ESB:Convention/Bylaws discussion - Blocking policies

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I am proposing the following changes to the blocking policy.

Article XIII: Blocking

• A. Procedures General

• 1. If a user is violating any rule, administrators must resolve the problem and politely notify the user of their wrongdoing by giving one (1) warning on their message wall.
• 2. If a user breaks two (2) different rules, that counts as one (1) warning for each rule. A user that breaks the same rule twice merits a block.
• 3. If a warned user continues to break the same rule within twenty-four (24) hours without acknowledging the warning, the administrator should try to contact that user again.
• 4. If the warned user continues to break the same rule for twenty-four (24) hours after the administrator tried to contact them again, the user will be blocked for a maximum of fourteen (14) days.
• 5. Any user who continues to violate the rule for which they were blocked within seven (7) days after their initial block ends will receive further penalties, depending on the rule(s) violated and the severity of the offense at the discretion of the administration.

• B. Exceptions

• 1. Any user who commits offenses that are very serious to the point in which they harm the wiki or threaten a user may be blocked immediately for any given amount of time at the discretion of the blocking administrator.
• 2. Any user who spams, vandalizes, harasses, or threatens as their first contribution or interaction may automatically be blocked without warning. If they continue to violate such rules after their block, they shall be given an infinite block.
• 3. Users that misuse spelling and/or grammar, unintentionally use improper formatting, and/or make an accidental edit shall not be blocked.

• C. Blocking the userb

• 1. When an administrator blocks a user, they must use the {{Blocked}} template on their message wall to notify that they have been blocked. This gives allows the blocked user a chance to find out to know that they have been blocked and the reason, so that and they can be easily linked to the policies to better understand our rules, as well as read the instructions learn how to appeal a block.
• 2. Administrators must leave the user's message wall open in order for the blocked user to make an appeal case.
• 3. If a blocked user abuses their wall privileges by spamming, threatening, or harassing other users, before making an appeal case, they have forfeited their chance to make an appeal for the duration of the block and can have their wall privileges removed until the end of their block.
• 4. A bureaucrat may unblock the user if they deem it an unfair block. If any other bureaucrat isa in disagreement, the bureaucrat disputing the block must start a block review.

• E. D. Block disputes

• 1. A block dispute occurs when any other user not including the blocked user oppose the an administrator's actions in blocking a user is challenged.
• 1.2. Any user who is blocked or banned reserves the right to an may appeal their block or another user's block they deem unfair (at ESB:Block reviews) to have the block or ban removed.
• 2.3. All blocking disputes should be handled between the conflicting parties. If the conflicting parties resolve the dispute, the dispute is over.
• 3.4.If neither party agrees to a compromise, any user opposing the block must start a block review (at ESB:Block reviews) and follow the procedures.

• D. Appealing a block
• F. Block review

• 1. Disputed blocks shall be discussed in a block review at ESB:Block review.
• 2. The appeal will be in the form of a discussion that review will follow the discussion policies and last seven (7) days, except for the following:

• a. Users will only support or oppose the original block; neutral votes will not count.
• b.a. A block review requires 70% opposing the block to overturn the block, not counting neutrals.
• c.b. For blocks less than seven (7) days, the appeal discussion will last half the amount of time of the block.

• 3. If the appeal fails, the block will not be reverted.
• 4. If an banned infinitely blocked user fails an appeal, they must wait six (6) two (2) months before creating another appeal. The third and all subsequent appeals cannot be created until six (6) months have passed since the previous appeal concluded.
• 5. If a block review receives unanimous opposition with no neutral votes and a majority of administrators do not support unblocking the user after three (3) days, the block review will be marked as closed.

• F. Block disputes

• 4. A block must be overturned or changed if it receives 70% support or more. (removing redundancy)
• 5. Any6. If a blocking dispute involving an administrator may be considered an abuse of power, a majority of uninvolved bureaucrats must decide on either a) a suspension up to fourteen (14) days or (b) an emergency user rights review and should be dealt with in the following manner. (simplified this whole rule)

• a. If the blocking administrator is in the wrong following a block review, a majority (more than 50%) of all uninvolved bureaucrats must decide how to deal with the administrator.
• b. If it is decided by the bureaucrats that the administrator needs a suspension from their adminship, the suspension shall last no longer than seven (7) days.
• c. If the administrator receives a second suspension for misuse of the the blocking tool within six (6) months a user rights review shall be created.

• F. Blocking administrators.

• 1. Blocking another administrator is strictly prohibited. (merging to one paragraph)
• 2. All administrators are supposed to resolve disputes with each other through discussion and not blocking. (merging to one paragraph)
• 3.1. Any administrator who blocks another administrator will be suspended from all roles (administrator, assistant, rollback, chat moderator, discussion moderator) for thirty (30) days without warning. and an emergency user rights review shall be created.
• 4. After the thirty (30) day suspension, a majority of bureaucrats must support whether or not that administrator can continue as administrator or demoted to assistant.
• 5.2. Any exception to the rules, including an appeal from the suspended administrator, will be implemented by a vote of a majority of bureaucrats.

Thoughts? — AMK152 (Wall • Contrib) 21:00, March 25, 2018 (UTC)

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