban" data-mw-thread-id="h-Authority_to_ban-Decision_to_ban"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Authority_to_ban-Decision_to_ban"></span>Authority to ban<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Authority_to_ban-Decision_to_ban"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BANAUTH"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BANAUTH&redirect=no">WP:BANAUTH</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>The decision to ban an editor can be made by the following groups or persons: </p> <ol><li>The Wikipedia community can impose a ban by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">consensus</a>, as described in <a href="#Community_bans_and_restrictions">§ Community bans and restrictions</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee">Arbitration Committee</a> can impose a ban, usually in response to a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests">request for arbitration</a>.</li> <li>Both the Arbitration Committee and the Wikipedia community may delegate the authority to impose bans. They have authorized administrators to impose editing restrictions (including bans) in certain topic areas (see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contentious_topics" title="Wikipedia:Contentious topics">Wikipedia:Contentious topics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_sanctions" title="Wikipedia:General sanctions">Wikipedia:General sanctions</a>).</li> <li>Individual administrators may impose <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CONDUNBLOCK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CONDUNBLOCK">unblock conditions</a> (such as page, topic, and interaction bans) with the agreement of the blocked user.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a> has the authority to ban editors (see <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Global_Ban_Policy" class="extiw" title="meta:WMF Global Ban Policy">meta:WMF Global Ban Policy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedians_banned_by_the_Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Category:Wikipedians banned by the Wikimedia Foundation">Category:Wikipedians banned by the Wikimedia Foundation</a>).</li> <li>Users may be <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/global_bans" class="extiw" title="m:global bans">globally banned</a> from the English Wikipedia and all other Wikimedia projects, either by the broader Wikimedia community or by the Wikimedia Foundation. In the case of the former, English Wikipedia users will be explicitly invited to participate in the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment" class="extiw" title="m:Requests for comment">Meta-Wiki discussion</a> to ban the user in question.</li></ol> <p>Except as noted above, individual editors, including administrators, may not directly impose bans. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Community_bans_and_restrictions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Community_bans_and_restrictions-Authority_to_ban"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Community_bans_and_restrictions-Authority_to_ban"></span>Community bans and restrictions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Community_bans_and_restrictions-Authority_to_ban"></span></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:CBAN"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CBAN&redirect=no">WP:CBAN</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>The community may reach a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">consensus</a> to impose various types of sanctions on editors: </p> <ul><li>If an editor has proven to be repeatedly disruptive in one or more areas of Wikipedia, 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 determining consensus, the closing administrator will assess the strength and quality of the arguments made.</li> <li>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.</li> <li>Editors who are indefinitely blocked by community consensus, or remain indefinitely blocked after due consideration by the community, are considered "banned by the Wikipedia community".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>Exception: A third-party block review that results in a normal administrator block being endorsed is not converted into a community ban.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <p>Community sanctions may be discussed on the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard">Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard</a> (preferred) or on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents">Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents</a>. Discussions may be organized via a template to distinguish comments by involved and uninvolved editors, and to allow the subject editor to post a response. Sanction discussions <i>must</i> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If the discussion appears to have reached a consensus for a particular sanction, an uninvolved administrator <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CLOSURE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CLOSURE">closes</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_restrictions" title="Wikipedia:Editing restrictions">Wikipedia:Editing restrictions</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse" title="Wikipedia:Long-term abuse">Wikipedia:Long-term abuse</a>. If a block is administered to enforce a community sanction, please include a link to the discussion and note that the block is enforcing a community sanction in the block log. All granted user rights groups of an indefinitely site-banned editor <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BANNEDRIGHTS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BANNEDRIGHTS">should be removed</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Editors without usernames may be banned by the community (<a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/700172815" title="Special:Diff/700172815">example</a>), but bans of editors using only IP addresses are rare. