MediaWiki talk:Blockedtext
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If you unprotect this, I will make two edits and then you will protect it again.96.5.241.8 (talk) 16:21, October 25, 2013 (UTC)
- MediaWiki pages are protected by the software itself; local administrators have no way of overriding this. -- LostInRiverview talk ~ blog 16:30, October 25, 2013 (UTC)
new Blocked text
You are currently unable to edit sims Wikipedia. Editing from $7 has been blocked (disabled) by $2 This block has been set to expire: $6.
Even if blocked, you will usually still be able to edit your user talk page and email other editors and administrators. |
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Other useful links: Blocking policy · Username policy · Appealing blocks: policy and guide If the block notice is unclear, or it does not appear to relate to your actions, please ask for assistance as described at Help:I have been blocked.
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The text at the bottom
Currently I find this page to be very awkward, to see a big red box that looks professionally made and then several paragraphs of text swept underneath it, as if we suddenly forgot how to edit the text inside the box.
In addition, I personally find this wall of text to be very redundant and excessively long. I think it helps people better if they had less text to read and it got "straight to the point".
Just as a reference, here are the page's parameters:
- Blocking administrator: $1.
- Reason given: $2
- Start of block: $8
- Expiry of block: $6
- Intended blockee: $7
- Block ID: #$5
- Current IP address: $3
It would make more sense if we combined these all into the one box, presenting the details of the block to the blocked user. Underneath it would be much simpler and shorter instructions on telling the blocked user what to do. We could probably create another Help page that we can link to, which would provide more details about the block - similar to Wikipedia's. Oh, and speaking of Wikipedia, their Blockedtext template, IMO, is a bit clearer.