Case & Log
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Applicable area
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Type
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Sanction
(quoted from case)
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Notes
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Tea Party movement
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Pages relating to the
Tea Party movement
broadly construed.
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Discretionary sanctions
|
Pages related to the
Tea Party movement
, broadly construed, are placed under
discretionary sanctions
. This sanction supersedes the existing community sanctions.
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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Rescinded by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
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Macedonia
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Topics related to the
Balkans
, broadly defined
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Discretionary sanctions
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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.
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Merged into
Eastern Europe
by
motion
, 17 February 2019
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Sexology
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All articles dealing with transgender issues and paraphilia classification (e.g.,
hebephilia
).
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Discretionary sanctions
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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.
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Clarified in
Manning naming dispute
. Rescinded by
motion
, 25 November 2017.
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Austrian economics
(April 2014)
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Pages related to
Austrian school of economics
and the
Ludwig von Mises Institute
|
Discretionary sanctions
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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.
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Rescinded by motion of the Arbitration Committee (December 2016)
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Vivaldi
(
Log
)
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Preying from the Pulpit
,
First Baptist Church of Hammond
,
Jack Hyles
,
Hyles-Anderson College
, and any related article which contains poorly sourced controversial material
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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.
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Sanctions rescinded by
motion
, 19 November 2015
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Waterboarding
(
Log
)
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Waterboarding
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Article probation
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The article on
Waterboarding
, and related pages, are placed on article probation.
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Sanctions rescinded by
motion
, 19 November 2015
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Mantanmoreland
(
Log
)
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Naked short selling
,
Overstock.com
,
Patrick M. Byrne
,
Gary Weiss
, or any related page or discussion
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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.
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Sanctions rescinded by
motion
, 19 November 2015
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Lapsed Pacifist 2
(
Log
)
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"All articles related to
Corrib gas controversy
and the
Shell to Sea
campaign"
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Article probation and editing restriction
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"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."
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Sanctions rescinded by
motion
, 19 November 2015
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Homeopathy
(
Log
)
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Homeopathy
and related articles
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Discretionary sanctions
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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.
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Superseded by
Pseudoscience
discretionary sanctions.
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Abd-William M. Connolley
(
Log
)
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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.
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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
.
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Superseded by the discretionary sanctions in the
Palestine-Israel articles
case
|
Kosovo
(
Log
)
|
All articles related to
Kosovo
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Article probation
|
All articles related to
Kosovo
are put on Article probation to allow more swift dealing with disruption.
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Superseded by the discretionary sanctions in the
Macedonia
case
|
Occupation of Latvia
(
Log
)
|
Occupation of Latvia 1940-1945
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Article probation
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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.
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Superseded by the discretionary sanctions in the
Digwuren
case, 27 July 2008
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Digwuren
(
Log
)
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Topics related to
Eastern Europe
, broadly defined
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General restriction
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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.
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Superseded by discretionary sanctions
through motion
, 27 July 2008
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Prem Rawat 2
(
Log
)
|
Prem Rawat
and related articles
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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.
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Expired 20 April 2010.
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Prem Rawat
(
WP:CT/PR
)
|
All pages relating to
Prem Rawat
, broadly construed
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Contentious topic
|
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Expired 10 October 2023.
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Great Irish Famine
(
Log
)
|
Great Irish Famine
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General restriction
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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.
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Mentors
named
:
Daniel
,
Ryan Postlethwaite
,
Angusmclellan
. Expired 1 September 2008.
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Falun Gong
(
Log
)
|
Falun Gong
and all closely related articles
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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.
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Superseded by discretionary sanctions, 19 January 2010
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Ayn Rand
(
Log
)
|
Articles relating to
Ayn Rand
, broadly interpreted
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Discretionary sanctions
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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.
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Rescinded by
motion
, 11:22, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
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Monty Hall problem
(
Log
)
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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)
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Tree shaping
(
Log
)
|
All articles relating to the topic covered by the article currently located at
Tree shaping
.
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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)
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Bluemarine
(
Log
)
|
Matt Sanchez
|
Article probation
|
The article on
Matt Sanchez
is placed on article probation.
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Article probation discontinued in January 2018
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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.
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Article probation discontinued in January 2018
Formally terminated by
motion
in July 2020
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Election
(
Log
)
|
2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities
and its sub-articles
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Article probation
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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.
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Article probation discontinued in January 2018
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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
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Article probation discontinued in January 2018
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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.
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Article probation discontinued in January 2018
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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.
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Adopted by
motion
on 27 November 2017. Expired by its own terms on 27 November 2018.
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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.
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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.
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Superseded by
Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender and sexuality
discretionary sanctions, which were created by
motion
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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
.
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Amended by
motion
08:47, 30 January 2013 (UTC), rescinded by
motion
23:38, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
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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.
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Rescinded by
motion
|
Landmark Worldwide
|
The topic of
Landmark Worldwide
, broadly construed
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Discretionary sanctions
|
Standard discretionary sanctions
are authorized for the topic of
Landmark Worldwide
, broadly construed.
|
Passed by
motion
, rescinded by
motion
|
Transcendental Meditation movement
|
Pages concerning Transcendental Meditation and related biographies of living people, broadly interpreted
|
Discretionary sanctions
|
All pages concerning Transcendental Meditation and related biographies of living people, 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
in final decision
, rescinded by
motion
|
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
, rescinded by
motion
|
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 .
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Scope amended by
motion
on 7 February 2015. Authorization rescinded by
motion
in February 2019, in which the Committee consolidated all gender-related DS authorizations into the
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Ireland article names
(restriction enacted
by motion
after the original case)
|
"The appropriate titles for the article or articles concerning the country of Ireland and the island of Ireland"
|
General restriction
|
Discussions relating to the naming of Ireland articles must occur at Wikipedia:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration.
and
Moderators of
Wikipedia:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration
may ban any contributor from the pages within the scope of the WikiProject for up to a month when a contributor is disrupting the collaboration process.
|
Enacted
by motion
on 12 June 2009. Rescinded
by motion
on 2 December 2023.
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