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bans_for_repeated_block_evasion" data-mw-thread-id="h-Bans_for_repeated_block_evasion-Decision_to_ban"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Bans_for_repeated_block_evasion-Decision_to_ban"></span>Bans for repeated block evasion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Bans_for_repeated_block_evasion-Decision_to_ban"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:THREESTRIKES"></span><span id="WP:3STRIKES"></span><span id="WP:3X"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:THREESTRIKES&redirect=no">WP:THREESTRIKES</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:3STRIKES&redirect=no">WP:3STRIKES</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:3X&redirect=no">WP:3X</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Editors who are confirmed by a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CheckUser" title="Wikipedia:CheckUser">CheckUser</a> to have engaged in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SOCK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SOCK">sockpuppetry</a> 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 Wikipedia community.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> CheckUser findings<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> must be documented on Wikipedia before a user is considered banned. Users who have been banned in this way are subject to the same unban conditions as users banned by community discussion. </p><p>Administrators or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SPI/C" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SPI/C">sockpuppet investigations clerks</a> will normally tag the master account's user page with {{<a href="/wiki/Template:Sockpuppeteer" title="Template:Sockpuppeteer">sockpuppeteer</a>|checked=yes|banned}}. If the user made substantial good faith contributions before being banned, a notice should be placed on the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard">administrators' noticeboard</a> alerting the community to the ban. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recidivism_may_lead_to_a_ban" data-mw-thread-id="h-Recidivism_may_lead_to_a_ban-Decision_to_ban"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Recidivism_may_lead_to_a_ban-Decision_to_ban"></span>Recidivism may lead to a ban<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Recidivism_may_lead_to_a_ban-Decision_to_ban"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:RECIDIVISM"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:RECIDIVISM&redirect=no">WP:RECIDIVISM</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>In 2012, the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ARBCOM" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ARBCOM">Arbitration Committee</a> 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."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Duration_of_bans" data-mw-thread-id="h-Duration_of_bans-Decision_to_ban"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Duration_of_bans-Decision_to_ban"></span>Duration of bans<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Duration_of_bans-Decision_to_ban"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BANLENGTH"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BANLENGTH&redirect=no">WP:BANLENGTH</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>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. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Review_and_reversal_of_bans" data-mw-thread-id="h-Review_and_reversal_of_bans"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Review_and_reversal_of_bans"></span>Review and reversal of bans<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Review_and_reversal_of_bans"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:UNBAN"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:UNBAN&redirect=no">WP:UNBAN</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238436933"><table class="box-Notice plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/60px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/80px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text" style="text-align: left;"><i>Banned editors <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SOCK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SOCK">should not create</a> a new account to file an appeal or to post in a discussion</i>. This would be considered sock-puppetry and the new account will usually be blocked. They should be seen to comply with their ban, which will gain a more favorable opinion. Appeals and comments related to an existing ban should be submitted as described below.</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Appeals_of_bans_imposed_by_the_community" data-mw-thread-id="h-Appeals_of_bans_imposed_by_the_community-Review_and_reversal_of_bans"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Appeals_of_bans_imposed_by_the_community-Review_and_reversal_of_bans"></span>Appeals of bans imposed by the community<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Appeals_of_bans_imposed_by_the_community-Review_and_reversal_of_bans"></span></h3></div> <p>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 <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee">Arbitration Committee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-reluctantCommittee_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reluctantCommittee-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>Editors who are banned from a topic area or certain pages but can otherwise edit</b>, may appeal (and comment in an appeal discussion) on-wiki, either at the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AN">administrators' noticeboard</a>, or, if there are serious questions about the validity of the ban discussion or its closure, by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case">filing a case request</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-reluctantCommittee_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reluctantCommittee-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Editors who cannot edit any page except their own talk page</b> may: <ul><li>Post an appeal <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Unblock" title="Template:Unblock">unblock</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template or comment there, by email or other off-site means such as the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Unblock_Ticket_Request_System" title="Wikipedia:Unblock Ticket Request System">Unblock Ticket Request System</a> (UTRS), and ask for it to be reposted to the appropriate discussion board. This is a voluntary act and should not be abused or used to excess.