వికీపీడియా:Blocking policy
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![]() | తెలుగు వికీపీడియా విధానాల్లో ఒకదాన్ని ఈ పేజీ అక్షరబద్ధం చేస్తోంది. వాడుకరులందరూ అనుసరించి తీరాల్సిన విధానాన్ని ఇది వివరిస్తుంది. దీనిలో మార్పులేమైనా చెయ్యాలంటే, వాటికి విస్తృత ఆమోదం (కన్సెన్సస్) ఆవశ్యకం. |
![]() | ఈ పేజీ గురించి ఒక్క ముక్కలో: User accounts and IP addresses may be blocked from editing by an administrator to protect Wikipedia from disruption. |
Blocking is the method by which administrators technically prevent users from editing Wikipedia. Blocks may be applied to user accounts, to IP addresses, and to ranges of IP addresses, for either a definite or an indefinite time. Blocked users can continue to access Wikipedia, but cannot edit any page (including their own user pages), except (in most cases) their own user talk pages.
Blocks are used to prevent damage or disruption to Wikipedia, not to punish users (see Purpose and goals further). Any user may report disruption and ask administrators to consider blocking a disruptive account or IP address (see Requesting blocks).
If editors feel a block has been improperly issued, they can initiate a review of that block on WP:ANI. Administrators can "unblock" a user when they feel the block is unwarranted or no longer appropriate.
Blocking is different from banning, a formal retraction of editing privileges on all or part of Wikipedia. Blocks disable a user's ability to edit pages; bans do not. However, users who are subject to a total ban, or who breach the terms of a partial ban, are likely to be blocked to enforce the ban.