This is a concept page and a work in progress, as I am very busy in real life and on Wikimedia Commons do not expect this project to change substantially in a short period of time or momentarily. --Donald Trung (Talk đŹ) (Sockpuppets đ) (Articles đ) 18:10, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
I thought of an idea that could basically serve as âthe Miranda rights of Wikipediaâ (or âthe Blockboxâ) where after a user or IP gets blocked by an admin (so not rangeblocks or autoblocks but direct blocks) a bot will automatically leave this message on their talk page (even if the talk page was previously deleted). This could start off on English wikipedia and then if it turns out to be successful could be âexportedâ to other wikis.
| It appears that you have been blocked. | |
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Please read the guide to appealing blocks. | |
| * If you are currently unable to access your talk page you may request an unblock via the Unblock Ticket Request System or the #wikipedia-en-unblock connect chat channel. | |
| * Checkuser and Oversight blocks may be appealed to the Arbitration Committee. | |
| * If you were blocked by Jimbo Wales then you may appeal directly to him and/or the Arbitration Committee. | |
| * If this is a Sockpuppet then you should confess your main account (or IP) now so you may receive a reduced penalty. | |
| * If you have been blocked for a username violation then you can simply create or request a new account or request to be renamed here or at #wikimedia-rename connect, if however the username was made in bad faith then first request a rename and then you may appeal the block; further reading Wikipedia:Changing username. | |
| * If you have been blocked for adding promotional material or spam then please read about our policy on this and our external links policy before requesting an unblock. | |
| ** If you continue to violate this policy then the next time the duration of your block will increase. If you believe the link(s) you added aren't spam then you may request for it to be removed from the blacklist. | |
| * If your options are currently still unclear then please read the more technical how to appeal a block. | |
Notes: As of currently the standard offer is 6 months but maybe if a user confesses this could be reduced to 3 months or something in that direction, this would give sockpuppeteers more of an incentive to co-operate.
The above are all the blocking criteria I am currently aware of, this is just a suggestion and open to improvement.