Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Discretionary sanctions/Log/2014

This is the central log for all sanctions issued pursuant to an Arbitration Committee discretionary sanctions remedy in 2014.

Any block, restriction, ban, or other sanction imposed in accordance with a discretionary sanctions remedy in 2014 must be logged in the applicable section on this page.

The required information is the user or page the sanction is being applied to, enforcing administrator, date, nature of sanction, including expiry date (if applicable), basis or context (such as link to AE request), and a diff of the user notification (if applicable).

2014

Abortion

• BoboMeowCat (talk · contribs) notified here of the discretionary sanctions after a block for edit warring at Becky Bell, an abortion-related article. EdJohnston (talk) 17:29, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
• Smokeyfire (talk · contribs) notified. Drmies (talk) 23:46, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
• BoboMeowCat (talk · contribs) has agreed to make no article edits at Becky Bell until 1 May, 2015. This agreement is accepted as closure of the AE complaint. Editor may still participate on Talk. Blocks are possible for violations. EdJohnston (talk) 02:53, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

Ancient Egyptian race controversy

• Dailey78 (talk · contribs) topic banned from all pages relating to Ancient Egyptian race controversy and associated articles, per this notice. EdJohnston (talk) 16:52, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

Armenia-Azerbaijan 2

• Jaqeli (talk · contribs) (previously GeorgianJorjadze) is topic-banned from everything related to both Armenia and Georgia, per AE request.  Sandstein  11:25, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

• Blocked for a week for noncompliance.  Sandstein  17:45, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
• Ban lifted on Jaqeli's request.  Sandstein  19:31, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
• Ban reinstated per AE request.  Sandstein  16:19, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

• Granted an exemption to edit five articles (Georgian scripts, Rhadamistus, Pharnavaz I of Iberia, and Pharasmanes II of Iberia) and their talk pages which would otherwise be covered by their topic ban for three months, after which the topic ban will be reviewed at AE (per appeal). HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:44, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

• Fully appealed on June 29, 2015. Details. - Penwhale | ^{dance in the air and follow his steps} 15:06, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

• NovaSkola (talk · contribs) blocked for 2 months for a topic ban violation.  Sandstein  22:12, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
• HouseOfArtaxiad (talk · contribs) is blocked for two weeks for a topic ban violation at List of wars involving Armenia. His ban from all topics related to Armenia or Azerbaijan is extended to indefinite and it covers both articles and talk pages. See the ban notice. EdJohnston (talk) 04:17, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
• Interfase (talk · contribs) indefinitely topic-banned from Armenia/Azerbaijan topics, including related conflicts for gross incivility, edit-warring, and repeatedly referring to good-faith edits as vandalism. See AE thread. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:19, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
  • After further consideration, and in lieu of the above:
    • Interfase (talk · contribs) is prohibited from describing any edit as "vandalism" (whether in edit summaries, on talk pages, or anywhere else) unless it meets the definition at WP:VAND (that is, it is an edit made with the deliberate intention of causing damage to Wikipedia and would be recognised as vandalism by somebody not familiar with the topic), and
    • For any reverts he makes in mainspace that are not of clear and obvious vandalism (within the definition above), he must go to the article's talk page and give his reasons for the revert before making any further edits anywhere on Wikipedia.
  • Violations will result in blocks and/or a topic ban. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:42, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
• Kafkasmurat (talk · contribs) is subject to a standard one revert per twenty four hours rule on all pages related to Armenia, Azerbaijan, or related ethnic conflicts. Kafkasmurat is also subject to a personal attacks parole, if any uninvolved administrator believes Kafkasmurat makes a personal attacks they may block Kafkasmurat pursuant to the standardized enforcement provision. Kafkasmurat is warned that they will likely be topic banned for any further violations of Wikipedia's norms. Sanctioned per this AE request. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 07:14, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
• Urartu TH (talk · contribs) blocked for 48 h for misconduct in an AE thread.  Sandstein  10:00, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
• Maurice07 (talk · contribs) is indefinitely topic banned from everything related to Armenia, Azerbaijan, or related ethnic conflicts anywhere on Wikipedia per AE request (user notification). Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 08:09, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
• Urartu TH (talk · contribs) is subject to a restriction on reverts in this area: 0RR for a period of 1 month, and 1RR for a period of 3 months after 0RR expires, due to a AE request. User was notified here. - Penwhale | ^{dance in the air and follow his steps} 03:39, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
• Aleko rubin (talk · contribs) blocked for 36 hours for edit warring at Armenia per a report at WP:AN3.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:41, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
• Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk · contribs) is restricted to WP:1RR as concerns the history of Armenia or Georgia for three months, per AE request.  Sandstein  16:22, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
• Ithinkicahn (talk · contribs) is banned from editing any articles related to Armenian Genocide topics, and from adding, removing, or editing any mention of the Armenian Genocide in any other article. (AE thread; notification.) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:07, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
• Fmelikov (talk · contribs) has been banned from editing Lavash for one year. He may continue to edit the article's talkpage. Bishonen | talk 22:24, 19 December 2014 (UTC).
• Behzat is banned from editing articles on Armenia and the Armenian genocide, broadly speaking; for now, editor is allowed to edit talk pages, as long as they comment civilly and appropriately. Drmies (talk) 05:50, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

