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Hello and welcome to the Bleach Wiki. There are very few policies which apply across all of Wikia; the ones that do can be found at their Policy Category. In addition to these policies, there have been policies and guidelines that have been developed on the Bleach Wiki to further our goal of creating an informative Bleach database. Our policies apply to all editors. We at the Bleach Wiki strive to create a welcoming and fun environment for those who are civil and assume good faith in others, seek consensus in discussions, and work towards the goal of creating an increasingly comprehensive database about everything in the Bleach Universe. Policies need to be approached with common sense; adhere to the spirit rather than the lettering of the rules, and be prepared to break the rules on the rare occasion when they conflict with the goal of improving the wiki.
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The following is the blocking procedure on the Bleach Wiki for when users violate policy. All Admins and Committee Members will follow this guide when issuing warnings and blocks.
Blocking is the method by which administrators may technically prevent users from editing Bleach Wiki. Blocks are used to prevent damage or disruption, not to punish users. Blocks sometimes are used as a deterrent, to discourage whatever behavior led to the block and encourage a productive editing environment.
Warnings & Appeals
Blocked users can appeal their blocks by making a statement on their talk page. Except in cases of unambiguous error, administrators should not undo other administrators' blocks without prior discussion. The number of warnings issued per offence before a block is put in place can be found in the table below.
Only Administrators and those on the Policy and Standards Committe can issue warnings. If any other user tells you about policy violations, it is not considered an official warning, but please do listen to what they have to say.
Any user may request a block at Forum:Administrative Requests for major incidents of vandalism or disruption. Users requesting blocks should supply credible evidence of the circumstances warranting a block. Administrators are never obliged to place a block and are free to investigate the situation themselves. Because blocks may be reviewed and appealed, it is often important that the blocking and reviewing administrators each communicate with and take care to inform the other.
Repeated Policy Violations Following a Lifted Ban
If a user continues to violate policy after having a block lifted from their account, their ban will be upgraded to the next increment of time, as listed from left to right in the table below. Note that if a user violates a policy that requires a block time longer than the next increment (ex. next increment would be one month, but user does action for a 1 year ban), the greater length of time takes precedent, as the violation is more severe. Also note: If a User continues to perform an action they were previously blocked for, they will be blocked again without warning.
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1 Week | 2 Weeks | 1 Month | 6 Months | 1 Year | Indefinite |
Durations for Blocking
The following displays each action that could get you banned, as well as show how many times you will be warned before said ban and how long the ban will last. For some offenses, a minimum to maximum range is given which the blocking admin will choose from at their discretion depending on the severity of the issue.
Action | Description | Number of Warnings | Length of Block |
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Vandalism | Putting in clearly false or biased information into an article, blanking page, breaking code or replacing content with nonsense, etc | None | Indefinite |
Adding Pornographic Photos | Adding any sexually explicit photos | None | Indefinite |
Harassing Other Users | Annoying them, calling them names, undoing all of the users edits, etc | None | Indefinite |
Spamming (minor/by a user) | Advertising or linking anything that is unrelated to this wiki | 3 | 1 week |
Spamming (bot/serious) | Advertising or linking anything that is unrelated to this wiki | 0 | Indefinite |
Removing Accurate Information | Removing any information that was said or shown on any offical Bleach medium or interview (may be viewed as vandalism) | 1 | 1 week - 1 month |
Language | Putting in sexually explicit or curse words in an article, outside of quotes | 1 | 1 month - 6 months |
Edit Warring |
When an admin or other user undoes your edit and you put it back in before finding out why it was undone |
1 | 3 months - 1 year |
Threatening Other Users | Different from harassing in that the user in question blatanly threatened another with physical violence or death. You will be banned for this even if it was just a joke. We take threats very seriously on this wiki. | None | Indefinite |
Sock Puppetry/Abusing Multiple Accounts |
A user that has created and is using another account to get around the punishment, or to unfairly affect the results of a vote. |
None | Original account ban time is reset and incremented according to the table above, alternate account is banned indefinitely.
If the original account has not been banned, then the account will be blocked for 1 year |
Uploading Images without FUR or Licensing | ALL images (not for your user page) must have FUR and licensing. This ban will happen if you repeatedly violate this | 3 | 1 week - 1 month |
Adding Unreferenced Information | User adds information that is unreferenced | 3 | 1 week - 1 month |
Speculation | User adds information that has not been shown in any offical Bleach medium or interview | 3 | 1 week - 1 month |
Improper User Page Activity |
Editing someone else's user page without permission (Note: exceptions to this rule are essential maintenance, removing harassing messages or user badges that signify a group the user is no longer a part of) or excessively editing your user page without making any productive mainspace contribution. |
3 | 1 week - 1 month |
Inappropriate Talk Page Activity |
1. Removing non-harassing talk page messages 2. Placing content that should be in Forums 3. Editing closed/archived discussions |
3 | 1 week |
Ignoring Warnings |
The user continues to do an action that, although isn't necessarily violating policy, Committee and Admins find unnecessary or makes the wiki harder to understand, despite being told to stop. |
4 | 1 week - 2 weeks |
Edit Fluffing |
Publishing multiple edits to the same page or editing individual sections of a page to boost edit count instead of editing the entire page and previewing your changes. |
3 | 1 week - 1 month |
Adding false or invented material |
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3 | 1 week - 1 month |
Accounts with inappropriate usernames, bios or avatars | These must be changed to something appropriate by the user in question. As they cannot be changed by other users, a temporary ban may be used until the change is made. | 1 | Until offending issue dealt with |
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