* •••Common block reasons••• ** [[WP:Vandalism|Vandalism]] ** [[WP:Vandalism-only account|Vandalism-only account]] ** [[WP:Copyright violations|Copyright infringement]] ** Creating [[WP:Attack page|attack pages]] ** Violations of the [[WP:Biographies of living persons|biographies of living persons]] policy ** Persistent addition of [[Wikipedia:Citing sources|unsourced]] content ** Creating [[WP:Patent nonsense|patent nonsense]] or other inappropriate pages ** Using Wikipedia for [[WP:Spam|promotion]] or [[WP:NOTADVERTISING|advertising]] purposes ** [[WP:Spam|Promotion]] / [[WP:NOTADVERTISING|advertising]]-only account ** [[WP:Edit warring|Edit warring]] ** Violation of the [[WP:Three-revert rule|three-revert rule]] ** [[WP:Disruptive editing|Disruptive editing]] ** [[WP:No personal attacks|Personal attacks]] or violations of the [[WP:Harassment|harassment]] policy ** Making [[WP:No legal threats|legal threats]] ** [[WP:Arbitration Committee/Procedures#Enforcement|Arbitration enforcement]] ** [[WP:CTOP|Contentious topic]] restriction ** [[WP:Blocking policy#Evasion of blocks|Block evasion]] ** Abusing [[WP:Sockpuppetry|multiple accounts]] ** Repeatedly triggering the [[WP:Edit filter|edit filter]] ** [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry#Inappropriate uses of alternative accounts|Sockpuppetry]] ** Long-term abuse ** Clearly [[WP:NOTHERE|not here to build an encyclopedia]] ** Revoking talk page access: inappropriate use of user talk page while blocked * •••Templated reasons••• ** {{anonblock}} ** {{anonblock}} <!-- Likely a school based on behavioral evidence --> ** {{school block}} ** {{rangeblock}} ** {{blocked proxy}} ** {{uw-upeblock}} <!-- Undisclosed paid editing for advertising or promotion --> ** {{uw-ublock}} <!-- Username violation, soft block --> ** {{uw-uhblock}} <!-- Username violation, hard block --> ** {{uw-causeblock}} <!-- Username represents a non-profit, soft block --> ** {{uw-ublock-wellknown}} <!-- Username represents a well-known person, soft block --> ** {{uw-ublock-double}} <!-- Username closely resembles another user, soft block --> ** {{uw-uhblock-double}} <!-- Attempted impersonation of another user, hard block --> ** {{uw-softerblock}} <!-- Promotional username, soft block --> ** {{uw-spamublock}} <!-- Promotional username, promotional edits --> ** {{Uw-spamblacklistblock}} <!-- editor only attempts to add blacklisted links, see [[Special:Log/spamblacklist]] --> ** {{uw-vaublock}} <!-- Username violation, vandalism-only account --> ** {{CheckUser block}} ** {{checkuserblock-wide}} ** {{checkuserblock-account}} ** {{Tor}} ** {{webhostblock}} ** {{colocationwebhost}} ** {{OversightBlock}}