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class="toctext">Granting permissions</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Removing_permissions"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Removing permissions</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Tools"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Tools</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Executing_user_rights_changes"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Executing user rights changes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Checking_candidate's_eligibility"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Checking candidate's eligibility</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="User_groups_and_granting_guidelines" data-mw-thread-id="h-User_groups_and_granting_guidelines"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-User_groups_and_granting_guidelines"></span>User groups and granting guidelines<span data-mw-comment-end="h-User_groups_and_granting_guidelines"></span></h2></div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See <a 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 42px;height: 34px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="42" data-height="34" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text">This Wikipedia page needs to be <b>updated</b>. Please help update this Wikipedia page to reflect recent events or newly available information. Relevant discussion may be found on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Administrators%27_guide/Granting_and_revoking_user_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia talk:Administrators' guide/Granting and revoking user rights"> the talk page</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following are user groups administrators are able to grant and revoke. Note the granting guidelines may link to the admin instructions at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions">Wikipedia:Requests for permissions</a>. You can refer to these pages for the accepted prerequisites of a given permission. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Account_creator" title="Wikipedia:Account creator">Account creator</a> (<b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Account_creator/Administrator_instructions" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Account creator/Administrator instructions">granting guideline</a></b>) – make a large number of accounts for other people who request them, primarily for the purposes of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ACC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ACC">account creation program</a> or remotely assisting <a href="/wiki/Edit-a-thon" title="Edit-a-thon">edit-a-thons</a>. This access has mostly been replaced by the "Event coordinator" group.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Autopatrolled" title="Wikipedia:Autopatrolled">Autopatrolled</a> (<b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Autopatrolled/Administrator_instructions" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Autopatrolled/Administrator instructions">granting guideline</a></b>) – automatically set page creations by the user as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPPLOG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NPPLOG">patrolled</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Confirmed" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Confirmed">Confirmed</a> (<b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Confirmed/Administrator_instructions" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Confirmed/Administrator instructions">granting guideline</a></b>) – edit articles that are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SEMI" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SEMI">semi-protected</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MOVE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:MOVE">move pages</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UPLOAD" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UPLOAD">upload files</a> (automatically granted to accounts that are over 4 days old and with 10 edits)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IP_block_exemption" title="Wikipedia:IP block exemption">IP block exempt</a> (<b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IP_block_exemption#Administrator's_guide" title="Wikipedia:IP block exemption">granting guideline</a></b>) – exempts the users from <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:HARDBLOCK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:HARDBLOCK">hardblocks</a> on affecting their IP address</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_filter_helper" title="Wikipedia:Edit filter helper">Edit filter helper</a> (<b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_filter_helper#Requirements_for_granting" title="Wikipedia:Edit filter helper">granting guideline</a></b> | <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_filter_helper#Criteria_for_revocation" title="Wikipedia:Edit filter helper">revocation criteria</a></b>) – allows editors to view details and logs of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_filter#Private_filters" title="Wikipedia:Edit filter">private edit filters</a>, but not to edit them</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_filter" title="Wikipedia:Edit filter">Edit filter manager</a> (<b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_filter#User_right" title="Wikipedia:Edit filter">granting guideline</a></b>) – create and modify filters that are run against all edits. This right has extreme potential for (accidental) abuse and should <b>never</b> be granted to non-admins without prior discussion at the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:EFN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:EFN">edit filter noticeboard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Event_coordinator" title="Wikipedia:Event coordinator">Event coordinator</a> (<b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Event_coordinator/Administrator_instructions" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Event coordinator/Administrator instructions">granting guideline</a></b> | <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Event_coordinator#Criteria_for_revocation" title="Wikipedia:Event coordinator">revocation criteria</a></b>) – allows editors to create multiple new accounts, and to temporarily confirm accounts so that they can create new articles.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Extended_confirmed" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Extended confirmed">Extended confirmed</a> (<b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Extended_confirmed/Administrator_instructions" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Extended confirmed/Administrator instructions">granting guideline</a></b>) – edit articles that are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ECP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ECP">extended confirmed protected</a> (automatically granted to accounts that are over 30 days old and with 500 edits) and is primarily used to enforce arbitration committee restrictions, should generally not be manually issued.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_mover" title="Wikipedia:File mover">File mover</a> (<b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/File_mover/Administrator_instructions" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/File mover/Administrator instructions">granting guideline</a></b>) – rename <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CMF" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CMF">media</a> in the File <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Namespace" title="Wikipedia:Namespace">namespace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol/Reviewers" title="Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Reviewers">New page reviewer</a> (<b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol/Reviewers#Guidelines_for_granting" title="Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Reviewers">granting guideline</a></b> | <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol/Reviewers#Guidelines_for_revocation" title="Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Reviewers">revocation criteria</a></b>) – allows editors to mark pages as reviewed.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Mass_message_senders" title="Wikipedia:Mass message senders">Mass message sender</a> (<b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Mass_message_sender/Administrator_instructions" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Mass message sender/Administrator instructions">granting guideline</a></b> | <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Mass_message_senders#Requesting_rights" title="Wikipedia:Mass message senders">revocation criteria</a></b>) ) – send messages to multiple users at once via <a href="/wiki/Special:MassMessage" title="Special:MassMessage">Special:MassMessage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Page_mover" title="Wikipedia:Page mover">Page mover</a> (<b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Page_mover/Administrator_instructions" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Page mover/Administrator instructions">granting guideline</a></b> | <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Page_mover#Criteria_for_revocation" title="Wikipedia:Page mover">revocation criteria</a></b>) – move pages and subpages without leaving redirects, move categories</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reviewing_pending_changes" title="Wikipedia:Reviewing pending changes">Pending changes reviewer</a> (<b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Pending_changes_reviewer/Administrator_instructions" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Pending changes reviewer/Administrator instructions">granting guideline</a></b>) – accept/reject pending changes to articles under <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Pending_changes" title="Wikipedia:Pending changes">pending changes protection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Rollback" title="Wikipedia:Rollback">Rollback</a> (<b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Rollback/Administrator_instructions" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Rollback/Administrator instructions">granting guideline</a></b> | <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Rollback#Revocation" title="Wikipedia:Rollback">revocation criteria</a></b>) – revert the last user's consecutive edits on a given page to be undone with a single mouse click</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_editor" title="Wikipedia:Template editor">Template editor</a> (<b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Template_editor/Administrator_instructions" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Template editor/Administrator instructions">granting guideline</a></b> | <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_editor#Criteria_for_revocation" title="Wikipedia:Template editor">revocation criteria</a></b>) – allow users to edit <a href="/wiki/Help:Template" title="Help:Template">templates</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Lua" title="Wikipedia:Lua">modules</a> that have been <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy" title="Wikipedia:Protection policy">protected</a> with the "protected template" protection level</li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Granting_permissions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Granting_permissions"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Granting_permissions"></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Admin_mop.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Admin_mop.PNG/25px-Admin_mop.PNG" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Admin_mop.PNG/38px-Admin_mop.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Admin_mop.PNG/50px-Admin_mop.PNG 2x" data-file-width="117" data-file-height="118"></a></span>Granting permissions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Granting_permissions"></span></h2></div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikipedia_user_rights_management.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ec/Wikipedia_user_rights_management.jpg/220px-Wikipedia_user_rights_management.