LiR Test Wiki:User warnings

The Sims Wiki is an open and collaborative encyclopedia about The Sims series. This open nature allows editors from around the world to edit articles and publish those changes in real-time without direct oversight. While most of the time these edits are constructive, sometimes they can be detrimental instead. In these instances, a system of user warnings exists to correct these errors.

User warning templates are added to user talk pages to advise users against actions that disrupt The Sims Wiki or to advise users of common mistakes. The purpose of user warnings is to guide good-faith testers and dissuade bad-faith vandals or editors engaging in disruptive editing. You should check that the user has made harmful or disruptive edits before issuing a warning, and that they have not already been warned for the same action by another editor. The user must be given a chance to see, and react to, each warning given.

How to use a user warning template
Before you add a user warning template, stop, and ensure that the warning you are choosing to use is appropriate for the situation. Leaving the wrong warning, leaving a warning that is too strict for the circumstances, or leaving a warning when no warning is necessary can cause further confusion, hostility, and disruption. As always, you should strive to assume that other users are acting in good faith, and take this assumption of good faith into consideration when deciding what type of warning message to leave. If you are in doubt as to whether or not to leave a warning, or as what type of warning to leave, do not leave a warning; instead, seek help from an administrator via the administrators' noticeboard or on an individual administrator's talk page.

Multi-level warnings
Several warning templates utilize a four-level scale. Level one warnings are usually more introductory in nature, and assume that the receiving user is acting in good faith. Level two warnings make no assumptions of faith, but still intend mainly to be informative. Level three warnings assume bad faith and warn of possible blocks if the negative action continues. Level four warnings state that any continued negative action will result in a block. Some warnings also have a level four "im" variant, which is given as the first and only warning of immediate consequences, in cases of extreme disruption where any repeat action would be grounds for a block.