Deletion and Blocking Course - Delete this if you don't want it here.

If you want to expand your wiki, it is important to know how to delete, undelete, and protect pages. This will come in handy if (and most likely when) a page is vandalized, or a spam page is created. Take for example, This Page. The page was created by a user named FreeFoodBFB. Now, FreeFoodBFB created a spam page, see This Page above. Regardless, the page needs to be deleted. In order to delete a page, you need to follow these directions.

You firstly want to go to the page you want to delete. Then, go to the edit button and there will be an arrow dropdown. Select the delete option. You will get the option to delete it and select a reason to delete it. You can give custom delete reasons.

To undelete a page, go to the deleted page and recreate it. Simple as that!

To protect a page, the page can either be deleted or not. Protecting an existing page will make is so certain groups can edit or move the page. The option to protect the page will be on the editing dropdown. Protecting a deleted page will whitelist it so only certain groups can recreate it.

Now, let's go back to This Page that FreeFoodBFB made. Since it is unrelated to the wiki and it is unwanted here, it needs to be protected, or whitelisted from creation. The page should be protected so only admins can make it again. You will see directions on the deletion log.

Now, this brings us to blocking. Sometimes, a user is really disruptive or harmful to a wiki and someone needs to put a stop to them. In this situation, an admin or bureaucrat would need to block the user. Some common reasons for blocking users include vandalism, making threats to themselves or other users, bullying and harassment, using multiple accounts to evade a block, trolling, using profinite, being underage, and impersonating other users, mostly admins.

Depending on how serious the offence of the user was, you can give them a set block time. For minor offences, you can block them until they are 13 (in the case of the user being underage), for a few days, weeks, months, or even years. Sometimes, you will need to block a user forever.