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==Blockable offenses==

==Blockable offenses==

Here are the actions which can get one's account blocked.  The block comment should state clearly what the reason was.

Here are the actions which can get one's account blocked.  The block comment should state clearly what the reason was.

* [[Conservpedia:Vandalism|Vandalism]].  True vandalism is easy to spot and is utterly unmistakable.  A glance at "recent changes" will often show someone creating an account and then going through as many pages as possible (until someone stops them) doing things like blanking the page, changing it to 100 repetitions of some crude anatomical reference, etc.  The tolerance for this is absolutely zero.  Such a person will be blocked with no possibility of appeal.

* [[Conservapedia:Vandalism|Vandalism]].  True vandalism is easy to spot and is utterly unmistakable.  A glance at "recent changes" will often show someone creating an account and then going through as many pages as possible (until someone stops them) doing things like blanking the page, changing it to 100 repetitions of some crude anatomical reference, etc.  The tolerance for this is absolutely zero.  Such a person will be blocked with no possibility of appeal.

* [[Conservapedia:Parody|Parody]].  This is often easy to spot, but sometimes not.  Obvious cases involve altering an article in such a way as to make the article an object of ridicule.  It is sometimes done for ideological reasons, and sometimes for one's "15 minutes of fame"—there is an allure to the idea of typing something at one's computer that the whole world will see, an allure that sometimes affects people totally lacking in common sense.  Vandalism and parody are problems for all wikis.  Clear parody is treated the same as vandalism.  Other cases are harder to judge, and may require serious editorial intervention.

* [[Conservapedia:Parody|Parody]].  This is often easy to spot, but sometimes not.  Obvious cases involve altering an article in such a way as to make the article an object of ridicule.  It is sometimes done for ideological reasons, and sometimes for one's "15 minutes of fame"—there is an allure to the idea of typing something at one's computer that the whole world will see, an allure that sometimes affects people totally lacking in common sense.  Vandalism and parody are problems for all wikis.  Clear parody is treated the same as vandalism.  Other cases are harder to judge, and may require serious editorial intervention.

* Edit warring.  When people disagree on content, they should try to work out their differences on the talk page.  Just reverting each other's changes repeatedly does no good, and can lead to a temporary block if it distracts people from doing real work.

* Edit warring.  When people disagree on content, they should try to work out their differences on the talk page.  Just reverting each other's changes repeatedly does no good, and can lead to a temporary block if it distracts people from doing real work.