![]() | This page in a nutshell: Disruptive editing is harmful to the project and may result in blocking or banning. |
“ | Show the door to trolls, vandals, and wiki-anarchists, who, if permitted, would waste your time and create a poisonous atmosphere here. | ” |
— Larry Sanger, Wikipedia:Etiquette |
Disruptive editing is a pattern of edits that has the effect of disrupting the project, impeding the ability of others to edit and work productively; and preventing the improvement of the encyclopedia.
Wikipedia owes much of its success to openness. However, that very openness sometimes attracts people who seek to exploit the site as a platform for pushing a single point of view, original research, or self-promotion. It also attracts editors that have disruption and drama as their main intentions. Sometimes a Wikipedia editor creates long-term problems by persistently editing a page or set of pages in a fashion contrary to policy and community standards.
Collectively, disruptive editors harm Wikipedia by degrading its reliability as a reference source and by creating an undesirable environment for other editors. Compounding the disruption, productive editors may quit the project in frustration when a disruptive editor continues with impunity.
This guideline concerns gross, obvious and repeated violations of basic policy, not subtle questions about which reasonable people may disagree. This type of behavior disturbs the editing environment and obstructs the improvement of the project. Disruptive editors will tend to:
Preventing disruption forms part of numerous Wikipedia principles, such as our blocking policy. However, some editors game the system in an effort to avoid disciplinary action.
New or inexperienced users engaging in disruptive editing should first be informed of Wikipedia's policies and practices, and the problems with their editing approach. More experienced contributors should be reminded of the project's behavioural standards and encouraged to seek dispute resolution should discussion be insufficient to resolve the issue.
If warnings and dispute resolution fail, uninvolved administrators may block disruptive editors. Disruptive editing may be reported to administrators at the incidents noticeboard. Blocks should be used in situations where an editor fails to moderate their behavior in the face of community concerns. Persistent disruptive editing may lead to a ban or other sanctions, by community discussion or an arbitration case.
![]() | This page in a nutshell: Disruptive editing is harmful to the project and may result in blocking or banning. |
“ | Show the door to trolls, vandals, and wiki-anarchists, who, if permitted, would waste your time and create a poisonous atmosphere here. | ” |
— Larry Sanger, Wikipedia:Etiquette |
Disruptive editing is a pattern of edits that has the effect of disrupting the project, impeding the ability of others to edit and work productively; and preventing the improvement of the encyclopedia.
Wikipedia owes much of its success to openness. However, that very openness sometimes attracts people who seek to exploit the site as a platform for pushing a single point of view, original research, or self-promotion. It also attracts editors that have disruption and drama as their main intentions. Sometimes a Wikipedia editor creates long-term problems by persistently editing a page or set of pages in a fashion contrary to policy and community standards.
Collectively, disruptive editors harm Wikipedia by degrading its reliability as a reference source and by creating an undesirable environment for other editors. Compounding the disruption, productive editors may quit the project in frustration when a disruptive editor continues with impunity.
This guideline concerns gross, obvious and repeated violations of basic policy, not subtle questions about which reasonable people may disagree. This type of behavior disturbs the editing environment and obstructs the improvement of the project. Disruptive editors will tend to:
Preventing disruption forms part of numerous Wikipedia principles, such as our blocking policy. However, some editors game the system in an effort to avoid disciplinary action.
New or inexperienced users engaging in disruptive editing should first be informed of Wikipedia's policies and practices, and the problems with their editing approach. More experienced contributors should be reminded of the project's behavioural standards and encouraged to seek dispute resolution should discussion be insufficient to resolve the issue.
If warnings and dispute resolution fail, uninvolved administrators may block disruptive editors. Disruptive editing may be reported to administrators at the incidents noticeboard. Blocks should be used in situations where an editor fails to moderate their behavior in the face of community concerns. Persistent disruptive editing may lead to a ban or other sanctions, by community discussion or an arbitration case.