Austrian economics

• The topic ban of SPECIFICO is expanded to cover everything and everyone related to the Austrian School of economics, in addition to the previous topic ban covering the Ludwig von Mises Institute and persons related to it, per AE request.  Sandstein  08:10, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Ayn Rand

• 03:07, 21 January 2014 Kuru (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) blocked 68.32.136.75 (talk · contribs) for 1 month for a violation of 1RR/wk article restriction below at Talk:Ayn Rand (edit | article | history | links | watch | logs). Note this is Pc1985 (talk · contribs) editing logged out.

Climate change

• Darkness Shines (talk · contribs) is prohibited from reverting, without exceptions, any edit to an article if that edit or article is related to the topic of climate change. This sanction is imposed for edit-warring as discussed on the user's talk page.  Sandstein  18:10, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

• Appeal to WP:AE declined.  Sandstein  12:55, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

• Kaj Taj Mahal (talk · contribs) is banned from the entire topic area of climate change, per WP:TBAN, for six months; per AE request.  Sandstein  07:53, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
• Cwmacdougall (talk · contribs) is banned from editing the article "Global warming" and its talk page, per talk page notification.  Sandstein  15:02, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
• IHaveAMastersDegree (talk · contribs) is topic-banned (per WP:TBAN) from everything that is both related to climate change and to a living person, for the duration of six months, per AE request.  Sandstein  21:31, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Eastern Europe

• Shervinsky (talk · contribs) blocked for one month for resumption of edit warring at Little Russian identity. Shervinsky (talk · contribs) is also indefinitely subject to a 1RR restriction on all pages relating to Eastern Europe, this may be appealed on my talk page after 3 months. Per this notice on their talk page. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:38, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
• Matthead (talk · contribs) blocked for two weeks for violating their Poland topic ban, per AE request.  Sandstein  16:10, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
• Solntsa90 (talk · contribs) restricted to making one revert in any 48 hour period on the article Arseniy Yatsenyuk (including the talk page and any subpages), this restriction expires at 12:00, 2 May 2014 (UTC). Sanctioned due to edit warring after previous block, please see the notification for more information. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 09:18, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
• LokiiT (talk · contribs) blocked for one week per AE request.  Sandstein  11:55, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
• ArmijaDonetsk (talk · contribs) topic-banned from all edits relating to Crimea, the Ukrainian conflict and Ukrainian-Russian relations for a period of one year. Fut.Perf. ☼ 21:51, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
• Lvivske (talk · contribs) blocked for one week for breaching Eastern Europe edit restriction per this AE request. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 07:35, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
• The editor most recently editing as 89.105.158.243 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) topic-banned from all edits regarding the Russian-Ukrainian conflict for a period of 3 months. Fut.Perf. ☼ 12:22, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
• COD T 3 (talk · contribs) is topic banned from all articles (including talk pages and subpages) related to Eastern Europe per this AE request. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 14:25, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
• Franek K. (talk · contribs) topic-banned from everything related to Silesia and Silesians, per AE request.  Sandstein  08:11, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
• Derianus (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from everything related to Eastern Europe for six months per this discussion. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 22:15, 31 October 2014 (UTC)
• HCPUNXKID (talk · contribs) is banned from the topic of Ukraine and any Russian topics connected to Ukraine, broadly construed, for six months. This applies on all pages of Wikipedia including talk and noticeboards. EdJohnston (talk) 16:05, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
• Eurocentral (talk · contribs) is banned from the topic of Hungary or Romania, broadly construed, for six months. This applies on all pages of Wikipedia including talk and noticeboards. EdJohnston (talk) 18:47, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
  • Eurocentral appealed on 25 January 2015; the appeal was declined. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:38, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
• Poeticbent (talk · contribs) blocked 3 days for edit-warring at Czesław Mączyński‎. Fut.Perf. ☼ 09:33, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
• Magyarcsaba (talk · contribs) blocked indefinitely (as an AE block for the first year) for persistent ethnic battleground conduct, including while logged out—resulting multiple blocks of their IP addresses. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 11:33, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

