Board Thread:Support Requests - Community Management/@comment-34225720-20200629183529/@comment-34225720-20200629193356

Users may be banned from contributing to Memory Alpha under the following circumstances: In general, bans should only be considered a last resort action, not as a punishment, but simply as a means of protecting the community from harmful edits. By the same token, indefinite bans should only be considered a last resort after temporary bans fail to resolve the problem.
 * Vandalism. If a user has made multiple or repeated edits that are considered harmful to Memory Alpha, that user should first receive a warning according to the dealing with vandalism policy. If, after the warning, the user continues to vandalize pages, a 48-hour ban may be implemented.
 * Inappropriate usernames. There are two types of inappropriate usernames that are governed by this policy:
 * If a user signs on the Memory Alpha with a username that is deemed offensive under the username policy, that username should be blocked. (Note that the IP which the user is registered to should be unblocked in order to permit them to contribute under a more appropriate username.)
 * Users who register names that are designed to impersonate other members may be banned immediately, and the IP block may be left in place.
 * Personal attacks. If a user makes repeated personal attacks against other Archivists in violation of the no personal attacks policy, that user may be banned for 48 hours to enforce a "cooling off" period.
 * Disruptive users. If a user makes disruptive edits to multiple pages (for example, quick-fire or minor incremental edits), and if all attempts to contact the user have failed, that user may be banned at the administrators' discretion, either temporarily or indefinitely (until contact with the user is made).
 * Circumventing policy. If a user attempts to circumvent policy (for instance by registering a sock puppet) for any reason, that user may be banned at the administrators' discretion, either temporarily or permanently.