</li> <li>Submit an appeal to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UTRS">UTRS</a> 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.</li> <li>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 Wikipedia username and any other usernames they have used to edit Wikipedia in the past two years. (Using Wikipedia's email feature to email <a href="/wiki/Special:EmailUser/Arbitration_Committee" title="Special:EmailUser/Arbitration Committee">Arbitration Committee</a> 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 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.</li></ul></li> <li><b>Editors unable to edit any page (even their own talk page)</b> should appeal through the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UTRS">Unblock Ticket Request System</a> 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.</li> <li>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 below).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Appeal_of_Arbitration_Committee_decisions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Appeal_of_Arbitration_Committee_decisions-Review_and_reversal_of_bans"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Appeal_of_Arbitration_Committee_decisions-Review_and_reversal_of_bans"></span>Appeal of Arbitration Committee decisions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Appeal_of_Arbitration_Committee_decisions-Review_and_reversal_of_bans"></span></h3></div> <ul><li><b>Editors who are banned from a topic area or certain pages but can otherwise edit</b>, may appeal (and comment in an appeal discussion) on-wiki, by filing an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification_and_Amendment" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment">amendment request</a>.</li> <li><b>Editors who are blocked from editing by the Arbitration Committee</b> can appeal by emailing the Arbitration Committee using the <a href="/wiki/Special:EmailUser/Arbitration_Committee" title="Special:EmailUser/Arbitration Committee">EmailUser function</a> or, if email is disabled, by emailing <span class="nowrap">arbcom-en<span class="mw-no-invert"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span title="@"><img alt="@" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/15px-At_sign.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/23px-At_sign.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/30px-At_sign.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="145" data-file-height="145"/></span></span></span>wikimedia.org</span>.<p>An email appeal must specify the banned editor's Wikipedia username and any other usernames they have used to edit Wikipedia 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 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.</p></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arbitration_enforcement_bans" data-mw-thread-id="h-Arbitration_enforcement_bans-Review_and_reversal_of_bans"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Arbitration_enforcement_bans-Review_and_reversal_of_bans"></span>Arbitration enforcement bans<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Arbitration_enforcement_bans-Review_and_reversal_of_bans"></span></h3></div> <p>The following are the applicable parts from the standard provision for appeals of arbitration enforcement bans: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><b>Appeals by sanctioned editors</b> </p><p>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: </p> <ol><li>ask the enforcing administrator to reconsider their original decision;</li> <li>request review at the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement">arbitration enforcement noticeboard</a> ("AE") or at the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard">administrators’ noticeboard</a> ("AN"); and</li> <li>submit a request for amendment at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification_and_Amendment" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment">"ARCA"</a>. If the editor is blocked, the appeal may be made by email through <a href="/wiki/User:Arbitration_Committee" title="User:Arbitration Committee">Special:EmailUser/Arbitration Committee</a> (or, if email access is revoked, to <span class="nowrap">arbcom-en<span class="mw-no-invert"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span title="@"><img alt="@" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/15px-At_sign.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/23px-At_sign.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/30px-At_sign.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="145" data-file-height="145"/></span></span></span>wikimedia.org</span>).</li></ol> <p><b>Important notes</b>: </p> <ol><li>For a request to succeed, either<p>(i) the clear and substantial consensus of (a) uninvolved administrators at AE or (b) uninvolved editors at AN or<br/>(ii) a passing motion of arbitrators at ARCA</p><p>is required. If consensus at AE or AN is unclear, the status quo prevails.</p></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li value="2"> 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 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.</li> <li>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 functionary blocks of whatever nature.<div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Arbitration Committee, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Procedures#Standard_provision:_appeals_and_modifications" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Procedures">Standard provision for appeals and modifications</a></cite></div></li></ol></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Evasion_and_enforcement" data-mw-thread-id="h-Evasion_and_enforcement"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Evasion_and_enforcement"></span>Evasion and enforcement<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Evasion_and_enforcement"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BANEVASION"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BANEVASION&redirect=no">WP:BANEVASION</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Wikipedia's approach to enforcing bans balances a number of competing concerns: </p> <ul><li>Maximizing the quality of the encyclopedia.</li> <li>Avoiding inconvenience or aggravation to any victims of mistaken identity.</li> <li>Maximizing the number of editors who can edit Wikipedia.</li> <li>Avoiding conflict within the community over banned editors.</li> <li>Dissuading or preventing banned editors from editing Wikipedia or the relevant area of the ban.