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'''Account disabling''' is a {{tag|WikiConcept|feature}} used by some very large [[wiki farm]]s such as {{tag|Wikia}}, for people who wish to quit and never return. If the [[user]] decides to return to the farm after disabling their {{tag|account}}, they will have to make a new account with a new [[username]]. | '''Account disabling''' is a {{tag|WikiConcept|feature}} used by some very large [[wiki farm]]s such as {{tag|Wikia}}, for people who wish to quit and never return. If the [[user]] decides to return to the farm after disabling their {{tag|WikiIndex account|account}}, they will have to make a new account with a new [[username]]. | ||
Disabling may be confused with [[global blocking]], when they are in fact entirely different; disabling is done by user choice, global blocking is done by enforcement. On Wikia, however, [[:Category:Wikia Staff|staff]] will sometimes disable an account if the user is meant to be globally blocked forever. | Disabling may be confused with [[global blocking]], when they are in fact entirely different; disabling is done by user choice, global blocking is done by enforcement. On Wikia, however, [[:Category:Wikia Staff|staff]] will sometimes disable an account if the user is meant to be globally blocked forever. | ||
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Revision as of 22:24, 24 November 2021
The 'Special:CloseMyAccount' page on Wikia.
Account disabling is a feature used by some very large wiki farms such as Wikia, for people who wish to quit and never return. If the user decides to return to the farm after disabling their account, they will have to make a new account with a new username.
Disabling may be confused with global blocking, when they are in fact entirely different; disabling is done by user choice, global blocking is done by enforcement. On Wikia, however, staff will sometimes disable an account if the user is meant to be globally blocked forever.
- See also
- Category: Wikians who have disabled their accounts
- Category: Users who are globally blocked from Wikia
- Category: GoalAbandoned — wiki sites which, for a variety of reasons, have been abandoned by its users
- Category: Ex-Wikia
- Category: Ex-Wikia due to censorship