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="201" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1174" data-file-height="1072"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 201px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ec/Wikipedia_user_rights_management.jpg/220px-Wikipedia_user_rights_management.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="201" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ec/Wikipedia_user_rights_management.jpg/330px-Wikipedia_user_rights_management.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ec/Wikipedia_user_rights_management.jpg/440px-Wikipedia_user_rights_management.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>The management page, accessible through <a href="/wiki/Special:UserRights" title="Special:UserRights">Special:UserRights</a></figcaption></figure> <ol><li>To modify a user's rights, browse to <a href="/wiki/Special:UserRights" title="Special:UserRights">Special:UserRights</a>.</li> <li>Type in the name of the user you wish to grant rights to. In this case, type in "ThisIsaTest" for <a href="/wiki/User:ThisIsaTest" title="User:ThisIsaTest">User:ThisIsaTest</a>. If you type in a non-existent username, you will be informed of this. Also make sure that you are giving the right to the user you intend to give it to, and not a possible imposter of that user.</li> <li>Press the "Edit user groups" button to bring up the User rights management screen. This screen can also be accessed by via the link "User rights management" under the Tools section of your sidebar, visible when you are on a page in a user's userspace. In our case, you can find the link when you are on the page <a href="/wiki/User:ThisIsaTest" title="User:ThisIsaTest">User:ThisIsaTest</a>.</li> <li>On the User rights management screen, you will see two lists: one titled <b>Groups you can change</b> and the other <b>Groups you cannot change</b>.</li> <li>Check the box next to the right you wish to grant in the "Groups you can change". For this purposes of this guide let's go with Rollback.</li> <li>In the lower box titled <b>Reason for change</b>, explain why you are giving the user the right (e.g. "testing on test account" or "trusted user active in counter-vandalism"). You may wish to link to a discussion, or to a noticeboard such as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PERM/R" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PERM/R">WP:PERM/R</a> if that's where the right was requested</li> <li>Press <b>Save User Groups</b>. The screen will blink and the User rights log at the bottom of the screen will be changed.</li> <li>At this point, you will have changed group membership for User:ThisIsaTest from (none) to rollback.</li> <li>Close the User rights management special page.</li></ol> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Removing_permissions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Removing_permissions"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Removing_permissions"></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Admin_mop.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Admin_mop.PNG/25px-Admin_mop.PNG" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Admin_mop.PNG/38px-Admin_mop.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Admin_mop.PNG/50px-Admin_mop.PNG 2x" data-file-width="117" data-file-height="118"></a></span>Removing permissions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Removing_permissions"></span></h2></div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <ol><li>Repeat steps 1 to 3 above, again noting you can get to the user rights management screen via the "User rights management" link if you are viewing within their userspace.</li> <li>In the box called <b>Groups you can change</b>, the box next to "rollback" will be checked: click to remove this check.</li> <li>In the lower box titled <b>Reason for change</b>, explain why you are removing the user's rollback access. Here, use "Testing on test account completed".</li> <li>Press <b>Save User Groups</b>. The screen will blink and the User rights log at the bottom of the screen will be reflected.</li> <li>At this point, you will have changed group membership for User:ThisIsaTest from rollback to (none).</li></ol> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Tools" data-mw-thread-id="h-Tools"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Tools"></span>Tools<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Tools"></span></h2></div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Executing_user_rights_changes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Executing_user_rights_changes-Tools"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Executing_user_rights_changes-Tools"></span>Executing user rights changes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Executing_user_rights_changes-Tools"></span></h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/User:MusikAnimal/userRightsManager.js" title="User:MusikAnimal/userRightsManager.js">User:MusikAnimal/userRightsManager.js</a> - for use at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PERM" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PERM">WP:PERM</a>. Click "assign permissions" on any PERM page, enter any closing remarks in the popup dialog, and the script will grant the right with a permalink to the discussion, and issue the corresponding talk page template.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Amalthea/MakeReviewer.js" title="User:Amalthea/MakeReviewer.js">User:Amalthea/MakeReviewer.js</a> - provides a link on userpages to give the user reviewer rights; notifies the user with a template.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Amalthea/MakeRollbacker.js" title="User:Amalthea/MakeRollbacker.js">User:Amalthea/MakeRollbacker.js</a> - provides a link on userpages to give the user rollback rights; notifies the user with a template.