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General sanctions are a type ofWikipedia sanctions that apply to all editors working in a particular topic area. These contrast withediting restrictions, also called "personal sanctions", which apply only to individual editors. General sanctions are measures used by thecommunity or theArbitration Committee ("ArbCom") to improve the editing atmosphere of an article or topic area. They empoweradministrators to sanction editors who are not complying with general behavioral oreditorial guidelines andpolicies.
Thecontentious topics (formerly known asdiscretionary sanctions) procedure 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 futuredisruption to the project. Use of such tools can be authorized by theArbitration Committee, usually as part of anarbitration case. In addition, community discussions can authorize sanctions based on procedures established by the Arbitration Committee.
In areas which have been designated a contentious topic, any editor mayalert another editor that a topic has been designated as a contentious topic. If this is first alert the editor has received for any contentious topic you must use{{Contentious topics/alert/first}}, otherwise you can use{{Contentious topics/alert}}. Contentious topic restrictions may not be imposed on an editor unless they were aware that a topic has been designated a contentious topic. 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 restricted "on the spot" by anyuninvolved administrator or through a formal request at thearbitration enforcement noticeboard ("AE").Possible restrictions include, but aren't limited to,blocks of up to one year,article ortopic bans, andrevert restrictions. For specific pages, uninvolved administrators may also imposepreventative restrictions such aspage protection and revert restrictions.
Some community sanctions are based ondiscretionary sanctions, the predecessor tocontentious topics. There are some exceptions to the Arbitration Committee discretionary sanctions procedure that apply:
Pages may be subject to restrictions that limit the types of edits that may be made. Such restrictions can be added as a topic-wide restriction, and can also be applied as a discretionary sanction on a particular page. Applicable page restrictions should be clearly communicated to editors using an editnotice and a talk notice. The most common restriction is theone-revert rule ("1RR").
The extended confirmed restriction (previously called the "500/30 rule") limits editing in a specific topic area to only those accounts that have beenextended confirmed.A standard procedure for this type of general sanction was adopted by the Arbitration Committeeon 20 September 2021.
TheArbitration Committee may authorize general sanctions for particular pages or subject areas (known ascontentious topics), usually following anarbitration case. Administrators employing sanctions must issue appropriate notifications, and log all sanctions imposed, as specified in each case. The Arbitration Committee may revoke these sanctions by passing a "motion in a prior case". Editors wishing to report possible violations of Arbitration Committee sanctions should do so atWikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement.
Thecommunity may also impose general sanctions on all editors working in a particular area by consensus at thevillage pump for proposals (VPR) with notice to theadministrators' noticeboard (AN). While community sanctions are not bound by Arbitration Committee procedures and guidelines, they are often based on them. More specifically, multiple community sanctions issued before 2023 are based on the Arbitration Committeediscretionary sanctions procedure which was replaced in December 2022 bycontentious topics and that newer proceduremay be the model for future community sanctions. Deviations from or additions to these standards typically requires community consensus, unless purely clerical in nature. Requests for amendments, clarification, or revocation (if sanctions are no longer required) should also be discussed atVPR, following a notice atAN.[2]
Use the following templates for these sanctions. Case-specific templates can be found atCategory:Standardised Wikipedia arbitration enforcement templates.