Editing of Biographies of Living Persons

• Aaron Schock (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) is fully protected for three months due to a current dispute regarding include gossip and rumours regarding whether Schock is gay, see this notice. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 08:58, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
• Kendrick7 (talk · contribs) is i) blocked for 1 month and ii) indefinitely banned from making any edit related to Jack T. Chick (including editing the article and talk page) anywhere on Wikipedia for any reason except to seek clarification of or to appeal this ban. The user has been blocked for BLP violations and was explicitly warned about BLP violations in the unblock statement, the user has also been blocked for editing warring on this article. User notified here. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:20, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
• Useitorloseit (talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from editing Ta-Nehisi Coates, its talk page, and any associated articles, talk pages, and other Wikipedia spaces/discussions. Drmies (talk) 22:22, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
• All editors of Tony Abbott (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) are subject to an indefinite one revert per twenty-four hours restriction on that article due to continued edit warring by various users. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:01, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
• Johnpacklambert (talk · contribs) topic-banned indefinitely from all edits and discussions regarding the so-called Duke lacrosse case, the so-called Group of 88, and persons related to these. [1][2]. Fut.Perf. ? 08:52, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
• Titanium Dragon (talk · contribs) topic-banned indefinitely from edits and discussion regarding Zoe Quinn and GamerGate under BLP discretionary sanctions. Gamaliel (talk) 15:00, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Topic ban struck as Titanium Dragon was not made "aware" of discretionary sanctions prior to the ban being issued. See discussion here. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 07:10, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

• Oct13 (talk · contribs) topic-banned indefinitely from edits and discussion regarding Zoe Quinn, Anita Sarkeesian and GamerGate under BLP discretionary sanctions. Acroterion (talk) 14:33, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
• Snakebyte42 (talk · contribs) topic-banned indefinitely from edits and discussion regarding Zoe Quinn, Gamergate and related articles, broadly construed, under BLP discretionary sanctions and per this discussion at WP:ANI. -- Euryalus (talk) 02:00, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
• Snakebyte42 (talk · contribs) topic-banned for six months from editing BLPs, under BLP discretionary sanctions. -- Euryalus (talk) 02:00, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
• Titanium Dragon (talk · contribs) topic-banned from all edits regarding the so-called Gamergate controversy, after complaint here[3]. Fut.Perf. ☼ 08:29, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

• This ban has been endorsed by the Arbitration Committee in the GamerGate case, and is now considered an ArbCom ban (eg, for appeals, modifications and enforcement). Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:50, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

• ArmyLine (talk · contribs) topic-banned for one year from edits and discussion regarding GamerGate under BLP discretionary sanctions. Acroterion (talk) 00:39, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
  • ArmyLine (talk · contribs) blocked 1 week for breach of topic ban, per [4]. Fut.Perf. ☼ 10:46, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
• Kitsunedawn (talk · contribs) indefinitely banned from making any edit to the GamerGate controversy article and its talk page and from making any edit or comment connected to GamerGate or any person involved in GamerGate anywhere on Wikipedia for insertion of grossly inappropriate material on a talk page. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 13:22, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
• On foot of the following WP:AE thread[5] Myopia123 (talk · contribs), Cwobeel (talk · contribs) & Brianhe (talk · contribs) are admonished for conduct incompatible with WP:BATTLE on pages covered by WP:BLP and thus WP:NEWBLPBAN. In particular the interaction between them and User:Factchecker_atyourservice is noted as the locus of the issue here. The individual warnings are logged as follows[6][7][8]---Cailil ^talk 13:29, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
• On foot of the following WP:AE thread[9] Factchecker_atyourservice (talk · contribs) is given a final warning re: civility at pages covered by WP:BLP and thus WP:NEWBLPBAN. In particular his conduct towards Users: Brianhe, Cwobeel & Myopia123 is noted as particularly inappropriate. He is formally admonished for conduct incompatible with WP:BATTLE and reminded no to make personalized comments about other editors[10]--Cailil ^talk 13:29, 27 December 2014 (UTC)