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Checking_candidate's_eligibility" data-mw-thread-id="h-Checking_candidate's_eligibility-Tools"><span id="Checking_candidate.27s_eligibility"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Checking_candidate's_eligibility-Tools"></span>Checking candidate's eligibility<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Checking_candidate's_eligibility-Tools"></span></h3></div> <ul><li><a href="https://iw.toolforge.org/xtools" class="extiw" title="toollabs:xtools">xtools</a></li> <li><a href="https://iw.toolforge.org/supercount" class="extiw" title="toollabs:supercount">Supercount</a></li> <li><a href="https://iw.toolforge.org/guc" class="extiw" title="toollabs:guc">Global contributions</a></li> <li><a href="https://iw.toolforge.org/sigma/created.py" class="extiw" title="toollabs:sigma/created.py">Pages created</a></li> <li><a href="https://iw.toolforge.org/musikanimal/nonautomated_edits" class="extiw" title="toollabs:musikanimal/nonautomated edits">Nonautomated edit counter</a></li> <li><a href="https://iw.toolforge.org/musikanimal/blp_edits" class="extiw" title="toollabs:musikanimal/blp edits">BLP edit counter</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.wikichecker.com/">WikiChecker</a> (if you get a "Forbidden" keep refreshing until it goes away)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:CentralAuth" title="Special:CentralAuth">Special:CentralAuth</a></li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><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><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions">Wikipedia:Requests for permissions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator_instructions" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Administrator instructions">Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Administrator instructions</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_create_an_account%3F" title="Wikipedia:Why create an account?">Why create an account?</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:CreateAccount" title="Special:CreateAccount">Create an account</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Request_an_account" title="Wikipedia:Request an account">Request an account</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IP_editors_are_human_too" title="Wikipedia:IP editors are human too">IPs are human too</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IP_addresses_are_not_people" title="Wikipedia:IP addresses are not people">IP addresses are not people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IP_hopper" title="Wikipedia:IP hopper">IP hopper</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Registered users</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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confidentiality and discretion">On privacy, confidentiality and discretion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Compromised_accounts" title="Wikipedia:Compromised accounts">Compromised accounts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_not_get_outed_on_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:How to not get outed on Wikipedia">How to not get outed</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Blocks, bans, sanctions,<br>global actions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">Blocking policy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Blocks" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Blocks">FAQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_guide/Blocking" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Blocking">Admin's guide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_guide/Blocking/Tools" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Blocking/Tools">Tools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Autoblock" title="Wikipedia:Autoblock">Autoblock</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Appealing_a_block" title="Wikipedia:Appealing a block">Appealing a block</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Guide_to_appealing_blocks" title="Wikipedia:Guide to appealing blocks">Guide to appealing blocks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Unblock_Ticket_Request_System" title="Wikipedia:Unblock Ticket Request System">UTRS Unblock Ticket Request System</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_IP_addresses" title="Wikipedia:Blocking IP addresses">Blocking IP addresses</a> <ul><li><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Range_blocks" class="extiw" title="mw:Help:Range blocks">Range blocks</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Range_blocks/IPv6" class="extiw" title="mw:Help:Range blocks/IPv6">IPv6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Open_proxies" title="Wikipedia:Open proxies">Open proxies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Banning_policy" title="Wikipedia:Banning policy">Banning policy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Ban_appeals" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Ban appeals">ArbCom appeals</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sanctions" title="Wikipedia:Sanctions">Sanctions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_restrictions" title="Wikipedia:Editing restrictions">Personal sanctions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_sanctions" title="Wikipedia:General sanctions">General sanctions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contentious_topics" title="Wikipedia:Contentious topics">Contentious topics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_enforcement_log" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration enforcement log">Log</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sanctions_(essay)" title="Wikipedia:Sanctions (essay)">Essay</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Indefinite_is_not_infinite" title="Wikipedia:Indefinite is not infinite">Indef ≠ infinite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse" title="Wikipedia:Long-term abuse">Long-term abuse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Standard_offer" title="Wikipedia:Standard offer">Standard offer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Global_actions" title="Wikipedia:Global actions">Global actions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related to accounts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Sockpuppetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Single-purpose_account" title="Wikipedia:Single-purpose account">Single-purpose account</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sleeper_account" title="Wikipedia:Sleeper account">Sleeper account</a></li> <li><a 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