Wikipedia:General sanctions

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General sanctions are a type of Wikipedia sanctions that apply to all editors working in a particular topic area. These contrast with editing restrictions, also called "personal sanctions", which apply only to individual editors. General sanctions are a tool used by the community or the Arbitration Committee to improve the editing atmosphere of an article or topic area. When general sanctions are employed, they are specifically detailed instructions by which community consensus or ArbCom motion has empowered administrators to act single-handedly to sanction editors who are not complying with general behavioral or editorial guidelines and policies.

For more information on Wikipedia sanctions, see the essay at Wikipedia:Sanctions (essay).

Types of sanctions

Discretionary sanctions

The discretionary sanctions process is intended to provide administrators with a rapid means to intervene in topic areas that have proved problematic. The goal is to reduce and prevent future disruption to the project. Use of such tools can be authorized by the Arbitration Committee, usually as part of an arbitration case. Once this happens, any editor may alert another editor that discretionary sanctions have been authorized for that topic area. Alerts must be given to other editors via the standard unmodified template message – currently {{Ds/alert}} – at the editor's talk page. Discretionary sanctions may not be imposed unless an editor has been made aware they are in effect. Any "aware" editor who repeatedly or seriously fails to adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, any expected standard of behaviour, or any normal editorial process may be sanctioned "on the spot" by any uninvolved administrator or through a formal request at Arbitration Encforcement. Possible sanctions include, but aren't limited to, blocks of up to one year, article or topic bans, and revert restrictions. For specific pages, uninvolved administrators may also impose preventative restrictions such as page protection, revert restrictions, etc.

In addition, community discussions can authorise sanctions that echo those established by the Arbitration Committee, with the exception of appeal and logging procedures. See this page for more information on discretionary sanctions. Areas currently subject Arbitration Committee-established discretionary sanctions are listed here.

Revert restrictions

Pages or topic areas may be subject to restrictions on the number of reverts an editor may perform during a specific period of time. For more information, see this page. The most common revert restriction is the one-revert rule.

Article probation

Article probation is now considered obsolete. When it was in use, article probation involved placing certain articles under increased scrutiny by administrators. Editors who made disruptive edits to articles that had been placed on probation could be banned from further editing of such articles, as well as related articles and/or project pages. Anyone editing an article on probation was intended to be especially mindful of content policies, such as neutral point-of-view, and interaction policies, such as WP:CIVIL, WP:NPA, WP:3RR, and WP:POINT. By 2018 article probation had been superseded by the other "general sanctions" described on this page.

Process

Arbitration Committee sanctions

The Arbitration Committee may authorize general sanctions for particular pages or subject areas, usually following an arbitration case. Administrators employing sanctions must issue appropriate notifications, and log all sanctions imposed, as specified in each case. General sanctions established by the Arbitration Committee may be revoked by passing a "motion in a prior case". Editors wishing to report possible violations of Arbitration Committee sanctions should do so at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement.

Community sanctions

The community may also impose general sanctions on all editors working in a particular area, usually after a discussion at the administrators' noticeboard. Administrators employing these sanctions must issue appropriate notifications, and log all sanctions imposed, as specified in each case. The issuing of notifications is an informal process whereby an editor that edits a topic area that is subject to general sanctions is made aware that the general sanctions exist. Administrators may not impose sanctions unless an editor has previously been made aware of the existence of these sanctions. Any editor may make another editor aware of the sanctions, and then log the notification, as specified in each case. This notification is not a warning about editor behaviour, and may not be revoked. It is purely informational. Full procedures for issuing notifications mirror those of Arbitration Committee sanctions, as described here. Editors or administrators that wish to overturn an action carried out under the auspices of community-established sanctions must either appeal to the imposing administrator, or gain consensus for an overturning at the administrators' noticeboard. If general sanctions are no longer needed in a topic area, they may be revoked through discussion at the administrators' noticeboard. Likewise, editors wishing to report possible violations of community sanctions should do so at the administrators' noticeboard.

The community concluded in an RfC that administrators cannot delete pages or media within the scope of a community general sanction without following the regular deletion process. Such deletions have no special restrictions on reversibility and can be appealed at deletion review. Page-level sanctions refer to limitations on the ability to edit pages, or to edit pages in a particular manner, not to deleting pages.

Active sanctions

Arbitration Committee-authorised sanctions

Appropriate procedures described at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Discretionary sanctions