{{Contentious topics/talk notice|topic=code}}{{subst:Contentious topics/alert/first|topic=code}}{{subst:Contentious topics/alert|topic=code}}{{subst:AE sanction|sanction=|rationale=|topic=code}}{{subst:Uw-aeblock}}}| Case | Applicable area | Standard sanctions | Special restrictions | Notes |
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| Abortion (WP:CT/AB) | Abortion, broadly construed | Contentious topic | A one-revert restriction (1RR) wasremoved in September 2020. | |
| Acupuncture (WP:CT/CAM) | Complementary and Alternative Medicine, broadly construed | Contentious topic | ||
| American politics 2 (WP:CT/AP) | Post-1992politics of the United States and closely related people, broadly construed | Contentious topic | The year was changed from "1932" to "1992"in January 2021. | |
| Antisemitism in Poland (WP:APL) | Polish history during World War II (1933–1945) and the history of Jews in Poland | Extended confirmed restriction (area also falls underWP:CT/EE) | All articles and edits in the area are subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction. When a source that is not an article in a peer-reviewed scholarly journal, an academically focused book by a reputable publisher, and/or an article published by a reputable institution is removed from an article, no editor may reinstate the source without first obtaining consensus on the talk page of the article in question or consensus about the reliability of the source in a discussion at theReliable Sources Noticeboard. Administrators may enforce this restriction with page protections, topic bans, or blocks; enforcement decisions should consider not merely the severity of the violation but the general disciplinary record of the editor in violation. | The extended confirmed restriction in this area isfrom 2020; the "reliable source consensus-required" restriction was added in 2021 andmodified in 2023. |
| Armenia-Azerbaijan 2 (WP:CT/A-A) | Armenia,Azerbaijan, andrelated ethnic conflicts, broadly construed | Contentious topic | ||
| Article titles and capitalisation 2 (WP:CT/AT) | All pages and discussions related toarticle titles and capitalisation, broadly construed | Contentious topic | Contentious topic restrictions are authorized for all pages and discussions related toarticle titles and capitalisation, broadly construed. The scope of this remedy includes:
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| Civility in infobox discussions (WP:CT/CID) | Discussions about infoboxes and to edits adding, deleting, collapsing, or removing verifiable information frominfoboxes | Contentious topic |
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| Climate change (WP:CT/CC) | Theclimate change topic, broadly interpreted | Contentious topic | ||
| COVID-19 (WP:CT/COVID) | COVID-19, broadly construed | Contentious topic | ||
| Eastern Europe (WP:CT/EE) | Eastern Europe and theBalkans, broadly construed | Contentious topic | Theoriginal Balkans remedy is from 2011's Macedonia case; Eastern Europe wasadded in 2019. | |
| Editing of Biographies of Living Persons (WP:CT/BLP) | Allliving or recently deceased subjects of biographical content on Wikipedia articles | Contentious topic | ||
| Zak Smith | Extended-confirmed restriction | If an editor believes this restriction should be extended, they may request the Committee consider an extension by posting an amendment request atWikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment in the final month of the restriction's timeframe. | This restriction is set to lapse automatically after September 30, 2026 (one year after the enactment of this restriction). | |
| Falun Gong (WP:CT/FG) | Falun Gong, broadly construed | Contentious topic | ||
| Gender and sexuality (WP:CT/GG) | Gender-related disputes or controversies and associated people | Contentious topic | In any challenge to the closure of a formal discussion within theWP:GENSEX topic area (e.g. an RfC or AfD), users who participated in the underlying discussion are limited to at most two comments, not exceeding a combined total of 250 words. Uninvolved administrators may remove violating comments, in whole or in part, as an Arbitration enforcement action, and may use repeated violations as the basis for other sanctions. | |
| Genetically modified organisms (WP:CT/GMO) | Genetically modified organisms, commercially producedagricultural chemicals and the companies that produce them, broadly construed | Contentious topic; 1RR | ||
| Gun control (WP:CT/GC) | Gun control, including governmental regulation of firearm ownership; the social, historical and political context of such regulation; and the people and organizations associated with these issues | Contentious topic | ||
| Historical elections (WP:CT/RNE) | The results of any national or sub-national election | Contentious topic | Starting in 2026 and checked yearly afterwards, this designation expires on 1 January if no sanctions have beenlogged in the preceding 2 years. | |
| Horn of Africa (WP:CT/HORN) | All pages relating to theHorn of Africa (defined as includingEthiopia,Somalia,Eritrea,Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes), broadly construed | Contentious topic | Originally athree-month trial, made permanentin November 2021. | |
| Indian military history (WP:CT/SA) | All pages related to the region ofSouth Asia (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal), broadly construed, including but not limited to history, politics, ethnicity, and social groups. | Contentious topic | ||
| The topic of Indian military history is placed under the extended-confirmed restriction. | Extended-confirmed restriction | |||
| The topic of social groups, explicitly including caste associations and political parties related to India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal is placed under theextended-confirmed restriction. | Administrators are permitted to preemptively protect pages if there is a reasonable belief that disruption will occur | |||
| Iranian politics (WP:CT/IRP) | All edits about, and all pages related to, post-1978Iranian politics, broadly construed | Contentious topic | ||
| Kurds and Kurdistan (WP:CT/KURD) | The topics ofKurds andKurdistan, broadly construed | Contentious topic | ||
| Palestine-Israel articles 4 (WP:CT/A-I) | The entire set of articles whose topic relates to theArab-Israeli conflict, broadly interpreted; edits relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict, to pages and discussions in all namespaces with the exception of userspace | Contentious topic; extended confirmed restriction; 1RR | Reverts made to enforce the extended confirmed restriction are exempt from the provisions of 1RR. Also, the normal exemptions apply to 1RR. Editors who violate 1RR may be blocked by any uninvolved administrator. | |
| Pseudoscience (WP:CT/CF) | All pages relating topseudoscience andfringe science, broadly interpreted | Contentious topic | ||
| Race and intelligence (WP:CT/R-I) | The intersection ofrace/ethnicity and human abilities and behaviour | Contentious topic | ||
| The Troubles (WP:CT/TT) | All pages relating toThe Troubles, Irish nationalism, and British nationalism in relation to Ireland, broadly construed | Contentious topic; 1RR | ||
| Yasuke (WP:CT/YA) | Yasuke | Contentious topic | The articleYasuke is subject to a1RR restriction for a period of one year (expiring after 13 November 2025). | Starting in 2026 and checked yearly afterwards, this designation expires on 1 January if no sanctions have been logged in the preceding 2 years. |
Use the following templates for enforcing community-issued sanctions. Case-specific templates can be found atCategory:Wikipedia community-authorised general sanctions templates.
