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The UAA noticeboard is for reporting serious violations of the username policy that require immediate intervention by an administrator. To use this board correctly, please read the following instructions and ensure you’ve followed the steps to addressing inappropriate usernames.
Description | Good-faith (soft block) | No/bad-faith (hard block) | |||||||||
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Standard | {{ subst: uw-ublock}} | {{ subst: uw-uhblock}} | |||||||||
Promotional username | {{ subst: uw-softerblock}} | {{ subst: uw-spamublock}} | |||||||||
Promoting a cause (possibly not notable) | {{ subst: uw-causeblock}} | ||||||||||
Vandalism and blatant username violation | {{ subst: uw-vaublock}} | ||||||||||
Ends with the suffix -bot | {{ subst: uw-botublock}} | {{ subst: uw-botuhblock}} | |||||||||
Well-known (specific and identifiable) person | {{ subst: uw-ublock-wellknown}} | ||||||||||
Implies administrative authority | {{ subst: uw-adminublock}} | {{ subst: uw-adminuhblock}} | |||||||||
Impersonator of another user | {{ subst: uw-ublock-double}} | {{ subst: uw-uhblock-double}} | |||||||||
UAA navigation: |
This help page is a
how-to guide. It details processes or procedures of some aspect(s) of Wikipedia's norms and practices. It is not one of
Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, and may reflect varying levels of
consensus and
vetting. |
The UAA noticeboard is for reporting serious violations of the username policy that require immediate intervention by an administrator. To use this board correctly, please read the following instructions and ensure you’ve followed the steps to addressing inappropriate usernames.
Description | Good-faith (soft block) | No/bad-faith (hard block) | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Standard | {{ subst: uw-ublock}} | {{ subst: uw-uhblock}} | |||||||||
Promotional username | {{ subst: uw-softerblock}} | {{ subst: uw-spamublock}} | |||||||||
Promoting a cause (possibly not notable) | {{ subst: uw-causeblock}} | ||||||||||
Vandalism and blatant username violation | {{ subst: uw-vaublock}} | ||||||||||
Ends with the suffix -bot | {{ subst: uw-botublock}} | {{ subst: uw-botuhblock}} | |||||||||
Well-known (specific and identifiable) person | {{ subst: uw-ublock-wellknown}} | ||||||||||
Implies administrative authority | {{ subst: uw-adminublock}} | {{ subst: uw-adminuhblock}} | |||||||||
Impersonator of another user | {{ subst: uw-ublock-double}} | {{ subst: uw-uhblock-double}} | |||||||||