Commons talk:Blocking policy
Appeals
We've had mechanisms for appealing blocks since the Pleistocene, and this is mentioned in MediaWiki:Blockedtext, but it's not documented at all in this policy, which I think it should be. One thing that needs clarification is whether unblock requests may be reviewed by the same administrator that initially placed the block. A penny for your thoughts? (Offer does not include actual pennies.) —LX (talk, contribs) 21:32, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
- So I guess none of the 75 watchers of this page watch their watchlists. Either that, or you were already too busy drinking glögg/Glühwein/eggnog to comment. ;-)
- Let's see if I can get a reaction with a more concrete proposal. This is a suggested wording for a section under the new level 2 heading "Appealing a block", to be placed before the "See also" section:
Blocked users are informed that they may request unblocking. They may do this by adding {{unblock|reason for the request}} to their own user talk page. Alternatively, they may request unblocking with an appropriate reason via e-mail to the blocking administrator or another administrator.
An appropriate reason will almost always include one of the following:
- An acknowledgement that the block was appropriate and a credible promise that the behaviour that led to the block will not be repeated
- An explanation of why the block is technically misapplied or not appropriate based on this and other relevant policies and guidelines
An unblock request may be granted or declined. Before granting a request to lift a block placed by another administrator, the reviewing administrator should consult with the blocking administrator, except in obvious, uncontroversial cases. Requests made on user talk pages may only be declined by an uninvolved administrator. Unblock requests for blocks marked with {{checkuserblock}} will be reviewed by a checkuser.
Making repeated unblocking requests without appropriate reasons may be considered abusive. As noted above, users who have abused or are likely to abuse the ability to edit their own user talk page and/or send e-mail in this or any other way may have either or both of these privileges revoked, which also prevents these privileges from being used for unblocking requests.
- Any comments now? Silence is acceptance! ;-) —LX (talk, contribs) 21:58, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
Support Looks sensible to me. --Herby talk thyme 10:28, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
- Can we get a synonym for "technically misapplied"? I assume you are referring to accidental blocks or blocks that were placed with the wrong settings, but the phrase can imply "getting off on a technicality". – Philosopher Let us reason together. 00:14, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
