Hypixel SkyBlock Wiki:Blocking Policy

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These policies should be accepted by the community. Changes should reflect consensus or be approved by the Staff Team.
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> A guide to blocking users for Administrators may be found on the Blocking Guide

Blocking is an action performed by an administrator to prevent a user from making changes to the wiki. Usually, blocking is used only on users who have misbehaved in some way. A block may be any length, depending on the situation.

Blocks may be appealed on the user's message wall. If the block parameter "cannot edit own talk page" is checked, the user may contact an admin on Community Central. In severe cases, A range-block may be used to block a group IPs if the vandal is using multiple IP addresses to vandalize the wiki. Blocks should only be issued to prevent further damage to the project, and should never be issued as a punishment. All blocks must be provided with a reason, unless if it is an oversight, or an checkuser block, in which it must be "Oversight block", or "Checkuser Block".

A user is commonly blocked for the following reasons: Vandalism; Spam; Swearing Excessively in discussions; Impersonating a Staff member; Unacceptable Username; Cross-Wiki Vandal

The following blocks should never be issued: Cool-down blocks; Involved administrators blocking involved users; Blocks without assuming good faith; Blocks as a punishment with reasons outside of policies and guidelines

Blocking

Underage user

Users registered or not found to be below the age of 13 will be blocked for the estimated amount of time (in years) it would take them to reach the required age of 13. Users may additionally be reported to Fandom if the evidence of them being under 13 years of age is substantial enough. As evidence is regarded user stating their age openly in comments/posts (will most probably get reported to Fandom), user stating in what school grade they are, and similar personal information.

Vandalism-Only Accounts

See Also: Vandalism-Only Accounts on Wikipedia

A vandalism-only account (or VoA for short) is an account which is created only for vandalizing the wiki. If found, such accounts are blocked indefinitely. They usually have suspicious usernames, which may be used to point out that the account in question is such an account.

Common Signs of a VoA account are:

Low edit count
Low user age
Spammy/Offensive/Suggestive names
- The signs above on top of vandalism.

Sockpuppety

See Also: Sock Puppetry On Wikipedia, Sockpuppetry policy

A Sockpuppet is a user who creates multiple accounts for disruption, vandalism, spam, block evasion, vote stacking, and many other harmful actions.

If found, such accounts are blocked indefinitely. Signs of sockpuppety include similar editing patterns, usernames, and/or vandalism. Note that having multiple accounts IS allowed, as long as they are used in good-faith.

If you have found such accounts, please contact an Administrator immediately or post a report on the Administrator's Noticeboard. A sockmaster may also create alternate accounts prior to executing vandalism on the wiki. If a user is found of such an offense, they are usually blocked indefinitely. Exceptions are rare to this case.

Common Signs of a Sockpuppet/Sockmaster are

Similar Editing patterns/Vandalism
Similar grammar
Similar usernames
Same area of interest

IP-Vandalism

An IP-vandal is a user who uses an anonymous account to vandalize the wiki. An IP vandal is blocked depending on how severe the vandalism it caused was. IP-vandals are rarely blocked for more than 1 year on other wikis, but due to the situation on this wiki, IP addresses are commonly blocked for infinite periods of time. Such vandals are given a warning if the vandalism might be a bug or a mistake (this is not currently possible because IP message walls are broken). Otherwise, they are blocked without warning.

Spam

Spam is any promotion of an entity, person, or thing. Such edits are considered to be vandalism, and the users involved are blocked. A user may register with a promotional username. Such accounts are blocked indefinitely. A vandal may also spam external links to shady sites; such vandals are also blocked indefinitely.

Edit Warring

Edit warring Is a conflict which 2 or more editors have a conflict of interest and revert each other's edits.

An example: Joe wants to the article to be written in a certain way, while Jack wants it to be written in a different way. Joe makes his edit, and Joe reverts it. Joe Undoes Jack's edit, and Jack undoes Joe's and so on.

In severe cases, the editors will be blocked from editing for a time.

In mild cases, the article in the site of conflict will be locked temporarily to all users but admins, while the editors come to a consensus on its talk page. There is a rule about reverting other's non-vandalism edits, which is, that you are not allowed to revert 3 times on a page per 24 hours. Violators may be reported at Administrator's Noticeboard.

Abuse Of User Rights

Abuse of user rights is where a user with extra privileges abuses their rights for personal gain. Such cases are very rare.

In a case of such abuse, the user has their rights removed temporarily or indefinitely. They may also be blocked depending on the severity of the situation. Violators may be reported at Administrator's Noticeboard.

Abuse Filter

Users who trigger the Abuse Filter may be blocked if the filter triggered is set to blocked. If you have been blocked falsely, please follow the instructions on the block notice on how to appeal.

Disruptive Editing

Disruptive editing is where a user's edits with/without the intent to disrupt Hypixel SkyBlock Wiki, causing impedance of the project, problems for editors, or hindrance of progress of an article/template.

Disruption can be vandalism or it can just be editing with good faith, but the edits are not helpful overall. Disruptive edits may be reverted at will. A disruptive editor may be banned, sanctioned, or blocked if the edits become a large problem for the community. Violators may be reported at Administrator's Noticeboard.

A disruptive editor may expect the following

Reversions of any problematic edits
A gentle, then strict warning, followed by blocks
Topic-bans and other restrictions
Revocation of rights if they are Wiki Staff

Long-term Abuse

Long-term abuse is where a user commits various guideline breaches and disruption to the community over a long period of time. Such behavior, if found, will result in a ban from the wiki. Due to the small size of the wiki, such cases are rare. Staff members found of such behavior will have their rights revoked at first sight and a ban may be implemented. If you believe a user is a long-term abuser, please file a report at the Administrator's Noticeboard.

Indefinite Blocks

Indefinite blocks are blocks which are set to never expire. These blocks are generally reserved for zero-tolerance behavior, long-term abuse, and other grave behavior.

An indefinite block does not mean that an editor is permanently banned; it may be changed.
An indefinite block may be implemented to prevent disruption by a particular troublesome editor.
Indefinite blocks are handed out by the Abuse Filter as most offenders who trigger it are editing in bad faith.
Indefinite blocks are used to impose bans.

Immaturity

Immaturity is behavior of an individual which is not mature. This can manifest in many forms, such as immature comments (Like improper grammar or excessive use of emojis/or other characters), bad judgement, deleting warnings by moderators, not moving on from incidents, not abiding by rules, nonsense/disruptive comments, or vandalism. Immaturity in itself generally does not cause issues, but what it can manifest into is the reason why user are blocked.

Long-term community disruption

Users who cause large problems for the community/staff team over long periods of time will likely be subject to bans and/or infinite blocks.

Open Proxies/VPNs

Due to the risk of abuse from VPNs and Open Proxies, particularly sockpuppetry and Block evasion, they may be blocked at any time from editing.

Harrassment

Harassing others in any way is not allowed, as the aim of Hypixel SkyBlock Wiki is to create a friendly, calm, and mature editing environment, and will usually lead to long or infinite blocks. Harassment may manifest itself in the following forms:

Persistent attempts to get a user's attention on a matter
Persistent attempts to speak with them despite being told to stop
Personal attacks or other insults
Leakage of private information (Doxxing)

Personal Attacks

See Also: Project:No Personal Attacks

Personal attacks is behavior where someone comments on the person, not the project. This may range from mildly abrasive comments like Your edit was bad because of XYZ to grave insults. While mild comments might be ignored, anything worse is likely to result in long or infinite blocks.

Self-requested Blocks

Sometimes, people request that their account be blocked, for example to enforce a wikibreak. Such requests are not allowed.

Other Criteria

This the list of criteria above is not exhaustive. If an Administrator thinks an editor is disruptive/damaging to the project as a whole, they may block them at their discretion at any time, given they are prepared to explain why they blocked the editor, and that the block reason stands up to scrutiny.

Unblocks

> How to appeal a wiki block

Unblocking is a mechanism allowing a blocked user to have their access to editing, discussions, and other actions restored by an Administrator. For information on the reasons unblocks can happen, please see the Block Appeal Guidelines. If one user believes another user was blocked in false circumstances, they may submit a block review at the Administrator's Noticeboard.

Wheel-Warring

Wheel-Warring is a phenomenon where to Administrators revert each other's actions in a similar fashion to an edit war. Such conduct by an Administrator may result in revocation of rights.

Wheel warring is never acceptable. As with edit warring, sanctions may follow.
As with edit warring, an Administrator involved in such an affair should stop and message the other Administrator, followed by reaching a consensus.

False Blocks

Blocking users is meant to stop disruptive or otherwise damaging actions to the community. An Administrator may never block a user just because they did something they didn't like, or the Administrator didn't like their editing style.

An Administrator may never block a user for personal reasons, unless they already satisfy the blocking criteria.
In extreme cases of admin abuse, Fandom Staff may unblock the user(s) affected and might remove the offending admin's rights.

Release of Information

When blocking users, all administrators must include a reason, although, in certain circumstances, the reason will not be very descriptive. This may happen in two situations, Oversight Blocks, and CheckUser Blocks.

Oversight Blocks

Oversighted, or revdeled information may not be re-shared on this wiki. In rare cases, it is allowed to be shared through private communication channels, for example emails. Oversighted information, or revdeled information, is only used in extreme cases. We do not use revision delete on vandalisms, but we do use it on severe BLP issues, or if an underage person posts personal information. Blocks of this nature may take longer to process, as they have to find the oversighted information.

Checkuser Blocks

Checkuser blocks are issued when Fandom provides technical data that two users are sockpuppeting. We may not release the IP addresses, nor link IPs to users. Appeals of this kind must be processed through Fandom staff, which may take more time than normal.