Policy:Blocking Policy

**Blocking** is an ability/privilege granted by administrators and bureaucrats. Blocks may only be issued for violations of the below stated rules or Fandom’s Terms of Use. Do read this policy to prevent yourself by being blocked on the Bit Heroes Wiki.

## Rules

**Keep it civil:** Do not make personal attacks on other people. If you need to criticize another user’s argument, do so without attacking them as a person. Do not use bigoted language, including slurs which degrade another person or group of people based on gender, race, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, etc.

**Do follow community guidelines for formatting:** When you edit a page follow the Manual of Style (MoS) and Image Policy. It’s important to adhere to that, especially when spoiler content is involved

**Do not engage in excessive self-promotion:** The wiki is a collaborative community resource for Bit Heroes related topics. It is NOT a free place to advertise your related website, YouTube channel, blog, social media account, etc. Have a question about whether your link would be welcome? Ask an administrator!

**Do not harass other users:** If somebody asks you to stop posting certain content on their wall, respect their wishes.

**Do not vandalize:** Including but not limited to inserting false information, removing necessary content, blanking, or inserting gibberish into pages.

**Do not spam:** Avoid posting the same thing over and over, or unwanted advertisements. This includes rephrasing the same message differently without asked for or posting the same message across different pages. Forgetting the message is not an excuse.

**Do not abuse account privileges:** You are free and encouraged to edit anything on this wiki after logging into your account, but don't abuse it. This includes but not limited to pretending to be someone you are not, inappropriate account naming, or sockpuppeting.

Doing any of the above will result in a warning. If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from the wiki.

## Warning

Users on the wiki are given three warnings/strikes, before they get a permanent ban. These warnings will be posted publicly on a user's message wall. There are, of course, exceptions, such as:

* Spammers
* Terms of Use violations
* Major disruption concerns

## Rules for administrators

Administrators must know that adminship is just a flag, not a pass to world domination. Administrators can be blocked and even having their rights revoked. In addition, the policies apply to all members including admins.

## Blocked

**Found yourself blocked on a wiki? Stay calm!**

Account blocks are usually set by the local admins, and not by Fandom. The name of the blocking admin should be on the block notice you received. Blocked accounts will still be able to read the wiki, but will not be able to edit, upload files or add comments (and sometimes, disable talk page access).

If you feel you have been unfairly blocked, please contact the admin who blocked you. If this is not possible on the wiki you are blocked on, you can do so on the message wall of the blocking admin on Bit Heroes Wiki or Fandom Community Central.

**Have you talked to the admin on our wiki yet?** If not, make a good faith effort to have that conversation on Bit Heroes Wiki or on Fandom Community Central. Good faith means actually giving the admins time to respond. Escalating to staff when you’ve not given the admins a fair amount of time to respond will not be seen as a good faith effort. At least 24 hours is sufficient.