This template may be used (on Talk pages and in Project space) to tag friendly banter which might otherwise be misinterpreted, by persons humor-impaired (whether temporarily – e.g. due to intoxication – or congenitally), as incivility or personal attack. It thus helps prevent unnecessary block-drama.
The template takes the optional|reason= parameter; if it has text, it will be appended after the "Friendly Banter – Don't Block!" in the pop-up tooltip. This content must be plain text (no links, HTML, or other markup).
Usage
I grab women's pussies, but with {{FBDB}} I still became President of the United States!
Warning: No template can prevent all block drama. When using {{FBDB}}, tell an admin right away if you experience fainting, mental/mood changes (such as increased anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, ambivalence at AfD), trouble assuming good faith, diarrhea of the mouth (especially at ANI), touchpad tremor, inability to hear people, carpal tunnel syndrome, rigidity of talk-page positions, electoral dysfunction, inability to reach consensus, POV, trouble controlling certain urges (such as gambling, sex, eating, shopping, beating of dead animals, saving without previewing, or article vandalism), or editing during sleep. Editing in certain topic areas may increase these risks. If you are blocked, discontinue use of {{FBDB}} and notify Arbcom, as some blocks may become permanent. Not for use with BLPs.
It is possible, but not recommended, to use this template while recklessly and obviously insulting other editors. When confronted by the fact that using this template while doing so actually makes things worse, editors should normally reply with a condescending and completely disingenuous link to WP:AGF. Editors who do not follow this second step may normally be assumed to be using the template for its intended purpose.
Users should note that previous attempts to incorporate the template as an exception to Wikipedia's blocking policy have thus far failed to achieve consensus, and using it in this way will likely have one or more of the following effects:
Hastening the inevitable block
Extending its length up to and including indefinite
The immediate nomination of this template to WP:TFD
How to respond to this template
Responding to this template by blocking the editor who used it is generally not recommended. Doing so may make a lot of people very angry and be widely regarded as a bad move.
It may however be perfectly appropriate to collapse the offending comment as off topic, and the editor in question, undoubtedly using the template in good humor, will normally not object. They may, in fact, receive some gratification from knowing that the collapse template will likely have the opposite of the intended effect, and thus help to improve the project by spreading good will and light-hearted humor to even more morose Wikipedians than it otherwise would.
