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[[File:Wikia disable form.jpg|thumb|325px|The 'Special:CloseMyAccount' page on {{tag|Wikia}}.]] | [[File:Wikia disable form.jpg|thumb|325px|The 'Special:CloseMyAccount' page on {{tag|Wikia}}.]] | ||
'''Account disabling''' is a {{tag| | '''Account disabling''' is a {{tag|Wiki concept|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. | ||