The blocking templates are very helpful in most of these situations. I
recently updated [[MediaWiki:Blockipsuccesstext]] to include a note and link
to the [[Category:User block templates]]. Most of these are wikified,
written in plain english, and clear.
xaosflux
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Bennett" <stevage(a)gmail.com>
To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l(a)wikipedia.org>
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 9:42 AM
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Block messages
Hi,
I note in the previous message that the user was given the block
message "3rr, evasion with sock" - I wonder, how could any new user
possibly understand what that means? Wouldn't it be better to use
plain language, even if it does mean taking slightly longer to block?
In this case "Repeatedly undoing other people's changes to an article,
using alternate accounts to get around having their account blocked".
Steve
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