</li></ul> <p>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. <span class="anchor" id="Banned_means_banned"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bans_apply_to_all_editing,_good_or_bad" data-mw-thread-id="h-Bans_apply_to_all_editing,_good_or_bad-Evasion_and_enforcement"><span id="Bans_apply_to_all_editing.2C_good_or_bad"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Bans_apply_to_all_editing,_good_or_bad-Evasion_and_enforcement"></span>Bans apply to all editing, good or bad<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Bans_apply_to_all_editing,_good_or_bad-Evasion_and_enforcement"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BMB"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BMB&redirect=no">WP:BMB</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>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 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, <em>even if the edits seem good</em>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A number of banned editors have used "good editing" (such as anti-vandalism edits) tactically, to try to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:GAME" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:GAME">game</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On very rare occasions, a limited exception may be requested; for example, to participate in a particular discussion.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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 takes a broader view of the scope of the ban and enforces it with a block or other sanction. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Blocks" data-mw-thread-id="h-Blocks-Evasion_and_enforcement"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Blocks-Evasion_and_enforcement"></span>Blocks<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Blocks-Evasion_and_enforcement"></span></h3></div> <p>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 <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PB">partial blocks</a>, but note that the scope of a ban is defined by its wording and not by the presence of partial blocks. Users that violate the terms of a partial ban may be site-wide blocked to enforce the ban. </p><p>If the banned editor creates <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sock_puppet" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Sock puppet">sockpuppet</a> accounts to evade the ban, these usually will be blocked as well. When evasion is a problem, the <a href="/wiki/IP_address" title="IP address">IP address</a> 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. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reset_of_ban_following_evasion" data-mw-thread-id="h-Reset_of_ban_following_evasion-Evasion_and_enforcement"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Reset_of_ban_following_evasion-Evasion_and_enforcement"></span>Reset of ban following evasion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Reset_of_ban_following_evasion-Evasion_and_enforcement"></span></h3></div> <p>It is customary for the ban to be reset or extended if a banned editor continues to edit (or attempts to edit) in spite of the ban. No formal consideration is typically necessary. For example, if someone is topic-banned from "Weather" for ten months, but on the sixth month edits the "Climate" section of <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, four months from the ban expiry, then the ban may be restarted at ten months, so if the editor does not subsequently evade the ban again, their eventual total duration would be 16 months. Repeated evasion may lead to a longer or more serious sanction. </p><p>When an editor who has been banned or has had their account blocked tries to evade this by creating a new account, it is known as a <b>reincarnation</b> of the old account. Obvious reincarnations are easily dealt with—the account is blocked and contributions are reverted or deleted, as discussed above. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sock_puppetry" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Sock puppetry">sockpuppet</a> for policy on dealing with unclear cases. </p><p><span class="anchor" id="revert"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Edits_by_and_on_behalf_of_banned_and_blocked_editors" data-mw-thread-id="h-Edits_by_and_on_behalf_of_banned_and_blocked_editors-Evasion_and_enforcement"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Edits_by_and_on_behalf_of_banned_and_blocked_editors-Evasion_and_enforcement"></span>Edits by and on behalf of banned and blocked editors <span id="Edits_by_and_on_behalf_of_banned_users"></span><span id="Enforcement_by_reverting_edits"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Edits_by_and_on_behalf_of_banned_and_blocked_editors-Evasion_and_enforcement"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BRV"></span><span id="WP:BANREVERT"></span><span id="WP:REVERTBAN"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BRV&redirect=no">WP:BRV</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BANREVERT&redirect=no">WP:BANREVERT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:REVERTBAN&redirect=no">WP:REVERTBAN</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Anyone is free to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reverting" title="Wikipedia:Reverting">revert</a> any edits made in violation of a ban or block, without giving any further reason and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOT3RR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOT3RR">without regard to the three-revert rule</a>. This does not mean that edits <em>must</em> 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. </p><p>When reverting edits, care should be taken not to reinstate material that may be in violation of such core policies as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOV" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NPOV">neutrality</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:V" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:V">verifiability</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLP">biographies of living persons</a>. </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CSD#G5" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CSD">speedy deletion under the G5 criterion</a>. If the page in question contains <i>substantial</i> edits made to it by good faith users, it is not eligible for G5. </p><p>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 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 <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CFD" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CFD">categories for discussion</a> process instead of deleting them outright. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Proxying" data-mw-thread-id="h-Proxying-Edits_by_and_on_behalf_of_banned_and_blocked_editors"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Proxying-Edits_by_and_on_behalf_of_banned_and_blocked_editors"></span>Proxying<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Proxying-Edits_by_and_on_behalf_of_banned_and_blocked_editors"></span></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:PROXYING" redirects here. For the Wikipedia policy on open proxy servers, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PROXY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PROXY">WP:PROXY</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:PROXYING"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PROXYING&redirect=no">WP:PROXYING</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Editors in turn are not permitted to post or edit material at the <em>direction</em> of a banned or blocked editor (sometimes called <b>proxy editing</b> or <b>proxying</b>) unless they are able to show that the changes are productive <strong>and</strong> 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. </p><p>New accounts which engage in the same behavior as a banned or blocked editor in the same context, and who appear to be editing Wikipedia solely for that purpose, are subject to the remedies applied to the editor whose behavior they are imitating.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> See the policy on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SOCK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SOCK">sockpuppetry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MEAT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:MEAT">meatpuppetry</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="User_pages" data-mw-thread-id="h-User_pages-Evasion_and_enforcement"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-User_pages-Evasion_and_enforcement"></span>User pages<span data-mw-comment-end="h-User_pages-Evasion_and_enforcement"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BANNOTICE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BANNOTICE&redirect=no">WP:BANNOTICE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Site banned and global banned editors' <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_page" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:User page">user and user talk pages</a> 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. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_enforcement_measures" data-mw-thread-id="h-Further_enforcement_measures-Evasion_and_enforcement"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Further_enforcement_measures-Evasion_and_enforcement"></span>Further enforcement measures<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Further_enforcement_measures-Evasion_and_enforcement"></span></h3></div> <p>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. </p><p>Indefinitely site-banned editors may be restricted from editing their user talk page or using email. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Difference_between_bans_and_blocks" data-mw-thread-id="h-Difference_between_bans_and_blocks"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Difference_between_bans_and_blocks"></span>Difference between bans and blocks<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Difference_between_bans_and_blocks"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BLOCKBANDIFF"></span><span id="WP:BANBLOCKDIFF"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BLOCKBANDIFF&redirect=no">WP:BLOCKBANDIFF</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BANBLOCKDIFF&redirect=no">WP:BANBLOCKDIFF</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The MediaWiki software allows the ability to block editing of individual pages, known as a '<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Partial_block" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Partial block">partial block</a>', and sometimes this is used as a means of enforcing a specific set of ban conditions. However, bans such as topic bans or interaction bans still require human judgement to enforce and assess, and the presence or not of a partial block in furtherance of a topic ban or interaction ban should not be seen as a limitation on the scope of such a ban, which is defined by the wording of the ban and not of the presence or not of partial blocks. Editors who are banned from specific pages or topics must immediately cease editing these pages or topics. If they do not, <em>then</em> 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 <em>from</em> the site and remain members of the community. </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NPA">personal attacks</a> towards them remain unacceptable. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Difference between bans and blocks </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Type of sanction </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PB">Partial blocks</a> </th> <th scope="col">Site blocked<br/>(including "<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:INDEFBLOCK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:INDEFBLOCK">indefinite blocks</a>") </th> <th scope="col">Page/topic banned </th> <th scope="col">Site banned </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Scope of block/ban </th> <td>Specific pages, namespaces, or tools specified in the <a href="/wiki/Special:Block" title="Special:Block">blocking form</a> </td> <td>Entire site (talk page access may be allowed to discuss or appeal the block) </td> <td>Specific pages, users, tools, topics, or other categories in the wording of the ban </td> <td>Entire site (talk page access may be allowed to appeal the ban) </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Imposing of block/ban </th> <td colspan="2" style="padding: 10px;">May be imposed by any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:INVOLVED" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:INVOLVED">uninvolved</a> admin in accordance with the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BP">blocking policy</a>. </td> <td colspan="2" style="padding: 10px;">May be imposed only by the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ARBCOM" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ARBCOM">Arbitration Committee</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a>, or by <a href="#Community_bans_and_restrictions">community consensus</a> (or uninvolved administrators specifically authorized by one of these); users may also be banned for repeated block evasion. In the event an indefinitely blocked editor has continued to be disruptive and no administrator is willing to unblock, that editor is considered to be <i>de facto</i> banned. