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This document is mostly for [[admin]] because it '''shows how to block and unblock''' other users from editing. If you're a user who has been blocked by Tardis staff, you probably want to read [[Help:I'm blocked]], instead. | This document is mostly for [[admin]] because it '''shows how to block and unblock''' other users from editing. If you're a user who has been blocked by Tardis staff, you probably want to read [[Help:I'm blocked]], instead. | ||
This page gives the general Wikia help page on how to ''perform'' a block. Scroll down a bit for that. First, though, a little local advice about how to properly un-block registered accounts | This page gives the general Wikia help page on how to ''perform'' a block. Scroll down a bit for that. First, though, a little local advice about how to properly un-block registered accounts: | ||
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==Special note to administrators== | ==Special note to administrators== | ||
If you block someone for less than 3 days, and then decide to reduce the block even further, you're going to have to perform ''two'' unblocking actions — one for the registered user name, and one for the IP address ''of'' the registered editor. Removing the block on the registered editor ''does not'' remove the autoblock on their IP — provided you accepted the default blocking scenario in the first place. | If you block someone for less than 3 days, and then decide to reduce the block even further, you're going to have to perform ''two'' unblocking actions — one for the registered user name, and one for the IP address ''of'' the registered editor. Removing the block on the registered editor ''does not'' remove the autoblock on their IP — provided you accepted the default blocking scenario in the first place. | ||
