User:Matttest/Global ban policy

The purpose of a global ban is to prevent harm to miraheze when a problem cannot be addressed by the community through less restrictive means, and consequently is usually permanent. A global ban is not a form of punishment, nor is it meant to provide a “cool down” period. This policy addresses the criteria and procedures of a global community ban, and how to appeal and overturn the decision.

Criteria for global bans
Global bans are only considered when all the following criteria are met: Merely meeting the above minimum criteria does not mean that a global ban is required. Below are some past reasons for a global ban:
 * 1) The user has persistently engaged in severe cross-wiki abuse or disruptions.
 * 2) The user has been carefully informed about how to appropriately contribute, and has had fair opportunity to rectify any problems, but they chosen not to participate appropriately in the project.
 * 3) The user is indefinitely blocked or banned on more than 3 miraheze wikis, and those blocks are made because of the user’s persistent disruptive behaviors. Blocks on users who have no local edits are not counted.
 * 4) There is clear remediation attempt between the nominatior and the nominee and the communication is ineffective.
 * Harassing or threatening contributors to the projects, on- or off-wiki;
 * Impersonating other users that is not only simple abuse of multiple accounts.

Progress
Consensus for a global ban is conducted through the Requests for Comment process on Meta. A global ban request must only be accepted when a user presents a clear and current danger to miraheze, a decision is backed by a broad and clear consensus that fairly represents the vast majority of users, and careful consideration of concerns and possible consequences are evident in the decision. In order to initiate a discussion on global ban, please do the following: Starting a global ban which fails to follow the above guidelines is considered as an invalid request, and will result in a speedy deletion of the page.
 * 1) Confirm that the user satisfies all criteria for global bans mentioned above prior to opening a Requests for Comment.
 * 2) File a new request for comment on Meta. The title should have the username of the user nominated for a global ban. The nominator must document the significant incidences that satisfy all criteria for global bans in the subpage.
 * 3) Inform the user about the discussion on wikis where they are active. A notification to the user on Meta-Wiki is a must no matter they have activity on Meta-Wiki or not.
 * 4) Follow the Requests for Comment Policy.

Implementation of the global ban
If the global ban have reached consensus according to the Requests for Comment Policy, a request should be made to the steward team for closure of the discussion and enforcement of global ban.

Overturn a global ban decision
Discussion to overturn a global ban decision is conducted through the request for comment process on Meta, in order to include the widest possible audience. A request must follow the same consensus process for requesting a ban, described above.