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Appeal of block/ban </th> <td>May be appealed to the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ANB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ANB">administators' noticeboard</a>, via the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Unblock" title="Template:Unblock">unblock</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template, or via <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UTRS">UTRS</a>. </td> <td>May be appealed by placing the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Unblock" title="Template:Unblock">unblock</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template on one's own talk page, or by submitting a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UTRS">UTRS ticket</a>. </td> <td>May be appealed at the appropriate time to the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ANB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ANB">administrators' noticeboard</a> (for community bans), by filing an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ARCA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ARCA">amendment request</a> (for arbitration bans), or to the Wikimedia Foundation (for Foundation imposed bans). </td> <td> <ul><li>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 <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Unblock" title="Template:Unblock">unblock</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template on one's own talk page or by submitting an appeal to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UTRS">WP:UTRS</a>, by which an administrator will copy the appeal to the appropriate venue.</li> <li>Site bans imposed by the Arbitration Committee can only be appealed to the Committee by email.</li> <li>Site bans imposed by the Wikimedia Foundation can only be appealed to the Wikimedia Foundation, but not all WMF bans are appealable.</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Removal of block/ban </th> <td colspan="2">May be lifted by any uninvolved admin, except <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy#CheckUser_blocks" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">CheckUser blocks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy#Oversight_blocks" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">Oversight blocks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contentious_topics#Appeals_and_amendments" title="Wikipedia:Contentious topics">arbitration enforcement blocks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Template:ArbComBlock" title="Template:ArbComBlock">blocks by the Arbitration Committee</a> </td> <td colspan="2"> <ul><li>Bans imposed by community consensus or for repeated block evasion may be lifted by community discussion (unless needing ArbCom review)</li> <li>Bans imposed by the Arbitration Committee may be lifted by the Arbitration Committee</li> <li>Bans imposed by the Wikimedia Foundation may be lifted by the Foundation</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span class="nowrap">Content created during</span> block or ban<br/><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(by the user or by someone acting on their behalf)</span> </th> <td colspan="4">Edits in violation of the block or ban may be reverted (<a href="#Enforcement_by_reverting_edits">exceptions</a>). Pages created in violation of the block or ban that lack non-violating contributions and content may be speedily deleted under <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CSD#G5" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CSD">CSD#G5</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Other_considerations" data-mw-thread-id="h-Other_considerations"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Other_considerations"></span>Other considerations<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Other_considerations"></span></h2></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="npab"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conduct_towards_banned_editors" data-mw-thread-id="h-Conduct_towards_banned_editors-Other_considerations"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Conduct_towards_banned_editors-Other_considerations"></span>Conduct towards banned editors<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Conduct_towards_banned_editors-Other_considerations"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:CONDUCTTOBANNED"></span><span id="WP:CTBE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CONDUCTTOBANNED&redirect=no">WP:CONDUCTTOBANNED</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CTBE&redirect=no">WP:CTBE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Gravedancing" title="Wikipedia:Gravedancing">Wikipedia:Gravedancing</a></div> <p>Wikipedia's hope for banned editors is that they will leave Wikipedia or the affected area with their pride and dignity intact, whether permanently or for the duration of their ban. <strong>It is unacceptable to take advantage of banned editors</strong>, whether by mocking, baiting, or otherwise abusing them. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NPA">Personal attacks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:OUTING" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:OUTING">outing</a>, and other prohibited behaviours remain unacceptable even if directed towards a banned editor. