Hello everyone,
The Adopt Me! WIki Adminstration Team has had a long discussion about the blocking system and the appeal system relative to the activity trend on Adopt Me! Wiki, which has decreased within the past year.
It has been planned and decided by the Adopt Me! WIki Adminstration Team that the blocking system and appeal system will be more lenient. Details of these implementations will be discussed further in this post.
This announcement is long, so please read it carefully.
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Block System Change
To accommodate leniency and balance out good and bad faith, here are the major implementations or changes that will be implemented for the block system:
2-week, 1-month, and infinite blocks will be in their own category, where rules under this category are considered major policies. These blocks will be known as standalone blocks. Any policies under these durations will only be given to the user for that duration; no block stacking.
There is now a 2-day block implementation.
1-hour, 2-day, and 1-week blocks are in their own category for minor policies and will involve stacking (the implementation of outstanding blocks). The max stack will never exceed a 1-week block.
An outstanding block is an existing 1-hour, 2-day, or 1-week block (warning or block) on a user's record, where it has not been a full 14 days since the end time of the block.
Here is the flowchart for the new block system:
Here are some examples of the new block system implementation:
Let's say a user has 3 outstanding blocks. The user has violated a major policy for cross-trading for in-game currency. A 2-week block will be issued to this user. This does not increment the count of outstanding blocks since it is a standalone block.
Let's say a user has 2 outstanding blocks. The user has violated a minor policy by attempting to trade 19 or more items at once. The user will be issued a 2-day block and the number of outstanding blocks will increase by one.
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Appeal System Change
We would like to give appeal opportunities to users who are blocked indefinitely.
1. Appeal attempts for a block shall have a cooldown of 3 months between each other, starting from the time when the appeal decision is replied to the appeal post.
- Scenario 1: A user has an infinite block. They can appeal immediately if they have never appealed to their current block. If their appeal has been declined and the appeal decision message has been sent to Community Central, they will have to wait 3 months until they are able to appeal again.
- Scenario 2: A user has appealed for their current block and has been accepted. 1 week later, they were blocked again. They can appeal immediately since no appeal attempts have been made to this current block. i.e., appeal cooldowns apply to the current block only.
2. The limit for the number of appeal attempts shall be removed.
3. Users with a 1-week, 2-week, 1-month, or infinite block shall only able to appeal.
Here is the flowchart for the new appeal system:
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Block Messages
To significantly increase the visibility of when a block is issued, the user will receive a message on their talk page whenever a member of the Wiki Administration and Moderation Team issues a block to a user.
The message will have the following points:
Two ways the moderator or administrator can issue a block message:
Here is a test example on a user's talk page:
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Change to Traderie Policy Block Duration
Generally, posts that violate the Traderie rules are not bad faith. It is understood that many users are not aware that the site may or may not be malicious and only want to post their trades.
The Adopt Me! Wiki Administration Team has decided to reduce the duration from a two-week block to a warning.
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Allowing Pet Services (also known as pet-sitting)
The Adopt Me! Wiki Administration Team has decided to allow pet services (also known as pet-sitting), as long as no payment is being offered or requested and is only through family.
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REMINDER - Posting domains outside of the fandom or roblox is prohibited.
A reminder to everyone that posting domains outside of the fandom or roblox domain is not allowed. This also applies to links in images.
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Please do not hesitate to ask an administrator if you need any clarifications regarding these additions/modifications.