User:Knot126/Block Recommendations

"This is not yet an official policy and is a draft that will be voted on."These are recommended block times, and generally should be followed.

2023 Update
Due to the wiki's activity having slowed since the block policy was first in place &mdash; and the fact that we have less time to handle things like vandalism and harassment &mdash; we have updated the block policy to be a bit more strict. While we still believe it's possible for formerly blocked editors to become helpful contributors, we can't really put as much effort into this as we used to.

We also believe that it is more common to create a new account when going from a non-helpful to a helpful user, and as such, have placed some constraints on what it means to be a sockpuppet. For example, if you do bad contributions, and later create an account and do good contributions, we won't consider the new account to be a sockpuppet.

To breifly state the changes: there are now fewer block types and levels and longer block periods for some things; however, we're still trying to believe that there are good people and that even people who appear to be bad at first can actually be good people.

If the wiki becomes more active with active admins, we would recommend restoring the old block recommendations.

Mechanics

 * Each block level can only increase one at a time. (For example, you can go from Level 3 to Level 4, but not from Level 3 to Level 5.)
 * When upgrading block types, the admin is allowed to keep the current block count for that type, but can't move it up a level in that process. For example, a Type 1, Level 3 (1 month) block can become a Type 2, Level 3 block (3 months). They cannot move it to a level 4.
 * In some cases, it is okay for admins to ignore blocking guidelines based on their own judgement and the amount of harm done to the wiki and other users. Any blocks issued out of line with the block recommendations should be well justified.