Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25855974-20160806034121/@comment-25855974-20160808144513

Prowler64 wrote: If you would like to contest your global block, please use Special:Contact. Some globally banned users mess up by socking first, which may be by accident since they didn't know their ban was fair, or on purpose to avoid the block. Once they enter this territory, it seems that they cannot appeal to their global ban anymore which is a problem for 3 users I know and possibly a few more.

Prowler64 wrote: Also, see this  for more on sockpuppeting. All wikis I know use this rule, including Wikipedia. If users desperately want to break the rules they will. The only thing staff and admins can do is continue to block them until they get bored and leave. You can't stop changing a person from changing IP's or using another computer. All you can do is keep blocking the vandals. I agree, just wished there was something easier that could be used. Prowler64 wrote: Users don't just get banned randomly for no reason. Users get globally blocked when they break the Terms of Use, which they are expected to have already read before using Wikia. If they don't read it when they make their account, they will (most likely) never read it no matter how simple it is defined. If you get globally banned, you most likely know why - and if you don't, staff will be happy to help. I know there's a reasoning, but they would feel like they were banned unfairly if other users do the exact same and get away with it. I doubt a lot of users read the Terms of Use, and its their faults. But when it comes to the vast majority, I doubt a lot of teenagers would read the rules until they are obligated to when they get in trouble, like a warning.

Prowler64 wrote: One more thing, Wikia are in their right to close any account they believe should be closed. It is their website, not the person being banned. From the ToU: " The Company may terminate your account, delete your profile and any content or information that you have posted on the Service and/or prohibit you from using or accessing the Service for any reason, or no reason, at any time in its sole discretion, with or without notice." Everyone who creates an account must agree to this, so there is no real reason to complain about having accounts closed - they have already agreed to it! Though it is the wikia's website, there are things that they have to think about too. They like to feel right all the time, and when users from certain wikia communities find them "corrupt" its for a reason. I don't think the staff are wrong on this one, but they aren't right either. They need to appeal to the popular demands that users complain about, and when its a problem than the rule should be considered to have a change to fix these problems.

I am not against wikia staff since their rules are fine. It's just that some rules are flawed and need some more work that will work in 2016 instead of working in 2012. But that's just my opinion.