Translations:Help:Blocking users/15/en

Sitewide blocked users are unable to edit pages, upload files, move pages, and perform other actions that additional would grant. Effectively, this makes the wiki read only for those users. Until MediaWiki 1.17, sysops or others with access to the unblocking interface may still unblock others (as well as themselves if they have the unblockself right). However, since MediaWiki 1.17, blocked users who are in user groups that allow them to block nevertheless may not block or unblock other users while blocked.