Case	Applicable area	Type	Sanction (quoted from case)	Notes
Abortion (November 2011)	All pages related to abortion, broadly construed	Discretionary sanctions and 1RR	Standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all pages related to abortion, broadly construed. In addition, no editor may make more than one (1) revert on a page within the area of conflict per twenty-four (24) hour period, excluding blatant vandalism and BLP violations. This authorization supersedes the earlier authorization of discretionary sanctions in this topic area by the community. All sanctions enacted prior to this case under the terms of the community authorization shall be logged under this case as though they had been enacted under the new authorization.	See this November–December 2015 clarification request, whereby the previous community 1RR was incorporated into the ArbCom DS.
Acupuncture (January 2015)	Any edit about, and for all pages relating to Complementary and Alternative Medicine	Discretionary sanctions	In lieu of a full case, the Arbitration Committee authorises standard discretionary sanctions for any edit about, and for all pages relating to Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Any sanctions that may be imposed should be logged at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Acupuncture. The Committee urges interested editors to pursue alternative means of dispute resolution such as RFCs or requests for mediation on the underlying issues. If necessary, further requests concerning this matter should be filed at the requests for clarification and amendment page.	Passed by motion
American politics 2 (June 2015)	All edits about, and all pages related to post-1932 politics of the United States and closely related people	Discretionary sanctions	Remedy 1 of the American Politics case is rescinded. In its place, the following is adopted: standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to post-1932 politics of the United States and closely related people.
Ancient Egyptian race controversy (January 2008)	Pages relating to Ancient Egyptian race controversy and associated articles, broadly construed	Discretionary sanctions	Standard discretionary sanctions are authorized with immediate effect for all pages relating to Ancient Egyptian race controversy and associated articles, broadly construed.	Passed by motion
Armenia-Azerbaijan 2	Topics related to Armenia-Azerbaijan and related ethnic conflicts, broadly defined	Discretionary sanctions	Standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all pages related to Armenia, Azerbaijan, or related ethnic conflicts, broadly interpreted.
Article titles and capitalisation (March 2012)	Manual of Style and article titles policy	Discretionary sanctions	"Standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all pages related to the English Wikipedia Manual of Style and article titles policy, broadly construed."
Civility in infobox discussions (March 2018)	Discussions about infoboxes and to edits adding, deleting, collapsing, or removing verifiable information from infoboxes.	Discretionary sanctions and infobox probation	1.1) Any uninvolved administrator may apply infobox probation as a discretionary sanction per remedy 2. That user will be indefinitely restricted from: adding, deleting or collapsing infoboxes; restoring an infobox that has been deleted; or making more than one comment in discussing the inclusion or exclusion of an infobox on a given article. For clarity, an editor under probation is permitted to edit an already existing infobox, but should be cautious of giving the appearance that they are attempting to game their probation as this may lead to more severe discretionary sanctions. They may, if they wish, add an infobox in the same edit or series of edits when they: create a new article; or convert an article from a redirect. The user under probation may also participate in wider policy discussions regarding infoboxes with no restriction. 2) Standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all discussions about infoboxes and to edits adding, deleting, collapsing, or removing verifiable information from infoboxes.
Eastern Europe	Topics related to Eastern Europe or the Balkans, broadly defined	Discretionary sanctions	Articles which relate to Eastern Europe or the Balkans, broadly interpreted, are placed under discretionary sanctions. Any uninvolved administrator may levy restrictions as an arbitration enforcement action on users editing in this topic area, after an initial warning.	Passed by motion, 27 July 2008 Amended by motion to incorporate Balkans sanctions, 17 February 2019
Electronic cigarettes	Electronic cigarette topic area, broadly construed	Discretionary sanctions	Community general sanctions for the electronic cigarette topic area are rescinded. In its place, standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for the electronic cigarette topic area, broadly construed.
Falun Gong	Falun Gong and all closely related articles	Discretionary sanctions	Standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for "Falun Gong" and all closely related articles.
GamerGate	All edits about, and all pages related to, (a) GamerGate, (b) any gender-related dispute or controversy, (c) people associated with (a) or (b), all broadly construed.	Discretionary sanctions	The community Gamergate general sanctions are hereby rescinded and are replaced by standard discretionary sanctions, which are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, (a) GamerGate, (b) any gender-related dispute or controversy, (c) people associated with (a) or (b), all broadly construed.
Gender Gap Task Force	Any page relating to or any edit about: (i) the Gender Gap Task Force; (ii) the gender disparity among Wikipedians; and (iii) any process or discussion relating to these topics, all broadly construed.	Discretionary sanctions	Discretionary sanctions are authorised for any page relating to or any edit about: (i) the Gender Gap Task Force; (ii) the gender disparity among Wikipedians; and (iii) any process or discussion relating to these topics, all broadly construed .	Scope amended by motion on 7 February 2015
Genetically modified organisms	Genetically modified organisms, commercially produced agricultural chemicals and the companies that produce them	Discretionary sanctions, 1RR	The Discretionary Sanctions remedy which says that "Standard discretionary sanctions are authorised for all pages relating to genetically modified organisms, agricultural biotechnology, and agricultural chemicals, broadly construed" is replaced with "Standard discretionary sanctions are authorised for all pages relating to genetically modified organisms, commercially produced agricultural chemicals and the companies that produce them, broadly construed." Editors are prohibited from making more than one revert per page per day on any page relating to genetically modified organisms, agricultural biotechnology, and agricultural chemicals, broadly construed and subject to the usual exemptions.	Editnotice GMO 1RR; amended by motion 19 January 2016
Gun control	Governmental regulation of firearm ownership; the social, historical and political context of such regulation; and the people and organizations associated with these issues	Standard discretionary sanctions	Standard discretionary sanctions are authorised for any edit about, and for all pages relating to, gun control.
India-Pakistan	All pages related to India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, broadly construed.	Discretionary sanctions	Standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all pages related to India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, broadly construed.	Passed by motion
Landmark Worldwide	The topic of Landmark Worldwide, broadly construed	Discretionary sanctions	Standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for the topic of Landmark Worldwide, broadly construed.	Passed by motion
Liancourt Rocks	Liancourt Rocks	Discretionary sanctions	"In [article probation's] place, Standard Discretionary sanctions are authorised with immediate effect for all pages relating to the Liancourt Rocks."	Added by motion, 10:29, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
