Otherwise, they will be unable to edit as well. When selected, registered users who try to edit using a blocked IP address will still be able to edit. Block anonymous users only: This option is only available when blocking an IP address.Please see Manual:Block and unblock#Configuration settings related to blocking for information of how to enable or disable some of the following options. Select additional block options (optional): Depending on if a username or IP is being blocked and other options that may have been enabled, some or all of these options will be displayed on the form.The default reasons in the drop-down may be modified at MediaWiki:Ipbreason-dropdown. Reason (optional): The reason selected from the drop-down combined with the other/additional reason specified will be used as the message displayed to the blocked user when they try to edit.The default options in the drop-down may be modified at MediaWiki:Ipboptions. When manually typing in a time, follow the GNU standard format. Expiration: Select when the block should expire from the drop-down, or manually type in an expiration time of the block.A 'Block this user' link is also present in the toolbox when viewing User and User talk pages. Instead of typing this information in manually, it is also possible to click on a 'block' link in recent changes, contributions pages, or history pages, which will automatically fill in this field with the appropriate username or IP address. If blocking a username, make sure to check the spelling since nonexistent users can be blocked as well. IP Address or username: Enter in the username, IP address, or IP range to block in the 'User' field.See Project:PD help/Copying for instructions.īlocking users is an action that sysops can perform upon users or IP addresses to prevent them from editing the wiki.īlocking users is fairly straightforward, visit Special:BlockIP and follow these steps: This page is one of the Public Domain Help Pages, which can be freely copied into fresh wiki installations and/or distributed with MediaWiki software see Help:Contents for an overview of all pages. If you don't want this or can't do this because of license restrictions, please don't edit.

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