Destinypedia:Blocking policy: Difference between revisions

'''Vandalism''' is the most common cause for blocking on [[Destinypedia]]. Vandalism is any addition, deletion, or change of content made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Destinypedia. The most common type of vandalism is the replacement of existing text with obscenities, page blanking, or the insertion of bad jokes or other nonsense. Fortunately, this kind of vandalism is usually easy to spot. Vandalism also includes adding spam links to pages, and deliberately falsifying information on the page by changing dates, names, or other information.  

Note that in order for something to be considered vandalism, it must be done in "bad faith". Though the Internet makes it difficult to determine a person's intentions, problems such as those listed above are obviously done in bad faith for whatever reason. Other problems, such as users testing their abilities to edit, making accidental mistakes, and learning wiki markup, are less clear cut — they can easily be attributed to a new user with good intentions who just does not know how Destinypedia works. In this instance, you should instead kindly inform that user of how to properly use editing tools to help them along.

There is no warning required for vandalism. Vandals are usually blocked on the spot, the time ranges from 2 weeks to a month depending on the extent of the vandalism attributed to that user. Vandalism of multiple pages sometimes warrants longer blocking periods of three months.

Contributing persistent fanfiction is different from vandalism in several ways. First, it is not necessarily done in "bad faith" and so contributors found doing this are not instantly blocked after their first offense. Second, persistent contributors will receive two warnings of some kind from an administrator. This way, the user will have the opportunity to present their sources and correct any mistakes. If the user continues to contribute fanfiction after the second warning, the contributions are considered deleterious to Destinypedia and the user will be blocked.  

If two editors are engaged in an edit war, an [[Destinypedia:Administrators|Administrator]] may intervene and take the steps deemed necessary to end the conflict. Such steps include [[Destinypedia:Blocking Policy|blocking]] one/and or both users at their discretion. If the editors in question are an admin and a normal user, the admins actions and mannerisms may be examined see the [[Destinypedia:Code of Conduct]] for details on how to judge. If an admin's actions have been deemed hostile, rude, or offensive, than a [[Destinypedia:Bureaucrats|Bureaucrat]] may revoke their user rights, or ban them at the discretion of the Bureaucrat issuing the ban. For normal users, the same process applies to both editors and the party or parties found guilty are subject to ban.