Global locks: Difference between revisions

The following list identifies common reasons for global locks:

* Accounts that have been used for vandalism or abuse on multiple wikis or obviously are otherwise being disruptive on multiple wikis.

* Abusive sockpuppet accounts used or expected to be used on multiple wikis.

* Accounts whose only intent is to spam on WickedGov wikis.

* Accounts whose names are manifestly offensive or abusive (these accounts may be hidden from logs as well).

* Accounts that have seriously violated basic principles, such as  

**Publishing child sexual abuse material.

**Engaging in hateful or otherwise obviously severe and bad-faith vandalism. Note that test edits and childish vandalism are not necessarily grounds for a global lock.

** Making threats of harm against others or encouraging violence.

** Persistently/severely harassing others, including off-wiki harassment.

**Posting private personal information about others which may endanger them.

* Accounts that are suspected to have been compromised.

* Accounts belonging to users that have been globally banned.

* Accounts that have been created to evade a global block, global lock, or global ban.

* Accounts that impersonate others.

* Accounts whose owners are known to be deceased.

* Accounts belonging to former staff members or contractors.

* Accounts that have been vanished.

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