GamerGate

The following sanctions were inherited from the community general sanctions:

• Agent Chieftain - 90 day topic ban from GamerGate, broadly construed (on 27 October 2014) by Acroterion.
• Fyrius72 hour block for edit warring to remove sources (on 28 October 2014) by Nandesuka.
• Willhesucceed 24 hour block for violating expected standards of conduct (on 31 October 2014) by Dreadstar.
• Die-yng - indefinite topic ban from all pages and discussion related to GamerGate and Brianna Wu, broadly construed (on 06 November 2014) by Gamaliel.
• Torga - 90 Day topic ban from GamerGate broadly construed (on 11 November 2014) by Dreadstar.
  • Torga - 72 hour block for violation of topic ban (on 14 November 2014) by Lankiveil.
• Two Tune - 90 Day topic ban from GamerGate broadly construed (on 22 November 2014) by Acroterion.
• DungeonSiegeAddict510 topic-banned from all edits and all discussions related to Gamergate controversy for 90 days, per enforcement request (on 22 November 2014) per [11] by Future Perfect at Sunrise.
• Cobbsaladin topic-banned from all edits and all discussions related to Gamergate controversy, broadly construed, for 30 days (on 24 November 2014) by Gamaliel.
  • Appealed on 25 November, resulting in an extension to indefinite. MastCell
• ArmyLine blocked 1 week for breach of topic ban, per [12] (on 26 November 2014) by Future Perfect at Sunrise.
• MarkBernstein indefinitely topic-banned from all edits and all discussions related to Gamergate controversy, broadly construed, not including participation in ArbCom cases (on 28 November 2014) by Gamaliel.

• Sanction lifted 7 February 2015 by Gamaliel

• Tutelary topic-banned from all edits and all discussions related to Gamergate controversy, broadly construed, not including participation in ArbCom cases (on 28 November 2014) by Gamaliel.
• Xander756 indefinite topic ban from GamerGate, broadly construed, due to offsite canvassing and disruptive behavior at Talk:Anita Sarkeesian taken in the context of previous behavior inclduing comments at Talk:Brianna Wu. Simultaneous 2 week block for disruptive behavior intended as an ordinary admin action and not under GS (on 30 November 2014) by Kevin Gorman.
• DungeonSiegeAddict510 blocked 1 week for breach of topic ban (on 05 December 2014) by Future Perfect at Sunrise.
• Avono topic banned from editing any pages related to GamerGate controversy, broadly construed, or from making any edits in other areas that discuss the same, for a period of 30 days. An exception is made for participating at WP:ARBGG (on 06 December 2014 per enforcement request) The Wordsmith.
• Kitsunedawn banned indefinitely from making any edit to the GamerGate controversy article and its talk page and from making any edit or comment connected to GamerGate or any person invovled in GamerGate anywhere on Wikipedia (on 23 December 2014) by HJ Mitchell.
• Cla68 topic banned from making any edit to any article or page connected with the GamerGate controversy article, broadly construed (on 23 December 2014) by HJ Mitchell.
• Cla68 blocked for a week for restoring grossly inappropriate material to a talk page (on 23 December 2014) by HJ Mitchell.

Gun control

• Lightbreather (talk · contribs) topic banned from gun control for six months per this AE request. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 13:46, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
  • Granted an exemption to edit the WP:AE#Sue Rangell section only in order to properly file this enforcement request as well as replies and comments in that section only. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 13:51, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
• Scalhotrod (talk · contribs) topic banned from gun control for six months per this AE request. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 13:46, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

India-Pakistan

• JCAla (talk · contribs) is topic banned from editing or discussing the article Ahmad Shah Massoud and the contents of other articles that concern the person Ahmad Shah Massoud [13]. MBisanz ^talk 07:46, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

• Pilot2020mi (talk · contribs), blocked for a week and banned from making any edits relating to any religion in India across all namespaces for six months for disruptive editing. Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 19:35, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
• Mrt3366 (talk · contribs) topic-banned from all edits relating to Indian and Pakistani politics for a period of 6 months, after persistent tendentious editing on 2002 Gujarat violence, Minorities in Pakistan and similar articles. [14]. Fut.Perf. ☼ 21:05, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
• Neo. (talk · contribs) is topic banned from anything about religion or politics in Gujarat for three months. The ban covers all pages of Wikipedia including talk. One of the pages included is 2002 Gujarat violence. Notified of the ban here. EdJohnston (talk) 17:14, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
• Dhruv2357 (talk · contribs) has been blocked indefinitely for making threats of physical violence.--v/r - TP 23:51, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
• Khabboos (talk · contribs) topic-banned from the topic of Islam as related to India, Pakistan and Afghanistan per AE thread.  Sandstein  05:50, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

