Hello all,
The Wikimedia Foundation Anti-Harassment Tools team is continuing to talk with the Wikimedia community about adding a partial blocks function to Special:Block.1
No functionality will change for sitewide blocks. All existing blocks will remain in place and the ability to block users from the entire wiki will remain as-is.
In addition to sitewide blocks, a partial block would be the ability to block a user from:
1.
Editing one or more specific page(s) 2.
Editing all pages within one or more namespace(s) 3.
Uploading files 4.
Emailing other users
Alex Hollender, a User Experience designer at Wikimedia Foundation, has a second set of wireframe designs of Special:Block with partial block included. You can take a look at the wireframes and leave us your feedback on Meta.2
Please spread the word and forward this email to others (especially administrators) who might be interested in helping re-design Special:Block's layout. In particular, feedback is needed about the best ways to create a log that will work well with the existing administrator workflows.
1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_health_initiative/Per_user_page,_n...
2. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_health_initiative/Per-user_pa...
For the Anti-Harassment Tools team,
Sydney Poore