Longevity	All articles relating to Longevity	Discretionary sanctions	"Standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all articles related to longevity, broadly interpreted."	Rescinded by motion, 11:22, 30 November 2014 (UTC), re-authorized by motion 30 August 2015.
Macedonia 2 (Log)	"All articles related to Macedonia"	Editing restriction	"All articles related to Macedonia (defined as any article that could be reasonably construed as being related to Macedonia, Macedonia nationalism, Greece related articles that mention Macedonia, and other articles in which how Macedonia will be referred to is an issue) fall under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned. Editors enforcing a case where a binding Stalemate resolution has been found are exempt from 1RR."	See case for definition of Stalemate resolution
Palestine-Israel articles	The entire set of Arab-Israeli conflict-related articles, broadly interpreted	Discretionary sanctions and 1RR	Any uninvolved administrator may impose sanctions on any editor working in the area of conflict if, despite being warned, that editor repeatedly or seriously fails to adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, any expected standards of behavior, or any normal editorial process. Editors are limited to one revert per page per day on any page that could be reasonably construed as being related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. In addition, editors are required to obtain consensus through discussion before restoring a reverted edit. Reverts made to enforce the General Prohibition are exempt from the revert limit. Also, the normal exemptions apply. Editors who violate this restriction may be blocked without warning by any uninvolved administrator, even on a first offense. (full text).	{{Editnotice IP 1RR}}
Palestine-Israel articles 3	Any page that could be reasonably construed as being related to the Arab-Israeli conflict	Editing restriction	All IP editors, accounts with fewer than 500 edits, and accounts with less than 30 days tenure are prohibited from editing any page that could be reasonably construed as being related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. This prohibition is preferably enforced by the use of extended confirmed protection, but where that is not feasible, it may also be enforced by reverts, page protections, blocks, the use of pending changes, and appropriate edit filters. The sole exceptions to this prohibition are: Editors who are not eligible to be extended-confirmed may use the Talk: namespace to post constructive comments and make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided they are not disruptive. Talk pages where disruption occurs may be managed by any of the above methods. This exception does not apply to other internal project discussions such as AfDs, WikiProjects, noticeboard discussions, etc. Editors who are not eligible to be extended-confirmed may not create new articles, but administrators may exercise discretion when deciding how to enforce this remedy on article creations. Deletion of new articles by editors who do not meet the criteria is permitted but not required. (full text).	{{Editnotice IP 1RR}}
Prem Rawat	Prem Rawat, broadly construed	Standard discretionary sanctions	An amendment to the case in December 2012 superseded the previously imposed article probation with standard discretionary sanctions for all pages relating to Prem Rawat, broadly construed . All previously imposed sanctions under article probation should be considered discretionary sanctions. See the list of Prem Rawat-related topics for articles which will be included (note the discretionary sanctions are not necessarily limited to these articles). This remedy supersedes the existing community based one-revert rule restriction.
Pseudoscience	All pages relating to pseudoscience and fringe science, broadly interpreted	Discretionary sanctions	Standard discretionary sanctions are authorised for all pages relating to pseudoscience and fringe science, broadly interpreted. Any uninvolved administrator may levy restrictions as an arbitration enforcement action on users editing in this topic area, after an initial warning.	Version current as of this motion, 11:22, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
Race and intelligence	"Race and intelligence" and all closely related articles.	Discretionary sanctions	"Any uninvolved administrator may, on his or her own discretion, impose sanctions on any editor working on an article within the area of conflict (or for whom discretionary sanctions have otherwise been authorized) if, despite being warned, that editor repeatedly or seriously fails to adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, any expected standards of behavior, or any normal editorial process. The sanctions imposed may include blocks of up to one year in length; bans from editing any page or set of pages within the area of conflict; bans on any editing related to a topic within the area of conflict or its closely related topics; restrictions on reverts or other specified behaviors; or any other measures which the imposing administrator believes are reasonably necessary to ensure the smooth functioning of the project."	Amended by motion on 15 April 2011
Scientology	Scientology topic, broadly construed	Discretionary sanctions and a general restriction	Standard discretionary sanctions are authorised with immediate effect for the Scientology topic broadly construed. All warnings and sanctions shall be logged in the appropriate section of the main case page. Any editor who, in the judgement of an uninvolved administrator, is (i) focused primarily on Scientology or Scientologists and (ii) clearly engaged in promoting an identifiable agenda may be topic-banned for up to one year. Any editor topic banned under this sanction may be re-blocked at the expiry of a topic ban if they recommence editing in the topic having made few or no significant edits outside of it during the period of the topic ban.
September 11 conspiracy theories	Articles which relate to the events of September 11, broadly interpreted	Discretionary sanctions	Any uninvolved administrator may impose sanctions on any editor working in the area of conflict if, despite being warned, that editor repeatedly or seriously fails to adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, any expected standards of behavior, or any normal editorial process (full text).
Shakespeare authorship question	All pages relating to the Shakespeare authorship question	Discretionary sanctions	"Standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all pages related to the Shakespeare authorship question. The sanctions should be administered in such a fashion as to treat all contributors fairly while ensuring that future editing of these pages adheres to high standards of both Wikipedia behavior and Shakespearean scholarship."
The Troubles	Pages relating to The Troubles, Irish nationalism, and British nationalism in relation to Ireland, broadly construed.	Discretionary sanctions	Standard discretionary sanctions are authorised for all pages relating to The Troubles, Irish nationalism, and British nationalism in relation to Ireland, broadly construed. As a standard discretionary sanction, a one revert restriction (1RR) is applied to all pages relating to The Troubles, Irish nationalism, and British nationalism in relation to Ireland, broadly construed. This restriction may be appealed at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Enforcement, with notifications to be posted, at a minimum, at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ireland and Talk:The Troubles.	Amended by motion 02:33, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
Waldorf education	all pages relating to Waldorf education, broadly construed	Discretionary sanctions	Standard Discretionary sanctions are authorised with immediate effect for all pages relating to Waldorf education, broadly construed. This supersedes the existing Article Probation remedy set down in Waldorf education, remedy 1 and re-affirmed in the Waldorf education review, remedy 2.	Amended by motion 08:47, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Community-authorised sanctions

