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On 13 September 2019, the Wikimedia Foundation banned seven Wikipedia users and removed administrator privileges from twelve users that were part of Wikimedians of Mainland China (WMC). [40] Maggie Dennis, the foundation's vice president of community resilience and sustainability, said that there had been a yearlong investigation into ...
Blocked users can continue to access Wikipedia, but cannot edit any page they are blocked from (including, if appropriate, their own user pages). In most cases, a site-wide blocked user will only be able to edit their own user talk page. Blocks are used to prevent damage or disruption to Wikipedia, not to punish users (see § Purpose and goals).
It prevents users from editing, renaming, creating, or otherwise contributing to pages on Wikipedia, either across Wikipedia or on certain pages. Blocks can apply to a user account, an IP address, or a range of IP addresses that is deemed responsible for or related to problematic activity. The reason for your block may be found in your block log.
Users banned by the community (but not under ArbCom bans or blocks designated to be appealed to ArbCom only) are normally unbanned only after a community discussion at the administrators' noticeboard determines whether there is consensus to lift the ban. You should read Wikipedia:Standard offer before appealing a community ban. Users may be ...
Users in this category have been globally banned from all Wikimedia projects by the community. Subcategories.
Banned Wikipedia users (4 C, 956 P) Wikipedians who have temporarily been blocked for advertising (4,674 P) Wikipedians who have temporarily been blocked for link-spamming (196 P)