Commons talk:Requests for comment/Partial blocks

Case studies

@Alexis Jazz: , first of all I saw the creation of this page in my watchlist which is odd. But anyhow, would it be wise to use real life examples, like the ones you listed at the Administrators' noticeboard, or use anonimised examples? Because this is also a good example of an otherwise productive user with personal issues, note the "WP:NOTTHERE" block reason. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 20:15, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

@Donald Trung: real life examples are probably easier to discuss, but may rub some people the wrong way.. so.. I don't have an answer. - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 20:30, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

I agree with Alex. Atleast we are not talking about hypothetical situations. Masum Reza^📞 23:27, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

@Donald Trung: Not familiar with this situation, are you comfortable writing a case study? ~riley (talk) 00:17, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

@~riley: I am honestly not comfortable writing case studies about real people as it could be seen as "an attack" on the blocking admin or something. Anyhow, I think that the proposal will evolve as the community-wide discussion will be held and more usage examples will be given. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 20:31, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Anonymized and hypothetical situations are a good starting point and I would assume good faith from administrators when discussing how blocks could have been done if' partial blocks were available at that time. However, if the block is very far from what common sense would expect as a sanction, then it's probably best to use another example, to prevent drama.

Sidenote: Discussing real-life examples in a civil and constructive manner, without the intent to cause harm is allowed by the policies: administrators are accountable to the community. However, in practice sometimes that's considered an attack, therefore I see a need to establish a safe space where such discussions can happen and the norms that should be followed in those discussions. —Aron Man.🍂 edits🌾 14:34, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

I removed all the "case studies" because they clearly weren't helping. - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 23:04, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

For reference, the removed (for smaller screens) case studies were:

Case studies

The following case studies are provided as examples to help illustrate the use of partial blocks. Users referenced in these case studies are intended to be portrayed as otherwise productive users in order to qualify for a partial block (i.e. a new user with only a history of uploading copyvios would not qualify for a partial block). The case studies may be hypothetical, based on actual incidents or a combination of both.

Case Study #1 - Copyright violations

Problem: ExampleUser is an experienced user with involvement in Commons:Featured pictures, mostly finding existing files on Commons and nominating them. Recently, ExampleUser has taken a interest in finding great images elsewhere on the interest to upload to Commons to nominate as a featured picture. In an attempt to only find the best images, Example has ignored copyright policies. Solution: After several warnings (including a final warning), ExampleAdmin blocks ExampleUser from editing the File namespace. This allows ExampleUser to continue their work with COM:FP and vote on featured pictured candidates while preventing them from uploading more copyright violations.

Case Study #2 - Topic ban
Problem: Incnis Mrsi regularly contributes to administrators' noticeboards with non-constructive bitter comments even after multiple warnings on their talk page by different admins. Solution: A topic ban is in order so ExampleAdmin blocks Incnis Mrsi from editing COM:AN, COM:AN/B, COM:AN/V and COM:AN/U. This allows the user to continue their constructive contributions elsewhere.

Case Study #3 - Edit warring

Problem: User1 and User2 are actively engaged in an edit war on File:Iraqi Civil War map (2014–present).png. Neither are moving the discussion to the file talk page, even after being pinged to do so, and continue to revert each other's upload as they disagree on what should be the current version. A discussion is created at COM:AN/U by another user to try to find a resolution. Solution: Instead of blocking the users sitewide, preventing them from engaging in discussion on the file talk page or COM:AN/U, ExampleAdmin blocks both users from editing File:Iraqi Civil War map (2014–present).png.

Case Study #4 - Interaction ban

Problem: Amitie 10g continuously harasses Ellin Beltz and shows hostile behavior towards her in discussions, mostly in deletion requests. A discussion is created at COM:AN/U regarding Amitie's behaviour. The community decides to ban Amitie 10g from interacting with Ellin Beltz. Solution: ExampleAdmin closes the discussion and blocks Amitie 10g from editing Ellin Beltz's talk page, the Commons namespace and pages where he usually conflicts with Ellin.

Case Study #5 - Discussion ban
Problem: Slowking4 was very active as an uploader and photographer. He also liked to make valid points, but unfortunately often did so in a way that was disruptive to the project. Solution: ExampleAdmin blocks Slowking4 from editing the main noticeboards, help desk and VP or (if needed) Commons namespace.

I will have agree with Alexis Jazz' assessment here, while they do use realistic situations, we aren't discussing individual people / cases here, but the technical feature itself. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 06:54, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Though I can't say that I object to #1 and #3 being included. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 06:56, 19 December 2019 (UTC)