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'''Banning''' is the exclusion of a [[user]] from the privilege of [[edit]]ing a [[wiki]].  It is not a technical measure, rather an administrative decision, resulting in technical longer-term measures like the [[block]]ing of a [[user]] account.
'''Banning''' is the exclusion of a [[user]] from the privilege of [[edit]]ing a [[wiki]].  It is not a technical measure, rather an {{tag|admin}}istrative decision, resulting in technical longer-term measures like the [[block]]ing of a [[user account]].


On some [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] projects, the [[metawiki:Standard offer|standard offer]] allows users to get unbanned after six months of not socking; on the [[English Wikipedia]], in which the [[Arbitration Committee]] (ArbCom) has taken a more active role in imposing bans (often for off-wiki activity), the standard offer is granted more rarely than when the community was in charge of making the decision.
On some [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] (WMF) projects, the [[meta-wiki:Standard offer|standard offer]] allows users to get un-banned after six months of not socking; on the [[English Wikipedia]], in which the [[Wikipedia Arbitration Committee|Arbitration Committee]] (ArbComm) has taken a more active role in imposing bans (often for off-[[WhatIsWiki|wiki]] activity), the standard offer is granted more rarely than when the community was in charge of making the decision.


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*[[WikiIndex:Blocking and banning policy]]
*[[WikiIndex:Blocking and banning policy]]


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Revision as of 08:57, 17 October 2018

Banning is the exclusion of a user from the privilege of editing a wiki. It is not a technical measure, rather an administrative decision, resulting in technical longer-term measures like the blocking of a user account.

On some Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) projects, the standard offer allows users to get un-banned after six months of not socking; on the English Wikipedia, in which the Arbitration Committee (ArbComm) has taken a more active role in imposing bans (often for off-wiki activity), the standard offer is granted more rarely than when the community was in charge of making the decision.

See also