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A ban is the formal revocation of editing privileges on all or part of Wikipedia. A ban may be temporary and of fixed duration, or indefinite and potentially permanent. The standard invitation Wikipedia extends with the statement "edit this page" does not apply to banned users.
A ban may be applied through the Requests for Banning process, by the Arbitration Committee (either directly or via discretionary sanctions), or by Jimmy Wales. Matters involving requests for discretionary sanctions to be applied to a user should be handled at the Arbitration Enforcement noticeboard.
A "Request for Banning" is only needed for:
Bans may fall into one of the following types:
Some bans may involve a combination of the above types. For example, a user may be banned from posting on the talkpage of certain other editors, and also banned from editing a certain article, but still allowed to post on the talkpage of that article.
A Request for Banning may only be filed if the following conditions exist:
An RfBan may be filed by any user who has not certified a request for comment on user conduct against the individual in question. It must be endorsed by another individual who has not certified a request for comment on user conduct against the individual in question.
A qualified individual should use the below template to file the initial request for banning, indicating the individual to be banned, evidence of an existing RfC, the type of ban sought, and the period of the ban. A notice should be posted to the RfC, to the user's talk page, the Administrators' noticeboard, and to the Proposals Village pump.
The request may cover any area that is reasonable, but should not otherwise be unreasonably wider. A site ban withdraws all editing privileges from the user (other than their own userspace, if not abused). Bans on specific matters may cover (but are not limited to) specific articles, themes, categories, users, dispute areas, or topic areas, specific processes, specific namespaces, or anything else, as needed.
Ban requests should be worded thoughtfully to prevent the behavior repeating. For example a tendentious user banned from editing an article may argue they are not prevented from editing a very similar article, or the same topic in another article.
Other users may propose bans of different lengths and types. Comments should continue to be made at the RfC and new evidence introduced if it becomes available there. User may comment in support or opposition of each proposed ban and may comment multiple proposal. After the RfBan has been open for ten days, an uninvolved bureaucrat or arbiter will close the RfBan, indicating which proposal, if any, has community consensus. They will record the ban at Wikipedia:List of banned users.
The discussion close should be broadly based upon the following principles:
As bans are not decided unilaterally or lightly by a minority, neither should unbans be.
A closed RfBan may be appealed directly to the Arbitration Committee or Jimmy Wales. A request for alteration of a ban may be filed by any user after one-half the period of ban has elapsed, or in the case of an indefinite ban, after six months have elapsed.
A user who returns to editing after a long ban (typically more than 2-3 months), or following serious issues, may be required to accept strict conditions for their return if they wish to resume editing privileges. These are intended to allow gradual resumption of editing by a user whose past actions caused concern, and protection of the user, other users, and the project.
The protective periods may be quite lengthy (up to a year or more is not uncommon), and may include (by way of example):
Even though this page is technically in my userspace, feel free to vigorously edit and improve it. MBisanz talk |
A ban is the formal revocation of editing privileges on all or part of Wikipedia. A ban may be temporary and of fixed duration, or indefinite and potentially permanent. The standard invitation Wikipedia extends with the statement "edit this page" does not apply to banned users.
A ban may be applied through the Requests for Banning process, by the Arbitration Committee (either directly or via discretionary sanctions), or by Jimmy Wales. Matters involving requests for discretionary sanctions to be applied to a user should be handled at the Arbitration Enforcement noticeboard.
A "Request for Banning" is only needed for:
Bans may fall into one of the following types:
Some bans may involve a combination of the above types. For example, a user may be banned from posting on the talkpage of certain other editors, and also banned from editing a certain article, but still allowed to post on the talkpage of that article.
A Request for Banning may only be filed if the following conditions exist:
An RfBan may be filed by any user who has not certified a request for comment on user conduct against the individual in question. It must be endorsed by another individual who has not certified a request for comment on user conduct against the individual in question.
A qualified individual should use the below template to file the initial request for banning, indicating the individual to be banned, evidence of an existing RfC, the type of ban sought, and the period of the ban. A notice should be posted to the RfC, to the user's talk page, the Administrators' noticeboard, and to the Proposals Village pump.
The request may cover any area that is reasonable, but should not otherwise be unreasonably wider. A site ban withdraws all editing privileges from the user (other than their own userspace, if not abused). Bans on specific matters may cover (but are not limited to) specific articles, themes, categories, users, dispute areas, or topic areas, specific processes, specific namespaces, or anything else, as needed.
Ban requests should be worded thoughtfully to prevent the behavior repeating. For example a tendentious user banned from editing an article may argue they are not prevented from editing a very similar article, or the same topic in another article.
Other users may propose bans of different lengths and types. Comments should continue to be made at the RfC and new evidence introduced if it becomes available there. User may comment in support or opposition of each proposed ban and may comment multiple proposal. After the RfBan has been open for ten days, an uninvolved bureaucrat or arbiter will close the RfBan, indicating which proposal, if any, has community consensus. They will record the ban at Wikipedia:List of banned users.
The discussion close should be broadly based upon the following principles:
As bans are not decided unilaterally or lightly by a minority, neither should unbans be.
A closed RfBan may be appealed directly to the Arbitration Committee or Jimmy Wales. A request for alteration of a ban may be filed by any user after one-half the period of ban has elapsed, or in the case of an indefinite ban, after six months have elapsed.
A user who returns to editing after a long ban (typically more than 2-3 months), or following serious issues, may be required to accept strict conditions for their return if they wish to resume editing privileges. These are intended to allow gradual resumption of editing by a user whose past actions caused concern, and protection of the user, other users, and the project.
The protective periods may be quite lengthy (up to a year or more is not uncommon), and may include (by way of example):