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===Block button (note: Use with care!!!)=== | ===Block button (note: Use with care!!!)=== | ||
The block button allows you to stop users from editing in certain ways. It must not be used on a good user without their permission. You can use it for vandals or spammers, as well as edit warrers. You can block your own accounts here for testing. Many users create a test account for this. There are many options when blocking. Firstly, you can stop a user from editing specific pages. This is useful for someone who is edit warring on a page. Otherwise, you can do a sitewide block. This stops the user from editing all pages except their talk page. | |||
There are three options under here: | |||
*Account creation - this stops a user from creating another account. | |||
*Sending email - this stops a user from using the "email this user" fuction. Useful if the user has been abusing this fuction, but should otherwise be left unticked. | |||
*Editing their own talk page - this stops a user from editing their own page. Is useful if the user is vandalising their talk page. Usually is left unticked until needed. | |||
You can specify a time underneath. The "indefinite" choice means the user will not be unblocked until an admin does so; it will not expire on its own. There is also an "autoblock" function underneath. This blocks the last ip used by the user and any other ips the user uses while logged into the account after. Usually is left ticked. | |||