Templates

Use the following templates for enforcing community-issued sanctions. Case-specific templates can be found at Category:Wikipedia sanctions templates.

• Article talk page notice: {{Sanctions}} (some sanctions have case-specific templates)
• Notification for user talk page: {{subst:Gs/notification}} (some sanctions have case-specific templates)
• Sanction for user talk page (to actually impose the sanction): {{Community sanction}}
• For block notices on user talk page: {{Uw-csblock}}

Decisions

Decision & Log	Applicable area	Type	Sanction (quoted from discussion)	Date effective	Notes
South Asian social groups AN/I discussion (WP:GS/CASTE)	All pages about South Asian social groups	Community-authorized discretionary sanctions	Explicitly including caste associations and political parties related to India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal.	11 February 2012	Indefinite
Syrian Civil War and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant AN discussion (WP:GS/SCW&ISIL)	Pages related to the Syrian Civil War and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Community-authorized discretionary sanctions and 1RR that mimic WP:ARBPIA	WP:ARBPIA-equivalent discretionary sanctions and 1RR are in force on "all pages related to the Syrian Civil War and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, broadly construed". Notifications and sanctions must be logged at Wikipedia:General sanctions/Syrian Civil War and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.	31 August 2013	Indefinite
Units in the United Kingdom AN discussion (WP:GS/UKU)	Articles that have strong ties solely to the United Kingdom, as opposed to other English-speaking countries	Community-authorized discretionary sanctions	In articles that have strong ties solely to the United Kingdom, as opposed to other English-speaking countries, any editor who systematically changes values from one system of measurement to another without clear consensus, who edit-wars over such a change, who disrupts talk page discussions or normal Wikipedia processes pertaining to units in UK-related articles, who engages in forum-shopping, or who otherwise disruptively edits may be sanctioned by an uninvolved administrator. Sanctions can be imposed if, after being notified of the existence of these sanctions, the editor repeatedly repeatedly or seriously fails to adhere to the the purpose of Wikipedia, any expected standards of behaviour, or normal editorial processes. Sanctions imposed may include blocks of up to one year in length, bans from editing any page or set of pages, bans on any editing related to the topic or its closely related topics, restrictions on reverts or other specified behaviours, or any other measures that the imposing administrator believes are reasonably necessary to ensure the smooth functioning of the project. Notifications must be logged at the general sanctions page to be effective. Sanctions may be appealed at the administrators' noticeboard.	5 November 2014	Indefinite
Blockchain and cryptocurrency AN discussion (WP:GS/Crypto)	Pages related to the blockchain and cryptocurrencies	Community-authorized discretionary sanctions that mimic WP:ARBPIA, plus 1RR	WP:ARBPIA-equivalent discretionary sanctions and 1RR are in force on "all pages related to the blockchain and cryptocurrencies, broadly construed". Notifications and sanctions must be logged at Wikipedia:General sanctions/Blockchain and cryptocurrencies.	22 May 2018	Indefinite
Professional wrestling AN discussion (WP:GS/PW)	Pages related to professional wrestling, broadly construed	Community-authorized discretionary sanctions	The community authorizes standard discretionary sanctions as general sanctions for the topic of professional wrestling, broadly construed.	21 June 2018	Indefinite
India–Pakistan AN discussion (WP:GS/IPAK)	Pages related to any conflict between India and Pakistan	Community-authorised editing restriction	All IP editors, accounts with fewer than 500 edits, and accounts with less than 30 days tenure are prohibited from editing articles related to any conflict between India and Pakistan. Administrators may apply extended confirmed protection for any length of time or indefinitely to enforce this prohibition on any article they reasonably believe to be related to the conflict.	23 February 2019	Indefinite

