User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/Bringing down the banhammer: Best practices for blocking/@comment-4447502-20120320105035/@comment-961279-20120325004355

On the Phineas and Ferb Wiki, we used to have a lot of warning templates, but now we typically only use a couple. One is a general "that wasn't okay" message. It's a gentle notice that their edit didn't help or that we saw they did it deliberately, but we aren't making a big deal of it.

We also have a couple of Block templates, but those are rarely used because the wiki automatically displays BLOCKED at the top of a blocked user page and there are usually other messages on their talk page that show why they are being blocked. Plus, for some vandals and trolls, having a special block notice on their page could be seen as a badge of honor and/or giving them extra attention that they are looking for.