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[[Admin Tools Wiki:Administrators|Administrators]] can '''[[mw:Help:Blocking users|block]]''' and '''[[mw:Help:Blocking users#Unblocking|unblock]]''' users. When a user is blocked, they cannot edit any pages except their own [[Help:talk page|talk page]].

'''Temporary''' blocks are used on disruptive IP addresses and users who have vandalised a few times. '''Indefinite''' blocks are used for persistent disruption.

At Admin Tools Wiki, users can issue '''test''' blocks to any user, but ''must'' notify the blocked user when it is done. Continuous test blocks will result in being de-sysoped

== Temporary blocks ==

'''Temporary''' blocks are generally used (especially for IP-only editors) when:
* A user is vandalising
* A user advertises for something
* A user adds linkspam to external sites
* A user is uncivil
* A user continuously fails to assume good faith.

== Indefinite blocks ==

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An ''indefinite'' block is a block that does not have a definite (or fixed) duration. Indefinite blocks are usually applied when there is significant disruption or threats of disruption, or major breaches of policy and/or guidelines. In such cases an open-ended block may be appropriate to prevent further problems until the matter can be resolved by discussion. Like all remedies, this is not a punishment. It is designed as a “time out” to prevent further disruption, and the desired outcome is a commitment to observe [[ATW:POLICY|Admin Tools Wiki's policies]] and to stop problematic conduct in future. 

Only in extreme cases would there be no Administrator who is willing to lift the block, which would effectively make the uncooperative editor [[ATW:BAN|banned]] by the community.

'''Indefinite''' blocks are used when:
* A user is continally disruptive
* A user is a vandal- or spam-only account
* A user violates multiple policies or continues to do so after a final warning
* Open proxies or zombie computers
* Compromised web-servers

== Open or anonymous proxies ==
{{main|Admin Tools Wiki:Open proxies}}
Given that editing from '''[[wikipedia:Open proxy|open proxies]]''' and/or '''[[wikipedia:zombie computers|zombie computers]]''' is equally prohibited on both Wikia and Wikimedia Foundation wikis, [[ATW:A|Administrators]] at Admin Tools Wiki (ATW) will, from time to time and in order to comply with Wikia's policy, have to block IP-only editors editing from proxies/zombies. To that end, the procedure at [[Admin Tools Wiki:Open proxies]] is to be followed.

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