All The Tropes:How We Do Bans Around Here: Difference between revisions

 

This document assumes the terms "tempban" and "temporary block" are synonyms. The lists of what is or is not grounds for a particular type of ban are not exclusive - they are not intended to cover 100% of all possible cases.

 

'''Moderators are encouraged to re-read section 8 of the [[All The Tropes:Policy for Wiki Staff|Policy for Wiki Staff]] before issuing a ban.'''

 

== What '''is not''' grounds for any kind of ban ==

* [[All The Tropes:Policy for Wiki Staff|Disagreeing with a mod.]]

* Making an honest mistake.

** Posting child pornography or links to such content

** Posting "hate speech" as defined in Sec. 18(1) of the Public Order Act of 1986 (POA) of the United Kingdom or Articles 137(c) and 137(d) of the Dutch Criminal Code

* Spamming off-topic posts from a user account, or an IP address known to belong to a spammer ("known" includes but is not limited to being listed at StopForumSpam.com's IP Check).

* Blanking or otherwise vandalizing a content page.

* Repeating an action that previously warranted a tempban.<ref name="duplicated reason">We are aware that this is on two lists. This is because the response can be different depending on the severity of the action.</ref>

* Evidence of ban evasion, including but not limited to positive results from a CheckUser performed by the Miraheze stewards.

 

=== Grounds for a tempban without warning on the first occurrence ===

* Deleting a warning that was given under "warnings", below. This is seen as ''prima facie'' evidence that the editor intends to be a disruptive element on the wiki in violation of [[All The Tropes:The Troper's Code|the Troper's Code]].

* Repeating an action that previously warranted a tempban.<ref name="duplicated reason" />

 

=== Grounds for a warning on the first occurrence and a tempban on a repeated occurrence ===

Some things are contrary to [[All The Tropes:The Troper's Code|the Troper's Code]], but don't need to be stopped as soon as they're identified. These include:

 

* Repeatedly ignoring a mod. (Disagreeing with a mod is okay; ignoring the mods altogether isn't. We want to talk ''with'' you, not ''to'' you.)

* Refusing to learn from honest mistakes, or repeatedly making the same honest mistake after it's been pointed out.

* Removing ''without explanation'' tropes on a work page or works on a trope page.

* [[All The Tropes:Strong Language Usage Rules|Adding strong language to a page that shouldn't have it, or removing strong language from a page that should have it.]] Work pages for works that would be rated G if they were films released in the USA definitely fall under the "shouldn't have it" heading. Work pages for works that would be rated NC-17 if they were films released in the USA definitely don't.

* Repeatedly uploading files without choosing Licensing for them, as mentioned on [[All The Tropes:Uploading and Adding an Image to a Page]].

* Adding incorrect text and presenting it as fact.

 

We're using the mathematician's minimum definition for "repeatedly": Tropers get two chances before being tempbanned for this type of behavior.

== Side-effects of being banned ==

If a Troper who has "autopatrolled" privileges is tempbanned for any reason other than a single attention-getter ban, then it is strongly recommended that the Troper also lose "autopatrolled" privileges. This will move the Troper back into the group whose edits are patrolled and moderated before appearing on the wiki. Regaining "autopatrolled" privileges can be done in the same way that they were gained originally - by way of making a large number of good-quality edits over a long period of time. (Specifics of the process will not be given here so that spammers cannot point to them in order to "game" the system.)

 

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