• Blocked for a month and topic ban extended to religion or ethnic conflicts in India, Pakistan or Afghanistan, per AE thread.  Sandstein  16:39, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

• ZORDANLIGHTER (talk · contribs) is indefinitely topic banned[15] from topics relating to India, Pakistan and Afghanistan pursuant to this AE thread[16].--Cailil ^talk 19:43, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Now blocked indefinitely for violation of the above sanction. Yunshui ^雲_水 14:52, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

• Rim sim (talk · contribs) blocked for one week and topic banned from everything related to India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, broadly construed, anywhere on Wikipedia per this AE request. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:00, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
  • Rim sim (talk · contribs) blocked for one week for violating topic ban, see block message for more information. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 13:57, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
• Darkness Shines (talk · contribs) blocked for two months per this AE request. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 00:18, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
  • Unblocked per unblock discussion and unblock conditions (note: these conditions are not discretionary sanctions and apply on all pages). Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 14:23, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
• Darkness Shines (talk · contribs) topic banned from all pages related to India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, broadly construed, per this AE request, notification. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 13:35, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
  • Darkness Shines is granted an exemption to report sockpuppets to WP:SPI per the conditions listed here. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 08:14, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
  • Darkness Shines (talk · contribs) is granted an exemption to bring one article (DS has chosen Female infanticide in India (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) with my approval) up to GA standard, whereupon lifting or further loosening of the topic ban will be considered. See AE thread, where the exemption was approved by Callanecc (the original sanctioning admin). HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:32, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
• Future Perfect at Sunrise (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) is warned for edit warring and reminded of expectations of administrators per this AE request. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 13:35, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
• Visakha veera (talk · contribs) is blocked indefinitely for making legal threats like this. De728631 (talk) 17:42, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
• Md iet (talk · contribs) is banned from the topic of the Dawoodi Bohra on all pages of Wikipedia including talk. See topic ban notice, with link to a discussion at WP:AN3. EdJohnston (talk) 04:43, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
• Bhargavaflame (talk · contribs) is banned from the topic of the Bhargava on all pages of Wikipedia including talk. See topic ban notice. EdJohnston (talk) 18:37, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
  • Blocked for a week for breaching the topic ban with edits at Talk:Bhargava - block message here. -- Euryalus (talk) 18:51, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
• Qazxcv1234 (talk · contribs) was banned from the topic of the Dawoodi Bohra on all pages of Wikipedia, including talk. See this notice. EdJohnston (talk) 02:53, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
  • Blocked three days for ban violation by editing Mufaddal Saifuddin, per block message. EdJohnston (talk) 02:59, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
• TopGun (talk · contribs) is topic banned from making any edit related to wars between India and Pakistan, expiring 12:00, 20 March 2015 (UTC) in response to this AE request. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 00:46, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
  • Scope of ban clarified here. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:56, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
  • Following an appeal on my talk page, Topgun's topic ban above is vacated and replaced with the following: "TopGun (talk · contribs) is topic banned from making any edit related to Battle of Chawinda, expiring 12:00, 20 March 2015 (UTC)". Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 08:17, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Macedonia

• Slovenski Volk (talk · contribs) indefinitely topic-banned from all articles relating to the Balkans, to be reviewed after six months, provided he is not sanctioned for a violation of the topic ban in the meantime. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:49, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

  Topic ban lifted per [17]--Ymblanter (talk) 08:07, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

• Ivan Štambuk (talk · contribs) blocked for a week per AE request.  Sandstein  12:51, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
• Srbin95 (talk · contribs) blocked for one week for vandalism of four Kosovo-related articles by blanking the pages and/or replacing the contents with Kosovo je Srbija!! (Kosovo is Serbia). I didn't label this as an AE block; anyone doing anything like this to any group of articles would deserve similar treatment. — Richwales (no relation to Jimbo) 00:07, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
• Nado158 (talk · contribs) blocked for 48 h for personal attacks.  Sandstein  18:05, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
• Buttons is banned from undoing, in whole or in part, any revert (as defined in WP:3RR) with respect to content related to Kosovo or Serbia for the duration of a year, per AE request.  Sandstein  07:17, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
• Nado158 is topic-banned, as described in WP:TBAN, from everything related to Serbia, Kosovo, and Albania, per AE request.  Sandstein  08:15, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
• Reaper7 is topic-banned, as described in WP:TBAN, from everything related to anything known as Macedonia, including but not limited to the modern country, the Greek region and the historical region, per AE request.  Sandstein  13:33, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Palestine-Israel articles

