Suradnike koji su dobili zastavicu IP blok iznimke (skupina suradnika označenih kao'ipblock-exempt') ne dira autoblokiranje, blokiranje, blokiranje IP adresa niti blokiranje raspona. Oni su također izuzeti od blokiranja proxyja i Torova. Ovo je pravo automatski dodijeljeno administratorima, no zastavicu se mora posebno dodati radi omogućivanja uređivanja s IP adresa koje su pogođene blokiranjem Torova.
Postoji globalna skupina koja zaobilaziglobalne IP blokove. Za više informacija, vidiglobalne iznimke od blokiranja.
Historically, administrators would "softblock" IP's allowing named editors to continue to edit, while disallowing any anonymous editing and user registrations. With this flag, this is no longer required.
In order to be granted this flag and become IP block exempt on a specific project, the user must refer to the local process or ask an administrator of that project. The information on who should or should not get this user right can be found on theno open proxies page. However, every project may have its own IP block exemption policy and differ from this one.
In order to be granted a global exemption from global blocks, one must make a request tostewards atSteward requests/Global permissions.
Note:A global exemption granted by a steward will only circumvent aglobal IP address or IP range block placed by stewards.A global exemption willnot circumvent alocal block placed on a wiki project by a local administrator. Local blocks applied on wikis, as well as local exemptions,will however override global actions applied for that wiki.
Blocks and exemptions work differently depending on where they are imposed, and by whom they are imposed.
| Block imposed by | Local administrator (local block) | Steward (global block) |
|---|---|---|
| Type of exemption | ||
| Local IP block exemption | unblocked | unblocked |
| Global IP block exemption | blocked | unblocked |
| No exemption | blocked | blocked |