Help talk:Contents

Questions:

1) Do you think that it is a good idea that, "All images must have a tag added stating which license they are under"? --JWSchmidt 01:06, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Certainly. And there's a lot of articles needing such tags. --Yunzhong Hou 23:42, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

2) What is the difference between a "block" and a "ban"? What types of behavior warrant blocks and bans? --JWSchmidt 02:52, 12 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Users who spam, delete things without any reason, or otherwise ruin the wiki's system deserve to be blocked. And I don't think there's any difference between blocking and banning, since it amounts to the same thing. --169.157.9.51 17:29, 12 December 2006 (UTC)


 * A ban is a "social construct" and it does not by itself prevent a user or IP address from modifying content in a wiki, but it is often reinforced by a block, which is the technical term for preventing a user from modifying content in a wiki for a set duration of time. There are different types of blocking, such as range blocking, block timers, user blocks, IP address blocks, and blocking by technical means. In effect, the two generally occur together, though a ban is directed against a person, while a block is directed against a specific target (and hence more than one may be necessary). --Yunzhong Hou 21:30, 12 December 2006 (UTC)