• J intela (talk · contribs) blocked for 36 hours for violating WP:3RR at Israeli-occupied territories based on a report at WP:AN3.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:57, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
• Avaya1 (talk · contribs) now under 0RR with respect to articles related to Arab-Israeli conflicts due to violations reported at WP:AE. See [18]. - Penwhale | ^{dance in the air and follow his steps} 04:25, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
• GHcool (talk · contribs) is banned from the topic of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict for one year on all pages of Wikipedia including talk. --Guerillero | My Talk 07:35, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
• Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) full protected for one week due to slow-motion edit war under discretionary sanction, with local consensus on specific subsection edits being allowed to make changes while the protect is on. [19] Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 03:52, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
• Precision123 (talk · contribs) is banned from the article Israel and its talk page for one week. [20] Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 04:33, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
• Bukrafil (talk · contribs) blocked 24 hours for casting aspersions against another editor at AE without evidence, contrary to a warning to all participants in the thread. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:41, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
  • Note that Bukrafil (talk · contribs) has been indefinitely blocked as a result of WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Gilabrand. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:04, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
• Tritomex (talk · contribs) blocked 24 hours for casting aspersions against other editors at AE without evidence, contrary to a warning to all participants in the thread. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 11:13, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
• Gilabrand (talk · contribs) blocked one year for (CheckUser-confirmed) sock-puppetry (see WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Gilabrand) and long-term POV-pushing and tendentious editing. This block to run concurrently with an indefinite SPI block (see also: AE thread). HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:01, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
  • Gilabrand (talk · contribs) is further banned from making any edit related to Palestine or the Arab-Israeli conflict anywhere on Wikipedia. This topic ban is indefinite, to run concurrently with the SPI and AE blocks, and will continue in the event that Gilabrand is unblocked. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:22, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
• Ali Osama (talk · contribs) blocked for one week for violating WP:3RR at Yom Kippur War based on a report at WP:AN3. User also made disruptive, agenda-driven edits involving sources and lack of sources.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:51, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
• Uishaki (talk · contribs) is subject to a zero-revert restriction on all articles already subject to the ARBPIA 1RR for one week, expiring at 08:41, 19 May 2014 (UTC), due to tendentious editing at Falafel and Palestine League. —Darkwind (talk) 08:45, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
• Sean.hoyland (talk · contribs) is blocked for 48 hours and is banned (updated: for three months) from commenting on arbitration enforcement requests by others relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict topic area, except where Sean.hoyland's own conduct is the subject of the request, per AE request.  Sandstein  11:13, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
• Toatec (talk · contribs) is subject to an indefinite topic ban from all pages related to the Arab-Israeli conflict (including Qumran and all pages related to it) due to persistent editing warring which demonstrates that this is a single purpose account. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 08:39, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
  • Toatec blocked 1 week for breaches of topic ban. Fut.Perf. ☼ 14:12, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
  • Toatec blocked 1 month for breaching topic ban (1 and 2). Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:35, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
• AmirSurfLera (talk · contribs) and Kipa Aduma, Esq. (talk · contribs) are banned indefinitely from articles, discussions, and any other content related to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly construed; they may appeal this after six months. Sean.hoyland (talk · contribs) is warned not to accuse others of being a sock without providing sufficient reasoning. This is done pursuant to this arbitration enforcement request. Lord Roem ~ (talk) 06:29, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
  • AmirSurfLera (talk · contribs) appealed his topic ban to AE; the appeal was declined. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:43, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
• Wikieditorpro (talk · contribs) is indefinitely topic banned from all pages and making any edit broadly related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. It is suggested that Wikieditorpro does not appeal for at least six months. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 09:00, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
• Sepsis II (talk · contribs) banned from the topic of the Arab-Israeli conflict for the duration of six months, per AE request.  Sandstein  13:43, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
• Plot Spoiler (talk · contribs) and Oncenawhile (talk · contribs) are warned for their editing at 1950–1951 Baghdad bombings. Any further unilateral reverts may lead to a topic ban from ARBPIA. Per this AE closure. EdJohnston (talk) 15:21, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
• Ezzex (talk · contribs) topic-banned from the Arab-Israeli conflict for three-months. Lord Roem ~ (talk) 06:23, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
• Heba25 (talk · contribs) blocked indefinitely as a vandalism-only account for editing at Dead Sea. Daniel Case (talk) 01:03, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
• Uishaki (talk · contribs) is indefinitely topic-banned from all pages relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly construed. They may appeal this sanction in six months. Done for the reasons provided in response to this arbitration enforcement request. Lord Roem ~ (talk) 18:30, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
• Sean.hoyland (talk · contribs) is banned from the Arab-Israeli conflict topic area for three months, per AE request.  Sandstein  06:53, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
• Monochrome monitor (talk · contribs) warned against confrontative conduct per AE request.  Sandstein  07:13, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
• Johorean Boy (talk · contribs) blocked for 1 week for persistent edit-warring at 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict. Huon (talk) 22:56, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
• Wickey-nl (talk · contribs) is banned from the topic of the Arab-Israeli conflict, per AE request.  Sandstein  16:31, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
• Galatz (talk · contribs) blocked for 48 hours. Edit warring Timeline of the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict SpinningSpark 18:04, 26 August 2014‎
• 84.108.204.8 (talk · contribs) blocked for 48 hours. Edit warring Timeline of the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict SpinningSpark 18:04, 26 August 2014‎
• WarKosign (talk · contribs) is warned per this message, as the result of a 1RR complaint at AE. EdJohnston (talk) 15:45, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
• SeattliteTungsten (talk · contribs) cautioned for needlessly antagonising another editor on Talk:Israeli West Bank barrier and elsewhere (cf.ANI thread). HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:04, 11 September 2014 (UTC)
• SeattliteTungsten (talk · contribs) is blocked for 48 h for violating 1RR per AE request.  Sandstein  09:17, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

