On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 5:09 PM Sydney Poore <spo...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> The Wikimedia Foundation Anti-Harassment Tools team is wrapping up
> improvements
> to Special:Block that added the ability to set a Partial block
> <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_health_initiative/Per_user_page,_namespace,_category,_and_upload_blocking
> >
> .
>
> While no functionality has changed for sitewide blocks, Special:Block now
> allows for the ability to block a named user account or ip address from:
>
>    1.
>
>    Editing one or more specific page(s)
>    2.
>
>    Editing all pages within one or more namespace(s)
>    3.
>
>    Emailing other users
>
>
> Administrators on all Wikimedia projects are invited to test this new way
> of doing blocks on testwiki. Admins can reply off list to this email to
> request access to test.
>
> Administrators on wikis where partial blocks are deployed are invited to
> share with other Wikimedia administrators examples of the way that partial
> blocks are being used.
>

This is so great. Kudos to the team for adding tools to prevent abuse and
harassment that allow for more targeted policy enforcement.

How do we see which wikis have partial blocks deployed already / are
planning to have it deployed? And is there any way administrators can
request deployment?


>
>    -
>
>    Share on meta
>    <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Partial_blocks_use_case_examples>
>    -
>
>    Share in google form
>    <
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1PTGNGhYvMgXMdR5gfle67ojzK23EabV3Ch0FRmaNejs/edit
> >
>
> Other feedback can be left on Meta
> <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_health_initiative/Partial_blocks/Feedback
> >
> or
> by email <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:EmailUser/SPoore_(WMF)>.
>
> For the Anti-Harassment Tools team.
> Sydney
> --
> Sydney Poore (she/her)
> Strategist, socio-technical
> Wikimedia Foundation
> Trust and Safety team;
> Anti-harassment tools team
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