User:Gerda Arendt/User talk before you block
Talk before you block
- An edit offends you, but is it important for Wikipedia?
- Only if you think yes,
- Talk to other experienced admins if they feel the same.
- Only if you think yes,
- Talk to the user who offended, tell the user how you feel about it, trying to achieve modification or revert.
- Only if you think no,
- Consider a block. If the user is a content editor, think once more if the loss of content during the block time is worth it.
- Only if you think yes,
- Look if you blocked the same editor before. If yes, find someone else to do it.