• Indefinitely topic-banned per subsequent request owing to aggressive sockpuppetry.  Sandstein  08:18, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

• Uishaki (talk · contribs) is blocked for one week for breach of topic ban. Dougweller (talk) 18:07, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
• Template:Largest Israeli cities (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) semi protected indefinitely due to persistent disruptive editing and addition of unsourced and poorly sourced content by IPs. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 03:38, 14 October 2014 (UTC)
• Wlglunight93 (talk · contribs) blocked for a month for a fourth violation of the 1RR in quick succession (AE report). HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:21, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

• Topic-banned from the area of conflict following block-evading sockpuppetry documented at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Wlglunight93.  Sandstein  22:55, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
• Block extended to three months for continued block evasion. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:01, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
• Block extended to one year (as an AE block) concurrent with an indefinite block (as an ordinary admin action) for repeated block evasion and further disruption via sockpuppets (cf. Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Wlglunight93). HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:52, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

• MarciulionisHOF (talk · contribs) topic-banned indefinitely with provision for review after six months (see AE thread). HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:11, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
• Dr. R.R. Pickles (talk · contribs) blocked 48 hours for a personal attack and battleground mentality and strongly advised that a continuation will result in stronger sanctions. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:24, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
  • Block extended to one week and talk page access revoked due to continued personal attacks. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:51, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
• Plot Spoiler (talk · contribs) strongly cautioned and counselled regarding the 1RR and expected standards of decorum after a 1RR violation; advised that tangible sanctions are likely should they come to notice for 1RR violations again (see AE thread). HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:18, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
• Uishaki (talk · contribs) blocked 48 hours for editing Palestinian refugee contrary to his topic ban from WP:ARBPIA. EdJohnston (talk) 16:18, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
• Asilah1981 (talk · contribs) blocked 72 hours for battleground editing and aggressive edit summaries at 1948 Palestinian exodus, as well as a personal attack. See a previous AE complaint which closed 30 November. EdJohnston (talk) 17:08, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
• Uishaki (talk · contribs) blocked for a fortnight for another topic ban violation (see related AE thread). HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:01, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
  • Block extended by one month by JamesBWatson for block evasion. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:56, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Pseudoscience

• My very best wishes (talk · contribs) is banned from everything related to the writer and scientist Lev Lomize, as described in WP:TBAN, per AE thread.  Sandstein  10:31, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

• Ban lifted per talk page request.  Sandstein  11:21, 16 March 2014 (UTC)

