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{{PD Help Page}}
{{note|1=<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">For MediaWiki 1.44 and later with [[Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgEnableMultiBlocks|multiblocks]] enabled, see {{ll|Help:Manage blocks}}.</span>}}
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'''Blocking users''' is an action that [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Sysops and permissions|sysops]] can perform upon users or [[w:IP address|IP addresses]] to prevent them from editing the wiki.
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==Blocking==
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Visit [[Special:Block|Special:Block]] and follow these steps:
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# '''{{int|ipaddressorusername}}''' <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Enter the username, IP address, or [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Range blocks|IP range]] to block in the "User" field.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Instead of typing this information in manually, it is also possible to click on a "block" link in recent changes, contributions pages, or history pages, which will automatically fill in this field with the appropriate username or IP address.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">A "Block this user" link is also present in the toolbox when viewing User and User talk pages.</span>
# '''{{int|block-actions}}''' - <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Allows a block to be configured to prohibit specific actions, therefore allowing all others.</span>
#* ''Editing'' {{introduced-inline|1.33}}{{removed-inline|1.38}}: <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">If checked, the target of the block will be prohibited from making changes to wiki pages, including editing, renaming, reviewing pending changes, and other change actions.</span>
#** ''{{int|ipb-sitewide}}'' - <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Prohibits the block target from making changes to all pages on the entire wiki and creating new pages.</span>
#** ''{{int|ipb-partial}}'' - <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Prohibits the block target from making changes only to the specified pages and/or all pages in namespaces.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">All other pages can still be edited, new pages can be created, and files can be uploaded.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Up to 10 pages can be added to the block, but non-existent ("redlink") pages cannot be blocked.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The corresponding talk and subpages are not automatically blocked and must be entered separately.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Specific actions can also be blocked (e.g. creating pages) and these will be blocked sitewide even if there is also a partial block on editing specific pages or namespaces.</span>
#* ''{{int|ipbcreateaccount}}'' - <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Selecting this option will prevent the blocked username or IP address from creating new accounts.</span>
#* ''{{int|ipbemailban}}'' - <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">When this option is selected, the user will be unable to use the [[Special:EmailUser]] interface.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">If an IP address or range is blocked with this option, and it is not set for anonymous users only, accounts logged in from that IP address or range are unable to use Special:EmailUser.</span>
#* ''{{int|ipb-disableusertalk}}'' - <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">This option is only available if <code>{{ll|Manual:$wgBlockAllowsUTEdit|$wgBlockAllowsUTEdit}}</code> is set to true; it is not by default in MediaWiki 1.25 or lower.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">In 1.26 or later it is set to true.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">For a sitewide block, selecting this option prevents the IP address, range, or user from editing their own user talk page.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">This option is usually ignored for partial blocks; to prevent a partially blocked user from editing their own talk page, the talk page must be specified as a page to block.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The only exception to this is where a partial block prohibits the target from editing the "User talk" namespace; in this situation, this option behaves as it would for a sitewide block.</span>
# '''{{int|block-expiry}}''' - <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Select when the block should expire from the drop-down, or manually type in an expiration time of the block or use the Datetime calendar to select.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">When manually typing in a time, follow the [http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Date-input-formats.html GNU standard format] (eg: 2017-01-01 00:00).</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The default options in the drop-down may be modified at [[MediaWiki:Ipboptions]].</span>
# '''{{int|block-reason}}''' - <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The reason selected from the drop-down combined with the other/additional reason specified will be used as the message displayed to the blocked user when they try to edit.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The default reasons in the drop-down may be modified at [[MediaWiki:Ipbreason-dropdown]].</span>
# <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">'''Select additional block options (optional)''' - Depending on if a username or IP is being blocked and other options that may have been enabled, some or all of these options will be displayed on the form.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Please see {{ll|Manual:Block and unblock#Configuration settings related to blocking|Manual:Block and unblock#Configuration settings related to blocking}} for information of how to enable or disable some of the following options.</span>
#* ''{{int|ipbenableautoblock}}'' - <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">This option is only available when blocking an account, but is available for both partial and site-wide blocks.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">When selected, the user's IP will become "autoblocked" (these show up as numbers such as #17 on [[Special:IPBlockList|the active block list]]) for a short period of time and any other IP addresses that the blocked user tries to edit from will be blocked as well.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The duration of an "autoblock" can be changed by adjusting the value of <code>{{ll|Manual:$wgAutoblockExpiry|$wgAutoblockExpiry}}</code>.</span>
#* ''{{int|ipbhidename}}'' - <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">When selected, the blocked username will not be added to the [[Special:Log/block|block log]], the [[Special:IPBlockList|active block list]], or the [[Special:ListUsers|user list]] (only available on sitewide indefinite blocks).</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Other users with the ability to view these hidden entries will still be able to see and unblock the username or IP address.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">This option is not enabled in a default installation of MediaWiki; the person putting the block in place must have the <code>hideuser</code> permission.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">See {{ll|Manual:User rights}}.</span>
#* ''{{int|ipbwatchuser}}'' - <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">When selected, this adds the blocked user's user page and user talk page to your watchlist.</span>
#* ''{{int|ipb-hardblock}}'' - <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">This option is only available when blocking an IP address.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">When not selected, registered users who try to edit using a blocked IP address will still be able to edit.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Otherwise, they will be unable to edit as well.</span>
# <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Double-check everything you entered and click on '''{{int|ipbsubmit}}'''.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">A message should appear saying if the block was successful or unsuccessful.</span>

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==Unblocking==
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<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">To unblock a username or IP address, go to the [[Special:BlockList|active block list]] and click on the '''{{int|ipusubmit}}''' link next to the user or IP you wish to unblock.</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Then, enter an optional reason and click on the unblock button.</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">A message should appear saying if the unblock was successful or unsuccessful.</span>

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Alternatively, navigating to [[Special:Unblock|Special:Unblock]] and provide the username or IP.
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==What it means to be blocked==
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<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Sitewide blocked users are unable to [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Editing pages|edit pages]], [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Managing files|upload files]], [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Moving a page|move pages]], and perform other actions that additional {{ll|Manual:User_rights|user rights}} would grant.</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Effectively, this makes the wiki read-only for those users.</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Until MediaWiki 1.17, sysops or others with access to the unblocking interface may still unblock others (as well as themselves if they have the <code>unblockself</code> right).</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">However, since MediaWiki 1.17, blocked users who are in user groups that allow them to block nevertheless may not block or unblock other users while blocked.</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Since MediaWiki 1.33 <ref>[[gerrit:476080]]</ref><ref>https://slate.com/technology/2018/12/wikipedia-nuclear-option-administrators-unself-banning.html</ref>, users with the unblockself right can now block the user who blocked them.</span>

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Partially blocked users are only prohibited from performing change actions to the specific pages or all pages inside the namespaces configured.
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== Known bugs ==
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* On the [[Special:ActiveUsers|{{int|activeusers}}]], the <code>{{int|Listusers-blocked}}</code> status would display for all users who have been blocked at least once after 2017, due to a known [[phab:T170659|bug]].
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==See also==
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* {{ll|Manual:Block and unblock|nsp=0}}
* [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Community health initiative/Partial blocks/Description for use in local wiki communities|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Partial blocks on Meta</span>]]

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