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[[File:Wikia disable form.jpg|thumb|325px|The 'Special:CloseMyAccount' page on [[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]].]] | [[File:Wikia disable form.jpg|thumb|325px|The 'Special:CloseMyAccount' page on [[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]].]] | ||
'''Account disabling''' is a {{tag|WikiConcept|feature}} used by 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. | '''Account disabling''' is a {{tag|WikiConcept|feature}} used by 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]]. | ||
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 people|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 people|staff]] will sometimes disable an account if the user is meant to be globally blocked forever. | ||
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*[[:Category:Wikians who have disabled their accounts]] | *[[:Category:Wikians who have disabled their accounts]] | ||
*[[:Category:Users who are globally blocked from Wikia]] | *[[: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:Wikia|*]] | [[Category:Wikia|*]] | ||
[[Category:Account| ]] | [[Category:Account| ]] | ||
[[Category:WikiIdea]] | [[Category:WikiIdea]] | ||