User blog comment:Andrew Cao/Tips to become a good Administrator/@comment-1251315-20160330204415

"Don't try to block users. If that user is furious, just see his/her behavior and talk." < What kind of advice is that? If a user is being disruptive, then they should be blocked (it shouldn't matter who does it), what's the point in talking out with a user who doesn't care about listening to user advice? I'm not even a sysop on some wiki's and some users on such wiki's act rudely to the point where I just contact a sysop and have them blocked. Bad users aren't going to learn anything by not blocking them.

I'm a person who is reasonable and kind where appropriate. If a user isn't being helpful to the wiki, I'll tell them so, whether I'm a sysop or not. I'm not the kind of person who likes to sugar coat things or be too lenient, otherwise people will not take me seriously. If a user has a history of warnings and continues certain behaviour, they get a block worthy of the warning history.