Obsolete sanctions

Case & Log	Applicable area	Type	Sanction (quoted from case)	Notes
Tea Party movement	Pages relating to the Tea Party movement broadly construed.	Discretionary sanctions	Pages related to the Tea Party movement, broadly construed, are placed under discretionary sanctions. This sanction supersedes the existing community sanctions.	Discretionary sanctions were originally authorized as part of a motion suspending the case, then authorized further as part of the final decision. Rescinded by motion, 30 October 2015 – American politics discretionary sanctions continue to apply in this topic area
Macedonia	Topics related to the Balkans, broadly defined	Discretionary sanctions	Topics related to the Balkans, broadly interpreted, are placed under discretionary sanctions. Any uninvolved administrator may levy restrictions as an arbitration enforcement action on users editing in this topic area, after an initial warning.	Merged into Eastern Europe by motion, 17 February 2019
Sexology	All articles dealing with transgender issues and paraphilia classification (e.g., hebephilia).	Discretionary sanctions	Standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all articles dealing with transgender issues and paraphilia classification (e.g., hebephilia). These discretionary sanctions apply to any dispute regarding the proper article title, pronoun usage, or other manner of referring to any individual known to be or self-identifying as transgender, including but not limited to Chelsea/Bradley Manning. Any sanctions imposed should be logged at the Sexology case.	Clarified in Manning naming dispute. Rescinded by motion, 25 November 2017.
Austrian economics (April 2014)	Pages related to Austrian school of economics and the Ludwig von Mises Institute	Discretionary sanctions	Pages related to the Austrian school of economics and the Ludwig von Mises Institute, broadly construed, are placed under discretionary sanctions. This sanction supersedes the existing community sanctions.	Rescinded by motion of the Arbitration Committee (December 2016)
Mixed martial arts AN discussion (WP:GS/MMA)	All pages within the topic of mixed martial arts (MMA)	Community-authorised discretionary sanctions	Any uninvolved administrator may, on his or her own discretion, impose sanctions on any editor working on a page within the topic of mixed martial arts, if, despite being warned, that editor repeatedly or seriously fails to adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, any expected standards of behavior, or any normal editorial process. This may include, but is not limited to, banning from participation in deletion discussions any editor who reasonably appears to be acting in coordination with an interest other than that of the Wikipedia community and without regard for compliance with content rules. Sanctions may be appealed to the administrator who placed them, the administrators' noticeboard, or the Arbitration Committee	Revoked by the community (30 November 2015)
Vivaldi (Log)	Preying from the Pulpit, First Baptist Church of Hammond, Jack Hyles, Hyles-Anderson College, and any related article which contains poorly sourced controversial material	Article probation	Preying from the Pulpit, First Baptist Church of Hammond, Jack Hyles, Hyles-Anderson College, and any related article which contains poorly sourced controversial material are placed on article probation. The expectation is that Vivaldi, Arbustoo, and other editors of these articles will in the course of editing remove poorly sourced controversial material.	Sanctions rescinded by motion, 19 November 2015
Waterboarding (Log)	Waterboarding	Article probation	The article on Waterboarding, and related pages, are placed on article probation.	Sanctions rescinded by motion, 19 November 2015
Mantanmoreland (Log)	Naked short selling, Overstock.com, Patrick M. Byrne, Gary Weiss, or any related page or discussion	Editing restriction and article probation	Any current or future editor who, after this decision is announced, makes substantial edits to naked short selling, Overstock.com, Patrick M. Byrne, Gary Weiss, or closely related pages or discussions on any page is directed: (A) To edit on these from only a single user account, which shall be the user's sole or main account; (B) To edit only through a conventional ISP and not through any form of proxy configuration; (C) To edit in accordance with all Wikipedia policies and to refrain from any form of advocacy concerning any external controversy, dispute, allegation, or proceeding; and (D) To disclose on the relevant talk pages any circumstances (but not including personal identifying information) that constitute or may reasonably be perceived as constituting a conflict of interest with respect to that page. A note concerning these restrictions shall be placed on the talkpage of each of the affected articles. In case of any doubt concerning application or interpretation of these restrictions, the Arbitration Committee may be consulted for guidance. Any uninvolved administrator may impose a reasonable restriction (e.g., a revert or civility limitation) or page-ban against any editor who, after receiving a warning containing a link to this decision, edits naked short selling, Overstock.com, Patrick M. Byrne, Gary Weiss, or any related page or discussion in a disruptive or uncivil fashion, who edits them in contravention of site policies and guidelines, or who attempts to reintroduce subtle or overt partisan advocacy regarding any external dispute concerning these subjects into Wikipedia.	Sanctions rescinded by motion, 19 November 2015
Lapsed Pacifist 2 (Log)	"All articles related to Corrib gas controversy and the Shell to Sea campaign"	Article probation and editing restriction	"All articles related to Corrib gas controversy and the Shell to Sea campaign are placed under probation. All fall under 1RR, and a stricter rather than laxer interpretation of addition of and removal unsourced content. Where content or its phrasing is disputed, editors are directed to seek outside opinion at the Content, Reliable Sources, Neutral point of view or Third Opinion Noticeboards, and abide by the consensus achieved thereafter."	Sanctions rescinded by motion, 19 November 2015
Barack Obama (log, enforcement requests, discussion) (WP:GS/BO)	Barack Obama and related articles	Article probation	The Barack Obama related-pages (broadly construed) are subject to the following terms of article probation. Any editor may be sanctioned by an uninvolved administrator for disruptive edits, including, but not limited to, edit warring, personal attacks, incivility and assumptions of bad faith. Sanctions imposed may include restrictions on reverts or other specified behaviors, bans from editing the Obama pages and/or closely related topics, blocks of up to 1 year in length, or any other measures the imposing administrator believes are reasonably necessary to ensure the smooth functioning of the project. For the purpose of imposing sanctions under this provision, an administrator will be considered "uninvolved" if he or she is not engaged in a current, direct, personal conflict on the topic with the user receiving sanctions (note: enforcing this provision will not be considered to be participation in a dispute). Sanctions imposed under this provision may be appealed to the imposing administrator, the appropriate administrators' noticeboard, or the Arbitration Committee. Administrators are not to reverse such sanctions without either (1) approval by the imposing administrator, or without (2) community consensus or Committee approval to do so. All sanctions imposed are to be logged at Wikipedia:General sanctions/Obama article probation/Logs.	Sanctions revoked at AN/I in 2015
Homeopathy (Log)	Homeopathy and related articles	Discretionary sanctions	Any uninvolved administrator may, on his or her own discretion, impose sanctions on any editor working in the area of conflict (defined as articles which relate to homeopathy, broadly interpreted) if, despite being warned, that editor repeatedly or seriously fails to adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, any expected standards of behavior, or any normal editorial process. The sanctions imposed may include blocks of up to one year in length; bans from editing any page or set of pages within the area of conflict; bans on any editing related to the topic or its closely related topics; restrictions on reverts or other specified behaviors; or any other measures which the imposing administrator believes are reasonably necessary to ensure the smooth functioning of the project.	Superseded by Pseudoscience discretionary sanctions.
