Anti-Harassment Tools/Action Blocks

The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team has completed the work on Action Blocks.

As we noted during the Partial Blocks project, sitewide blocks are not always the appropriate response to some situations. Defined blocks will stop unwanted edits and actions but retain constructive contributions simultaneously.

Action Blocks provide further block options. The four options to be introduced are:


 * Block from uploading files
 * Block from creating pages
 * Block from moving/renaming pages
 * Block from sending thanks.

We are now looking to pilot this project on selected wikis.

Background
Q: What problem(s) is this intended to solve, and for whom?

A: The goal of this project is to continue giving administrators various tools to better respond to specific unwanted user actions while still encouraging constructive contributions.

Q: Based on what evidence, research, or request?

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What is changing
Q: Will this replace an existing tool (or previous way of doing things)?

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'''Q: Will this break anyone's workflow? To a significant extent? If you are affecting people who are not your target, can precautions be taken to not do so?'''

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Q: Will it add to existing contributors' workload, if it's a success?

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'''Q: Will it scale? (both to small wikis, and to large wikis)'''

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Q: Have you defined a glossary introducing any new terms?

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Q: Do you have a timeline, no matter how rough?

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