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| == IP Blocks Useless? == | | == IP Blocks Useless? == |
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| Are you sure IP blocks will stop vandalism? That Russian troll seems to have been changing his IP address and continuing to hail Yoshi as his "comrade" and even insulted an admin. {{unsigned|69.35.168.62}} | | Are you sure IP blocks will stop vandalism? That Russian troll seems to have been changing his IP address and continuing to hail Yoshi as his "comrade" and even insulted an admin. {{unsigned|69.35.168.62}} |
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| :<nowiki>*</nowiki>looks at anon suspiciously* just kidding. Though dynamic IP vandals are difficult to get rid of by just banning a single IP, range blocks can be used in extreme cases. | | :<nowiki>*</nowiki>looks at anon suspiciously* just kidding. Though dynamic IP vandals are difficult to get rid of by just banning a single IP, range blocks can be used in extreme cases. |
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| What happens when, after my first (2-week) block, I commit a Level-1 offense that I never done before? Do I get a reminder, or does it lead to another (3-month) block? {{unsigned|LugiaLunala}} | | What happens when, after my first (2-week) block, I commit a Level-1 offense that I never done before? Do I get a reminder, or does it lead to another (3-month) block? {{unsigned|LugiaLunala}} |
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| :''"[I]f they start violating policies and/or breaking rules again, rather than receiving more warnings, they should simply be blocked again, this time for a longer duration."'' You may get an informal reminder first, but generally any rule-breaking (regardless of the action) following a {{tem|last warning}} leads to another block, not any more reminders or warnings. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 06:31, 20 February 2019 (EST) | | :''"[I]f they start violating policies and/or breaking rules again, rather than receiving more warnings, they should simply be blocked again, this time for a longer duration."'' You may get an informal reminder first, but generally any rule-breaking (regardless of the action) following a {{tem|lastwarn}} leads to another block, not any more reminders or warnings. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 06:31, 20 February 2019 (EST) |
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| == Unacceptable usernames == | | == Unacceptable usernames == |
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| You said, "Bad usernames are not allowed. Admins can force a name change by blocking the original account and on the talk page, make the user create anew account". Why not instead make bureaucrats change the username instead, as you also said, "Bureaucrats can name usernames to something specific, like NoName01 or Null002"? [[User:LugiaLunala|Lugia]][[User talk:LugiaLunala|Lunala]] | | You said, "Bad usernames are not allowed. Admins can force a name change by blocking the original account and on the talk page, make the user create anew account". Why not instead make bureaucrats change the username instead, as you also said, "Bureaucrats can name usernames to something specific, like NoName01 or Null002"? [[User:LugiaLunala|Lugia]][[User talk:LugiaLunala|Lunala]] |
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| :You missed the sentence in between, ''"However, if the name is bad enough, the user may simply be banned as a troll/vandal, and not invited to rejoin at all."'' which your second quote ("generic" btw, not the opposite "specific") refers to. The rename is done to hide the inappropriate username. In the first case, they're given another chance to come up with a different name for themselves; it's not up to us to give them a name for them. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 08:35, 5 March 2019 (EST)
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| ::Also, when you said, "Usernames that are supposed to imposternate other users should get [[Template:Last warning|a last warning]] first, giving them a chance to change their username". Why not make the user with the inappropriate username change it directly rather than creating a new account? [[User:LugiaLunala|Lugia]][[User talk:LugiaLunala|Lunala]]
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| :::If you're referring to [[MarioWiki:Changing username]], it'd be much faster and easier for the user to just create another account. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 05:41, 11 March 2019 (EDT)
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| == Lenghts of blocking ==
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| Is the blocking order like this: 2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months, indefinite<br>Or like this: 2 weeks, 3 months, indefinite? Not that i necessarily care for HEROMARIO and Owencrazyboy9, but their second blocking has been 3 month instead of being their third blocking. Did the policy change? --{{User:FanOfYoshi/sig}} 02:30, September 23, 2019 (EDT)
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| :''"However, this progression from two weeks through three months to a permaban is only a rule-of-thumb, and admins may choose to use longer or shorter blocks at any time."'' {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 05:39, September 23, 2019 (EDT)
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| == Spelling ==
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| I know this is '''''really''''' trivial, but it says “behaviour” instead of “behavior”.
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| [[User:Grandet Omate|Grandet Omate]] ([[User talk:Grandet Omate|talk]]) 04:20, October 8, 2020 (EDT)
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| == Would usernames of celebrities be banned? ==
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| Usernames of people or events that are controversial (because they were mass shooters, murder victims or whatnot) should be banned, but would usernames of harmless celebrities (such as [[wikipedia:Terry Fox|Terry Fox]] or [[wikipedia:Lionel Messi|Lionel Messi]]) be allowed? {{User:Remembered Old Buddy/sig}} 08:52, January 14, 2024 (EST)
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| :Seems like a bit of a gray area to me. Said "harmless" celebrity may always go on to do something controversial, and even dead celebrities aren't safe from posthumous indictments. Like, if the wiki had a user named "KanyeWestRulez" created before Kanye made those questionable statements, would that user be forced to change their name? {{User:Koopa con Carne/Sig}} 09:30, January 14, 2024 (EST)
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| == Threats of harm and violence ==
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| According to the section titled "Automatic permanent blocks", I think it might be a good idea to put in a policy on threats of harm and violence. There has been incidents that users have dealt with in the past that consists of intimidating behavior, including threats that may consist to inflict physical or bodily harm upon another person. For example, imagine if someone made threats by wanting to shoot someone else with a firearm or trigger any other act of violence. That definitely qualifies for an immediate indefinite block from the Wiki with no warnings issued. It all states clear that people are rather angry or have a history of mental health issues, wanting to provoke others into these such credible threats.
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| There has also been very rare times where users have even made death threats against the President of the United States and other known government leaders across the globe. This should also make the list as a reciprocal violation that leads to an immediate indefinite block.
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| Everyone's safety is what needs to be secure. Mario Wiki is not an environment where any page turns into a satire scene where psychopaths feel bloodlust for vengeance, wanting to hurt others. [[User:VideoGamePhenomHD|VideoGamePhenomHD]] ([[User talk:VideoGamePhenomHD|talk]]) 13:18, May 28, 2024 (EDT)
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| == How do people tell if an IP address is dynamic or static? ==
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| Is there a specific pattern to identify or something? {{User:Remembered Old Buddy/sig}} 18:55, September 10, 2024 (EDT)
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