Thread:Sannse/@comment-18416749-20140125031414/@comment-5691231-20140125032607

Disabling is a process where the account becomes unusable, and the user can no longer log in.

Global blocks only prevent the user from further editing across Wikia - it comes from an extension called Phalanx that staff have access to.

They are both slightly different things. There won't be a block log when a user is globally blocked--only VSTF and Wikia staff can see that log.