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scope_and_reciprocity" data-mw-thread-id="h-Scope_and_reciprocity-Other_considerations"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Scope_and_reciprocity-Other_considerations"></span>Scope and reciprocity<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Scope_and_reciprocity-Other_considerations"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BANOP"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BANOP&redirect=no">WP:BANOP</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>The English-language Wikipedia does not have authority over the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Meta" title="Wikipedia:Meta">Meta-Wiki</a>, Wikimedia sister projects, or Wikipedias in languages other than English. As such, bans issued by the English Wikipedia community or Arbitration Committee have no effect on other projects. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blacklist" class="mw-redirect" title="Blacklist">Blacklist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">Wikipedia:Blocking policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contentious_topics" title="Wikipedia:Contentious topics">Wikipedia:Contentious topics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_restrictions" title="Wikipedia:Editing restrictions">Wikipedia:Editing restrictions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse" title="Wikipedia:Long-term abuse">Wikipedia:Long-term abuse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Global_actions" title="Wikipedia:Global actions">Wikipedia:Global actions</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Notes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Notes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Notes"></span>Notes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Notes"></span></h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">If someone is banned from the Wikipedia namespace, administrative boards, or is under a similar restriction, this exception <strong>does not</strong> allow for reporting vandalism to administrative noticeboards. (See <a href="/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/1060346878#Reporting_obvious_vandalism_or_banned_users" title="Special:PermanentLink/1060346878">discussion</a>.)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)/Archive_140#Unblocking_after_community-imposed_block" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 140">RfC, May 2017</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)/Archive_166#RfC:_Can_editors_request_community_review_of_the_blocks_of_others?" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 166">RfC, April 2021</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/828033016#Proposal_for_mandatory_minimum_duration_length_for_CBAN_discussions" title="Special:PermanentLink/828033016">RfC, February 2018</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/973319444#RfC:_Increase_minimum_length_for_site_ban_discussions" title="Special:PermanentLink/973319444">RfC, July 2020</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See <a href="/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/1155585586#Alternate_proposal_(Procedural_community_desysop)" title="Special:PermanentLink/1155585586">2023 RfC</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/829541310#RfC:_update_to_banning_policy_for_repeat_sockmasters" title="Special:PermanentLink/829541310">March 2018 RfC</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">CheckUser findings include any statement by a CheckUser connecting specific accounts on the English Wikipedia based on private technical evidence. In addition to the standard unban requirements, a CheckUser must also be consulted to unblock users that are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy#CheckUser_blocks" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">CheckUser blocked</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Betacommand_3#Recidivism" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Betacommand 3">Motion on recidivism</a>, 15 February 2012</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-reluctantCommittee-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-reluctantCommittee_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-reluctantCommittee_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">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 <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Shakespeare_authorship_question#Review_of_community_sanctions" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Shakespeare authorship question">past case finding</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Examples of use at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RFAR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RFAR">Requests for Arbitration</a>: <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Amendment&diff=prev&oldid=339480803">by Hersfold</a>, <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Abd-William_M._Connolley/Proposed_decision&diff=prev&oldid=310616823">by Newyorkbrad</a>, <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Abd-William_M._Connolley/Proposed_decision&diff=prev&oldid=312573236">by Vassyana (line 478+)</a> ("A ban is a ban. It's not uncommon for people to make "good" edits to create a soapbox for disputing their ban and/or thumbing their nose at the project. Let's not enable them").</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For example <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Motions&oldid=319227429#The_undertow_banned_6_months">this case</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For example, <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Amendment&oldid=340258147#Arbitrator_views_and_discussion_4">this motion</a> where a topic-banned editor was allowed to participate in featured content discussions of his (non-contentious) diagrams.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Agapetos_angel#Meatpuppets" title="Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Agapetos angel">Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Agapetos angel § Meatpuppets</a>. See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tag_team" title="Wikipedia:Tag team">Wikipedia:Tag team</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://quarry.wmcloud.org/query/80159" class="extiw" title="quarry:query/80159">quarry:query/80159</a> 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; <a href="https://quarry.wmcloud.org/query/80167" class="extiw" title="quarry:query/80167">quarry:query/80167</a> found that 82,865 total (new and older) accounts were blocked at least once during the year.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid 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