Warcruft Wiki:Blocks and bans

A user that has commited offenses or is violating a policy may be subject to blocking. When a user is blocked, they cannot edit any page except in some cases, their talk page, but can still read it.

In normal circumstances, an offender must have commited an offence at least three times and be warned three times before they can be blocked.

However, if a user continues to violate policy or acts in a way that the community disapproves of, then the user may be banned.

If the user has been blocked unfairly, then they can request to be unblocked on their talk page, but if they abuse the unblock feature, their talk page will be locked or protected.

Block settings

 * Prevent account creation - prevents the user from creating accounts to evade blocks. This should be enabled unless the user has a bad username.
 * Automatically block the last IP address used by this user, and any subsequent IPs they try to edit from - This prevents the user from evading blocks by logging out. This should be enabled except when the user has a bad username.
 * Prevent user from sending e-mail - should only be activated if a user with email configured abuses it during their existing block.
 * Allow this user to edit own talk page while blocked - allows user to post an unblock request. Only turn this off for vandals and spammers.

Blocking criteria
Common reasons for blocking are:
 * Vandalism - usually blocked for 24 hours for IPs and indefinite for vandal-only accounts
 * Advertising and spamming - usually blocked for 24 hours for IPs and indefinite for promotion-only accounts
 * Bad username - blocked indefinitely, if the username is promotional, the prevent account creation and automatically block the last IP address used by this user, and any subsequent IPs they try to edit from settings are disabled, but if the username is offensive and attempts to impersonate or attack a user or person, then the two previously mentioned settings are enabled.

Less common reasons for blocking are:
 * Harassment - if the user does nothing but harass, they can be blocked indefinitely, but if they are a regular who does this, then they are given a week's block.
 * Sock puppetry - each sock puppet of the main account is blocked indefinitely if confirmed, and the main account is blocked for a week.
 * Repeat offenses - if the user continues to violate policies after their first block, they will generally be issued a longer block, as in the table below: