South Park The Fractured But Whole Wiki:Blocking Guidelines

A block is a punishing method by which Administrators and Bureaucrats may prevent users from editing on South Park: The Fractured But Whole Wiki as a result of violating applicable policies.

A blocked user would lose all of their editing privileges, but can still read articles and explore the Wiki.

As a general rule of thumb, users who have been blocked indefinitely are considered to be banned from the Wiki.

Blocking Policies

 * Good faith will be extended to most users on the assumption they may not be familiar with wiki etiquette in general, and first instances will most likely be revered with a warning. However, administrators are free to use their discretion on whether to block or not based on the virulence of the vandalism.
 * Block length should reflect the violation of the rule. Blocks longer than one week should not be placed without prior discussion.
 * If a user or an IP has been blocked before for vandalism, and continues vandalism in further edits, then that user will be recognized as a vandal only user or IP and will be blocked indefinitely.
 * The length of blocks is subject to discretion and the type of vandalism. Hate speech and advocation of illegal activities, for example, will result in longer blocks than the standard insertion of gibberish.

Block Lengths
The blocking duration varies on how severe the infraction is. Most violations typically follow the given amount of time displayed on the three bulletin points below while very severe violations (i.e., sockpuppetry) result in an immediate indefinite block.
 * First blocks are usually between a day and a week long.
 * Second blocks are usually between a week and 6 months long.
 * Third blocks are for good due to the three strikes and out rule.

Disclaimer
The South Park: The Fractured But Whole Wiki reserves the right to block anyone of choice if staff as a whole voted in favor to ban the user. Administrators and Bureaucrats are not allowed to block users solely due to a personal grudge or to win an edit dispute (There are procedures set to deal with users attempting to edit war with a Sysop). Prior to blocking, administrators and bureaucrats are required to warn the user of their actions - unless an immediate block is necessary. If the warned user decides to disregard the warning notice and continues to intentionally disrupt the Wiki, then a block becomes authorized. However, a warning may not be needed in some cases where a block is immediately required. For example, if a user repeatedly blanks pages, then a warning is not required and the administrator or bureaucrat may block the user right away.

We will only unblock users if demanded by Fandom staff or if the user is granted an appeal. See the next section below for more details on how to set up a blocking appeal.

Blocking Appeal
Blocked users who think they were blocked unfairly or by mistake may appeal their block by contacting RedIgnite via Community Central, here. After conducting a careful investigation, the user requesting the appeal may or may not be at-fault. Prior blocks and warnings may also be used in determining whether the appeal may be approved. If the user was granted an appeal, the user will be unblocked. If, however, the user was concluded to be at-fault, no adjustments will be made.

A successful appeal only happens once. Should the user in the future be blocked again, the remaining duration where the appeal has shortened will be reinstated along with the new duration for the new violation. A user will no longer be eligible for an appeal when they become unblocked unless otherwise noted.