User:K6ka/Guide to warning users

The (unofficial) guide to warning users with the Warning template:


 * 1) Only users with the rollback or administrator privileges may use this template. Users that do not have these abilities may not use this template.
 * 2) If user makes a good-faith edit, it may be better to use a hand-written message, or another templated message that may be more suitable.
 * 3) If user makes a bad-faith edit and a templated message exists within Warning that is suitable for what the user did, use that.
 * 4) Always start at level 1, unless the situation is serious enough that level 1 may be skipped (use your own judgement)
 * 5) Once a warning is issued, another warning message should not be issued for another 45 seconds, even if the user makes another bad-faith edit during this time. This is to give the editor time to read their templated message.
 * 6) If the user makes another bad-faith edit after 45 seconds since the last warning, the warning levels may escalate as needed.
 * 7) If the user is an IP, and made a bad-faith edit 24 hours or more after the last warning was issued, "reset" the warning levels and go back to level 1. Since IP addresses can change owners, warnings should reset 24 hours after the last warning was issued in order to prevent "biting" newcomers. If the user is a registered account, disregard this rule.