Wowpedia talk:Vandalism policy

= Proposal and Vote Archives = The initial policy was adopted around 8 Feb 2006. See WoWWiki talk:Policy/Vandalism/Adoption1 for the vote.

The definition of a vandal was previously on Wowpedia:Vandalism. It is now integrated in the policy itself. The archived votes on the definition are now in WoWWiki talk:Policy/Vandalism/Definition1 and WoWWiki talk:Policy/Vandalism/Definition2.

= Minor Penalty Change Decreed =

As an admin who does alot of blocking of vandals, I'm making a minor change declaration to the penalties. Since their is no preset in the blocking UI for 10 years, the penalty for 20 or more acts of vandalism is going to be permanent ban, since the next highest preset is infinite (&infin;). --Fandyllic 5:01 PM PST 22 Mar 2006

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= Minor Penalty Change Decreed =

Admins seem to be using 3 months a s a block time, but it isn't currently in the policy, so I'm making a small change that adds it. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 3:21 PM PST 10 Jan 2008

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= New discussions =

Interpretation of block time
Just a quick note to mention that the ban times noted are a guideline for admins and need not be followed to the letter - you can use your judgement to decide whether the penalties should be harsher or lighter than those mentioned. For example, a gold seller I will infinitely ban no matter the number of edits (one is enough) because it is obvious they are not here to contribute to the wiki. -- Kirkburn  (talk) 20:11, 25 December 2006 (EST)

Update
Just did a small update to clarify methods of appeal and to include the above comment about block lengths being guidelines. 12:49, 24 December 2007 (UTC)