Abd-William M. Connolley (Log)	Cold fusion and related articles	Discretionary sanctions	Cold fusion and related pages are are placed under discretionary sanctions. Any uninvolved administrator may levy restrictions as an arbitration enforcement action on users editing in this topic area, after an initial warning.	Superseded by Pseudoscience discretionary sanctions.
Tony Abbott	Tony Abbott article	1RR	This article is subject to 1 revert per 24-hour period per editor. Editors who breach the restriction may be warned or blocked at the discretion of the enforcing admin.	Indeterminate duration, but likely to be in place until September or October 2010 Restriction lifted per a request at WP:AN#Proposal to revoke sanction no longer needed: WP:GS#Tony Abbott.
Israel-Lebanon (Log)	2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict	Article probation	Any user, particularly Tasc, who engages in edit warring with respect to 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict may be banned from the article for an appropriate period. All bans are to be logged at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Israel-Lebanon#Log of blocks and bans.	Superseded by the discretionary sanctions in the Palestine-Israel articles case
Kosovo (Log)	All articles related to Kosovo	Article probation	All articles related to Kosovo are put on Article probation to allow more swift dealing with disruption.	Superseded by the discretionary sanctions in the Macedonia case
Occupation of Latvia (Log)	Occupation of Latvia 1940-1945	Article probation	The article at the locus of this dispute is placed on probation. Any editor may be banned from it, or from other reasonably related pages, by an uninvolved administrator for disruptive edits, including, but not limited to, edit warring, incivility, and original research. The Arbitration Committee reserves the right to appoint one or more mentors at any time, and the right to review the situation in one year, if appropriate. If the article is not substantially improved by continued editing the Arbitration Committee may impose editing restrictions on users whose editing is counterproductive or disruptive.	Superseded by the discretionary sanctions in the Digwuren case, 27 July 2008
Digwuren (Log)	Topics related to Eastern Europe, broadly defined	General restriction	Any editor working on topics related to Eastern Europe, broadly defined, may be made subject to an editing restriction at the discretion of any uninvolved administrator. The restriction shall specify that, should the editor make any edits which are judged by an administrator to be uncivil, personal attacks, or assumptions of bad faith, he may be blocked for the duration specified in the enforcement ruling below. Before the restriction shall come into effect for a particular editor, that editor shall be given an official notice of it with a link to this decision.	Superseded by discretionary sanctions through motion, 27 July 2008
Prem Rawat 2 (Log)	Prem Rawat and related articles	Article probation	The Prem Rawat article and all related articles are subject to an editing restriction for one year. No user may revert any given changes to a subject article more than once within a seven day period, except for indisputable vandalism and BLP violations. Furthermore, if a user makes any changes to a subject article, and those changes are reverted, they may not repeat the change again within a seven day period.	Expired 20 April 2010.
Great Irish Famine (Log)	Great Irish Famine	General restriction	The article Great Irish Famine is placed under the mentorship of three to five administrators to be named later. All content reversions on this page must be discussed on the article talk page. The mentors are to have a free hand, do not have veto over each other's actions, will be communicating closely and will generally trust each other's judgement. Any mentor, upon good cause shown, may ban any user from editing Great Irish Famine or a related page. All bans shall be posted on the affected user's talk page and at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Great Irish Famine#Documentation of bans. When possible, mentors should favor article bans over page protection. The Committee will review the mentorship arrangement in approximately one month upon request of any involved editor and again at future points if warranted. If a review reveals that the mentors agree that the article has demonstrated the ability to grow without strife, the mentorship may be ended. Otherwise, the mentorship will continue for one year.	Mentors named: Daniel, Ryan Postlethwaite, Angusmclellan. Expired 1 September 2008.
Falun Gong (Log)	Falun Gong and all closely related articles	Article probation	It is expected that the articles will be improved to conform with Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, and that information contained in them will be supported by verifiable information from reliable sources. The articles may be reviewed on the motion of any arbitrator, or upon acceptance by the Arbitration Committee of a motion made by any user. Users whose editing is disruptive may be banned or their editing restricted as the result of a review.	Superseded by discretionary sanctions, 19 January 2010
Sarah Palin/Article probation (Log) (WP:GS/SP)	Sarah Palin and related articles	Article probation	From Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive504#Sarah Palin probation proposal Pages related to Sarah Palin (broadly construed) are subject to the following terms of article probation: 1) Any editor may be sanctioned by an uninvolved administrator for disruptive edits, including, but not limited to, edit warring, personal attacks, incivility and assumptions of bad faith. 2) Sanctions imposed may include restrictions on reverts or other specified behaviors, bans from editing the Palin pages and/or closely related topics, blocks of up to 1 year in length, or any other measures the imposing administrator believes are reasonably necessary to ensure the smooth functioning of the project. 3) For the purpose of imposing sanctions under this provision, an administrator will be considered "uninvolved" if he or she is not engaged in a current, direct, personal conflict on the topic with the user receiving sanctions (note: enforcing this provision will not be considered to be participation in a dispute). 4) Sanctions imposed under this provision may be appealed to the imposing administrator, the appropriate administrators' noticeboard, or the Arbitration Committee. 5) Administrators are not to reverse such sanctions without either (A) approval by the imposing administrator, or without (B) community consensus or Committee approval to do so. 6) All sanctions imposed are to be logged at Talk:Sarah Palin/Article probation#Log of sanctions	Revoked by the community, October 2011
Consensus & Wikipedia:General sanctions/2012 Presidential Campaign/Log	2012 Presidential Campaign articles	Community general sanctions	Consensus is to adopt Community article probation on all articles about American presidential and vice-presidential candidates and their campaigns, broadly construed, which will expire 3 months from their imposition. Editors making disruptive edits may be banned by any uninvolved administrator from articles on probation and related articles or project pages. Editors of such articles should be especially mindful of content policies, such as WP:NPOV, and interaction policies, such as WP:CIVIL, WP:NPA, WP:3RR, and WP:POINT.	Expired (11 Dec 2012)
Bundy standoff ANI discussion & Log	The Bundy standoff article	1RR and discretionary topic bans or blocks	Any uninvolved administrator may impose sanctions on any editor disrupting that article with escalating blocks, a topic ban, or restrictions on editing. A 1RR restriction is also implemented for the duration.	Expired. Original operation - sixty days beginning April 23, 2014
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents/La goutte de pluie	Singaporean general election, 2011 Teo Ser Luck Tin Pei Ling Vincent Wijeysingha Vivian Balakrishnan	1RR and semi-protection	1) No editor may make more than one (1) revert on any of the listed articles per twenty-four (24) hour period, excluding blatant vandalism and BLP violations. Editors who breach the restriction may be warned or blocked at the discretion of the enforcing admin. 2) In addition, the articles are indefinitely semi-protected; unregistered and unconfirmed editors must propose changes on the discussion pages of the articles.	Revoked by community discussion. 00:29, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
