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the list of all blocked users; the list of all autoblocked users; the list of recent blocks; the blocking policy; the banning policy, not the same as the blocking policy
Bot account of an indefinitely blocked user; copying block settings OCAD Team: confirmed 331dot: infinity {{uw-spamublock}} <!-- Promotional username, promotional edits --> Swarmx: confirmed Swarm: infinity This is a test Emir of Wikipedia: extendedmover El C: infinity Disruptive editing: Neutralhomer: extendedmover Ingenuity: infinity
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.
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)
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).
Watch this user's user and talk pages adds the blocked user's page to your watchlist – you may wish to tick this checkbox to be informed if the user adds an unblock rationale on their talk page. Prevent logged-in users from editing from this IP address blocks all users, registered and unregistered, from editing from the IP address.
If a username or userpage can cause harm to someone, delete it. A users phone number, address, real name, age, or other personal information in a username or on another users page without the users permission can endanger that user. This does not just include information of Administrators, although they are a common target for this sort of attack.
Users may be globally banned from the English Wikipedia and all other Wikimedia projects, either by the broader Wikimedia community or by the Wikimedia Foundation. In the case of the former, English Wikipedia users will be explicitly invited to participate in the Meta-Wiki discussion to ban the user in question.