Wikipedia talk:Blocking policy

The project page associated with this talk page is an official policy on Wikipedia. Policies have wide acceptance among editors and are considered a standard for all users to follow. Please review policy editing recommendations before making any substantive change to this page. Always remember to keep cool when editing, and don't panic.

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Blocking policy page.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Shortcuts

This is not the page to report problems to administrators
or request blocks.

This page is for discussion of the Wikipedia blocking policy itself.

Report incidents such as block evasion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents.
Report violations of the three-revert rule at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring.
Report active, persistent vandals at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism.
Report violations of arbitration remedies at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement.

See WP:PROPOSAL for Wikipedia's procedural policy on the creation of new guidelines and policies. See how to contribute to Wikipedia guidance for recommendations regarding the creation and updating of policy and guideline pages.

The content of Wikipedia:GlobalBlocking was merged into Wikipedia:Blocking policy on 18 October 2012. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

The content of Wikipedia:Block on demand was merged into Wikipedia:Blocking policy on 25 July 2016. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

Archives

Index 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
21, 22, 23, 24

This page has archives. Sections older than 60 days may be auto-archived by if there are more than 4.

Hoax authors

Hello. How does blocking policy apply for an editor who has created a hoax? I'd like to report this new user [1] to ANI after they created a hoax within their first ten edits [2]. I don't think anything good can be expected from this person. However I couldn't find anything specific on Wikipedia policy. Is one offense of hoax writing enough for sanction? Super Ψ Dro 16:11, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

One hoax is sufficient for a report at ANI. However, first there must be a good faith discussion at the user's talk with, say, 48 hours for them to respond saying why they thought the article was reasonable. Johnuniq (talk) 04:03, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Village_pump_(idea_lab)#Removing_all_active_indefinite_blocks_older_than_20_years.

You're invited to join the discussion. NotAGenious (talk) 07:09, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question

are self-requested blocks allowed on temporary accounts? ~2025-30768-60 (talk) 10:10, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Given that such accounts are temporary, I'm not sure what the purpose would be for doing so. 331dot (talk) 10:30, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Temporary account blocks section

Hi everyone! I just added a new subsection to the "Implementing blocks" section of this Wikipedia page. In a nutshell, it summarizes and explains the new changes regarding temporary accounts and how they work, and includes a table that summarizes how each block type affects temporary accounts and permanent accounts. I wanted to start a talk page discussion and let everyone know, as well as get any kind of input or feedback about it. If anyone has questions, objections, concerns, etc., please don't hesitate to respond below and let me know (please ping me in your response so that I'm notified), and I'll be happy to discuss them. :-) Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:54, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]