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=== Blocking ===

Before you jump in blocking a user, please be aware that, it is recommended to block yourself, or the [[<tvar name="1">User:Example~~</tvar>~~|Example]] user. You can also block another user as a test, but please make it less than 2 hours, and don't forget to unblock the user when you are done testing. To block a user, go to <tvar name="2">[[Special:Block]]</tvar> and type in the username of the person you want to block, or navigate to the user talk page or the userpage, and then on the left in the sidebar, you will see a button saying block user, or in the history page, next to a users name, you will see <tvar name="3">'(talk|contribs|block)'</tvar> and you click block. Then you put in the length, click confirm block, then you have blocked the user, don't forget to unblock by clicking unblock, when you are done and making the reason, test done.

Before you jump in blocking a user, please be aware that, it is recommended to block yourself, or the <tvar name="1">[[User:Example|Example]]</tvar> user. You can also block another user as a test, but please make it less than 2 hours, and don't forget to unblock the user when you are done testing. To block a user, go to <tvar name="2">[[Special:Block]]</tvar> and type in the username of the person you want to block, or navigate to the user talk page or the userpage, and then on the left in the sidebar, you will see a button saying block user, or in the history page, next to a users name, you will see <tvar name="3">'(talk|contribs|block)'</tvar> and you click block. Then you put in the length, click confirm block, then you have blocked the user, don't forget to unblock by clicking unblock, when you are done and making the reason, test done.