Hello all,
In 2019, Wikimedia Foundation Anti-Harassment Tools team is continuing to
make improvements to Special:Block with the addition of the ability to set
a Partial block
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_health_initiative/Per_user_page,_namespace,_category,_and_upload_blocking>.
While no functionality will change for sitewide blocks, over the next few
months Special:Block will change to allow for the ability to block a named
user account or ip address 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
Changes are being made to the design of the user interface for
Special:Block to enable admins to set partial blocks.
All Wikimedia administrators are invited to try partial blocks on testwiki.
Special:block on testwiki allows admins to block an account from editing on
up to 10 pages.
Administrators on Wikimedia projects are invited to test this new way of
doing blocks on testwiki. Admins can reply off list to this email to
request access to test.
Tell us if your Wikimedia project wiki is interested in being one of first
wikis to enable partial block.
Special:Block with partial block enabled went live on Italian Wikipedia
today (January 16.)
Our team is looking for more Wikimedia wikis that want to use the first
version of partial block.
The first version of partial blocks is simple with new features to be added
in the coming months.
Please spread the word by about these changes to Special:Block by
forwarding this emails to others who might be interested in learning more
about partial blocks.
You can reach our team on Meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_health_initiative/Per-user_page,_namespace,_and_upload_blocking>
or by email to give us feedback about the changes to Special:Block.
Sydney
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Sydney Poore
Trust and Safety Specialist
Wikimedia Foundation
Trust and Safety team;
Anti-harassment tools team