• Blippy (talk · contribs) is Topic banned from all fringe and pseudoscience-related topics (including Blacklight Power) on all pages of Wikipedia for a period of 6 months per this AE request. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 08:51, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
• Wavyinfinity (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from everything related to astrophysics or cosmology, per AE thread.  Sandstein  13:57, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

• Blocked for 1 month for topic ban violation.  Sandstein  08:16, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
• Blocked for a further 3 months for further violations after initial block expired. Dragons flight (talk) 04:26, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

• Askahrc (talk · contribs) is strongly admonished for using an IP address to harass other users and waste the community's time (see the SPI). Askahrc is warned that any attempt to harass other users, waste the community's time or edit logged out or with another account in contravention of WP:SOCK will result in an extended block. Askahrc is also restricted to using the Askahrc account only when editing pseudoscience or fringe science related topics and is banned from notifying any user of pseudoscience or fringe science discretionary sanctions. See the warning for further information. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 03:02, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
• Tom Butler (talk · contribs) is topic banned from Rupert Sheldrake per AE request. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:57, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
• Barney the barney barney (talk · contribs) warned for incivility and casting aspersions in his statement in an AE request, see my edit to AE regarding Barney's statement. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 23:04, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
• Cjwilky (talk · contribs) banned indefinitely from the topic of Homeopathy.[21] Rationale described in message. NW (Talk) 14:02, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
• Synsepalum2013 (talk · contribs) Is topic banned from all editing on fringe science and pseudo-science, broadly construed, including "Voice to skull", "electronic harassment", and similar topics. This ban applies to all editing, on any page, whether article, talk page, or any other page. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 13:45, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
• Barney the barney barney (talk · contribs) is banned from interacting with Askahrc (talk · contribs), as described at WP:IBAN, for two months, per AE request.  Sandstein  08:12, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
• Herbxue (talk · contribs) is topic banned from all fringe science and pseudo-science topics (including Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine), broadly construed, for a period of six months. This is pursuant to this AE request. Lord Roem ~ (talk) 01:50, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
• Ayurveda (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

• All editors of Ayurveda are restricted from edit-warring, broadly construed; from name-calling, however mild; and from making major changes without agreement in talk. This restriction is until further notice. --John (talk) 17:22, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

September 11 conspiracy theories

• Dornicke (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) indefinitely topic-banned from all 9/11-related edits, per AE discussion here [22]. Fut.Perf. ☼ 09:43, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Sexology

• KoshVorlon (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) indefinitely topic banned from "all pages and discussions related to transgender issues, broadly construed" after returning from previous topic ban and almost immediately resuming disruptive behavior on trans-related pages. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 14:19, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
• It should be noted that Sportfan5000 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) was ultimately blocked indefinitely as a sock of banned editor Benjiboi (talk · contribs) - Alison ^❤ 01:05, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

Shakespeare authorship question

• Smatprt (talk · contribs): Blocked for 3 months for socking as FatGuySeven (talk · contribs) to avoid the Tban. by User:Bishonen c 10:02, 3 July 2014 (UTC). Socks blocked indef. 23:59, 2 July 2014 by User:Bishonen (logged by RF 2014-11-24]])

The Troubles

• Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk · contribs) is prohibited from making any reverts (WP:0RR) to the Operation Flavius article. Thryduulf (talk) 12:37, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
• 90.218.229.6 (talk · contribs) blocked for 48 hours for violating WP:1RR at United Ireland based on a report at WP:AN3.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:46, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
• Neil Edgar (talk · contribs) blocked indefinitely for sock-puppetry. Created Puckshed (talk · contribs) to evade scrutiny (see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Puckshed) and engage in a recurring pattern of harassment of User:HighKing and User:Murry1975--Cailil ^talk 10:51, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
• Mooretwin (talk · contribs) appealed at AE to have his topic ban from the Troubles lifted, but the appeal was declined. EdJohnston (talk) 05:56, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

Transcendental Meditation movement

• As a result of an AE request [23]:

• Littleolive oil (talk · contribs) is topic banned from the area of transcendental meditation, broadly construed, for six months. This restriction will expire at 00:00 UTC on 11 March 2014.
• IRWolfie- (talk · contribs) is banned indefinitely from speculating or commenting in any way upon the real-life identity of any editor in connection with transcendental meditation, broadly construed, except that IRWolfie may contact the Arbitration Committee privately with concerns about such. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 03:13, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

• Scope of Littleolive oil's topic ban clarified per this AE request. Gatoclass (talk) 06:09, 1 November 2013 (UTC)