Ayn Rand (Log)	Articles relating to Ayn Rand, broadly interpreted	Discretionary sanctions	An uninvolved administrator may impose a topic ban, revert limitation, or other appropriate sanction against any other editor who edits Ayn Rand or related articles or pages disruptively, provided that a warning has first been given with a link to this decision.	Rescinded by motion, 11:22, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
Monty Hall problem (Log)	All articles relating to the Monty Hall problem	Discretionary sanctions	"Any uninvolved administrator may place standard discretionary sanctions on accounts editing in this area, after a first warning."	Rescinded by motion, 11:22, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
Tree shaping (Log)	All articles relating to the topic covered by the article currently located at Tree shaping.	Discretionary sanctions	"The topic covered by the article currently located at Tree shaping, interpreted broadly, is placed under discretionary sanctions."	Rescinded by motion, 11:22, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
Gibraltar (Log)	All pages related to Gibraltar and its history, people, and political status, broadly interpreted.	Discretionary sanctions	Standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all pages related to Gibraltar and its history, people, and political status, broadly interpreted.	Rescinded by motion, 11:22, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
Bluemarine (Log)	Matt Sanchez	Article probation	The article on Matt Sanchez is placed on article probation.	Article probation discontinued in January 2018
Brahma Kumaris (Log)	Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University	Article probation	The principals in this matter are expected to convert the article from its present state based on original research and BK publications to an article containing verifiable information based on reliable third party sources. After a suitable grace period, the state of the article may be evaluated on the motion of any member of the Arbitration Committee and further remedies applied to those editors who continue to edit in an inappropriate manner. Any user may request review by members of the Arbitration Committee.	Article probation discontinued in January 2018
Election (Log)	2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities and its sub-articles	Article probation	Articles which are the locus of dispute, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Election/Proposed decision#Locus of dispute, are placed on probation. Any editor may be banned from any or all of the articles, or other reasonably related pages, by an administrator for disruptive edits, including, but not limited to, edit warring, incivility, and original research. The Arbitration Committee reserves the right to appoint one or more mentors at any time, and will review the situation in one year.	Article probation discontinued in January 2018
Free Republic (Log)	Free Republic and Democratic Underground	Article probation	It is expected that the article will be improved to conform with Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, that information contained in it will be supported by verifiable information from reliable sources. The article may be reviewed on the motion of any arbitrator, or upon acceptance by the Arbitration Committee of a motion made by any user. Users whose editing is disruptive may be banned or their editing restricted as the result of a review. Amended by motion Additionally, any uninvolved administrator may impose a reasonable editing restriction (for example, 1RR) or page ban upon any editor who repeatedly engages in disruptive or uncivil editing of Free Republic or any closely related page. Prior to imposing such a ban or restriction, a warning should be given on the affected user's talkpage. All bans and restrictions shall be logged at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Free Republic#Log of blocks and bans	Article probation discontinued in January 2018
Neuro-linguistic programming (Log)	Neuro-linguistic programming and related pages	Article probation	The article on Neuro-linguistic programming, and related pages, are placed on article probation. Any user disrupting these pages may be banned from the article and related articles by an uninvolved administrator.	Article probation discontinued in January 2018
British Isles AN/I discussion (WP:GS/BI)	Anywhere on Wikipedia where the term "British Isles" is either added or removed	Article probation	Any editor who systematically adds or removes the term "British Isles" from multiple articles without clear sourcing and justification, or who edit-wars over such addition or removal, may be added to the list of topic-banned editors. For the purpose of adding users to the list and enforcing restrictions under this provision, an administrator should be uninvolved. An administrator will be considered "uninvolved" if he or she is not engaged in a current, direct, personal conflict on the topic with the user receiving sanctions (note: enforcing this provision will not be considered to be participation in a dispute). Sanctions imposed under this provision may be appealed to the imposing administrator, the appropriate administrators' noticeboard, or the Arbitration Committee. Administrators are not to reverse such sanctions without either (1) approval by the imposing administrator, or without (2) community consensus or Committee approval to do so. All sanctions imposed are to be logged at Wikipedia:General sanctions/British Isles Probation Log.	Article probation discontinued in January 2018
Men's rights article probation	Men's rights movement and related pages	General article probation	Sanctions imposed may include restrictions on reverts or other specified behaviors, bans from editing the Men's rights pages and/or closely related topics, blocks of up to 1 year in length, or any other measures the imposing administrator believes are reasonably necessary to ensure the smooth functioning of the project. Additionally, a 1-revert rule applies to all related pages (until October 27, 2014).	Article probation discontinued in January 2018
Zeitgeist Movement AN/I discussion (WP:GS/ZG)	All articles related to the topic of the Zeitgeist Movement. This includes all articles on the films, organization, movement, and individuals connected to these other topics.	Community-authorized discretionary sanctions	The community authorizes general sanctions for all articles related to all articles related to the topic of the Zeitgeist Movement. This includes all articles on the films, organization, movement, and individuals connected to these other topics. Any uninvolved administrator may, at his or her own discretion, impose sanctions on any editor that edits pages related to Zeitgeist Movement, if, after being notified of the existence of these sanctions, that editor repeatedly or seriously fails to adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, any expected standards of behavior, or any normal editorial process. Sanctions imposed may include blocks of up to one year in length, bans from editing any page or set of pages within the scope of these sanctions, restrictions on reverts or other specified behaviors; or any other measures which the imposing administrator believes are reasonably necessary to ensure the smooth functioning of the project, such as page protections and discussion collapsing. Prior to any sanctions being imposed, the editor must be given a notification with a link to this decision and, where appropriate, should be counselled on specific steps that he or she can take to improve his or her editing in accordance with relevant policies and guidelines. Notifications and sanctions must be logged at Wikipedia:General sanctions/Zeitgeist Movement. Sanctions imposed may be appealed to the imposing administrator or at the administrators' noticeboard.	Suspended by community consensus on 22 August 2018
Crosswiki issues	All discussions about the integration of Wikidata on the English Wikipedia	Discretionary sanctions	Standard discretionary sanctions are authorised for all discussions about the integration of Wikidata on the English Wikipedia for a period of one year from the enactment of this motion, unless ended earlier by the Arbitration Committee.	Adopted by motion on 27 November 2017. Expired by its own terms on 27 November 2018.

Sanctions placed by the community, which have been superseded by ArbCom sanctions

Decision & Log	Applicable area	Type	Sanction (quoted from discussion)	Notes
Ludwig von Mises Institute ANI discussion & Talk:Austrian economics/General sanctions	Austrian economics-related pages	General sanctions	Any uninvolved administrator may, at his or her own discretion, impose sanctions on any editor working on a page within the topic of Austrian Economics, if, despite being warned by an uninvolved administrator, that editor repeatedly or seriously fails to adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, any expected standard of behavior, or any normal editorial process. Sanctions may be appealed to the administrator who placed them or the administrators' noticeboard. (Notifications and sanctions must be logged at Talk:Austrian economics/General sanctions.)	Indefinite
Template:Editnotices/Page/Tea Party movement	Tea Party movement	1RR	From Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive219# Sanctions on Tea Party movement No editor may make more than one (1) revert on the same content per twenty-four (24) hour period, excluding blatant vandalism. The three revert-rule still applies to the article at large. This restriction is not license for a slow-moving revert-war (e.g., making the same revert once a day, every day); editors who engage in a slow-moving edit war are subject to blocking by an uninvolved administrator, after a warning.	Superseded in September 2013 by ArbCom imposed discretionary sanctions in the Tea Party movement case.
Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents & Wikipedia:General sanctions/Abortion/Log	Abortion and all related articles.	1RR and discretionary topic bans or blocks	1) No editor may make more than one (1) revert on a page within the area of conflict per twenty-four (24) hour period, excluding blatant vandalism and BLP violations. 2) Provided that a warning has first been given with a link to this decision, any uninvolved admin may impose a topic ban or blocks on disruptive editors for actions including, but not limited to, edit warring, personal attacks, excessive incivility and assumptions of bad faith. Such topic bans or blocks may be of up to three months duration. Users who violate WP:BLP within the area of conflict may also be sanctioned per this clause. Uninvolved administrators can independently impose sanctions, including escalating blocks or topic bans of up to three months, provided the individual has been notified of the terms of this scheme and possible sanctions (The template {{subst:Uw-probation|Article|Probation terms page}} can be used for ease) Indefinite topic bans can be proposed at WP:AN or at ANI as the result of discussion of specific incident. All sanctions imposed under this provision are to be logged below and may be appealed to the imposing administrator, the appropriate administrators' noticeboard, or the Arbitration Committee.	Superseded by case remedy at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Abortion and is now discretionary sanctions
Wikipedia:General sanctions/Climate change probation (log, enforcement requests, discussion) (WP:GS/CC)	Climate change and related articles	Article probation	Pages related to Climate change (broadly construed) are subject to the following terms of article probation: Any editor may be sanctioned by an uninvolved administrator for disruptive edits, including, but not limited to, edit warring, personal attacks, incivility and assumptions of bad faith. Sanctions imposed may include restrictions on reverts or other specified behaviors, bans from editing the climate change pages and/or closely related topics, blocks of up to 1 year in length, or any other measures the imposing administrator believes are reasonably necessary to ensure the smooth functioning of the project. For the purpose of imposing sanctions under this provision, an administrator will be considered "uninvolved" if he or she is not engaged in a current, direct, personal conflict on the topic with the user receiving sanctions (note: enforcing this provision will not be considered to be participation in a dispute). Prior to any sanctions being imposed, the editor in question shall be given a warning with a link to these provisions; and, where appropriate, should be counseled on specific steps that he or she can take to improve his or her editing in accordance with relevant policies and guidelines. Sanctions imposed under this provision may be appealed to the imposing administrator, the appropriate administrators' noticeboard, or the Arbitration Committee. Administrators are not to reverse such sanctions without either (1) approval by the imposing administrator, or without (2) community consensus or Committee approval to do so. All sanctions imposed are to be logged at Wikipedia:General sanctions/Climate change probation/Log.	Superseded by WP:ARBCC
Homeopathy/Article probation (Log)	Homeopathy and related articles	Article probation	Editors making disruptive edits may be banned by an administrator from homeopathy and related articles or project pages. Editors of such articles should be especially mindful of content policies, such as WP:NPOV, and interaction policies, such as WP:CIVIL, WP:NPA, WP:3RR, and WP:POINT. Editors must be individually notified of article probation before being banned. All resulting blocks and bans shall be logged at Talk:Homeopathy/Article probation#Log of blocks and bans, and may be appealed to the Administrators' noticeboard.	Template
Gamergate AN discussion (WP:GS/GG)	All pages within the page within the topic space of Gamergate controversy broadly construed	Community-authorised discretionary sanctions	Any uninvolved administrator may, on his or her own discretion, impose sanctions on any editor working on a page within the topic space of Gamergate controversy broadly construed, if, despite being warned, that editor repeatedly or seriously fails to adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, any expected standards of behavior, or any normal editorial process. This may include, but is not limited to, page banning, topic banning, semi protection, Pending Changes enabling, or blocking any editor with an interest other than that of the Wikipedia community and without regard for compliance with content rules. Sanctions may be appealed to the administrator who placed them, the administrators' noticeboard, or the Arbitration Committee	Superseded by ArbCom discretionary sanctions, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/GamerGate
Electronic cigarettes AN/I discussion (WP:GS/ECIG)	All articles related to electronic cigarettes, broadly construed	Community-authorised discretionary sanctions	The community authorizes general sections for all articles related to electronic cigarettes, broadly construed. Any uninvolved administrator may, acting on their own discretion, impose sanctions on any editor working within this topic if, despite being warned, that editor repeatedly or seriously fails to adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, any expected standards of behavior, or any normal editorial process. Possible sanctions include, but are not limited to: page bans, topic bans, semi-protection, pending changes protection, or blocks of up to one year for any editor so warned. Sanctions issued under this authority must be logged at Wikipedia:General sanctions/Electronic cigarettes. Sanctions may be appealed to the administrator who placed them, the administrators' noticeboard, or the Arbitration Committee.	Superseded by Arbitration Committee-authorised discretionary sanctions, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Editor conduct in e-cigs articles (closed on 17 November 2015).