{{Gs/talk notice|topic=code}}{{subst:Gs/alert|topic=code}}{{subst:Community sanction|sanction=|rationale=|topic=code}}{{subst:Uw-csblock}}| Decision & Log | Applicable area | Type | Sanction (summarized from discussion) | Notes |
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| 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 mimicWP: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 atWikipedia:General sanctions/Syrian Civil War and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. | effective 31 August 2013 |
| Units in the United Kingdom AN discussion (WP:GS/UKU) | Articles that havestrong ties solely to theUnited Kingdom, as opposed to other English-speaking countries | Community-authorized discretionary sanctions | In articles that havestrong ties solely to theUnited Kingdom, as opposed to other English-speaking countries, any editor who systematically changes values from one system of measurement to another withoutclear 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 inforum-shopping, or who otherwise disruptively edits may be sanctioned by anuninvolved 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 thethe purpose of Wikipedia, anyexpected standards of behaviour, or normal editorial processes. Sanctions imposed may includeblocks 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 theadministrators' noticeboard. | effective 5 November 2014 |
| Blockchain and cryptocurrency AN discussion (WP:GS/Crypto) | Pages related to the blockchain and cryptocurrencies | Community-authorized discretionary sanctions that mimicWP:ARBPIA, plus 1RR | WP:ARBPIA-equivalent discretionary sanctions and1RR are in force on "all pages related to the blockchain and cryptocurrencies, broadly construed". Notifications and sanctions must be logged atWikipedia:General sanctions/Blockchain and cryptocurrencies. | effective 22 May 2018 |
| 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. | effective 21 June 2018 |
| Michael Jackson AN discussion (WP:GS/MJ) | Topics relating toMichael Jackson, broadly construed | Community-authorized discretionary sanctions | The community authorizes standard discretionary sanctions as general sanctions for topics related to Michael Jackson, broadly construed. In addition, administrators may apply semi-protection or extended confirmed protection for any length of time or indefinitely on articles in the topic area, provided they reasonably believe meatpuppetry or sockpuppetry has occurred.Administrators may also apply temporary semi-protection or extended confirmed protection on talk pages and pages conducting RfCs related to the topic area provided they reasonably believe meatpuppetry or sockpuppetry has occurred. | effective 27 December 2019 |
| Beauty Pageants AN discussion (WP:GS/PAGEANT) | Any article on a beauty pageant, or biography of a person known as a beauty pageant contestant, which has been edited by asockpuppet account orlogged-out sockpuppet | Page protections | Eligible articles may be placed under indefinitesemiprotection | effective 3 October 2020 |
| Russo-Ukrainian War AN discussion (WP:GS/RUSUKR) | All articles and discussions related to the Russia-Ukraine War | Community-authorized extended confirmed restriction | Extended-confirmed protection: Onlyextended-confirmed editors may make edits related to the topic area, subject to the following provisions:
| effective 7 October 2022 |
| Uyghur genocide ANI discussion (WP:GS/UYGHUR) | Edits related toUyghurs,Uyghur genocide, and topics that are related to Uyghurs or Uyghur genocide, all broadly construed | Community-authorized discretionary sanctions | Standard discretionary sanctions | effective 12 June 2021 |
| Armenia and Azerbaijan AN discussion Amendment AN discussion (WP:GS/AA) | Politics, ethnic relations, and conflicts involvingArmenia,Azerbaijan, or both—broadly construed and explicitly including theArmenian genocide | Community-authorized extended confirmed restriction | Extended confirmed restriction: onlyextended-confirmed editors may make edits related to the topic area, subject to the following provisions:
In the rest of theArmenia–Azerbaijan topic area, the community endorses administrators making liberal use ofextended confirmed protection as anarbitration enforcement action. | effective 3 January 2023, amended 8 September 2023 |
| Kurds and Kurdistan AN discussion (WP:GS/KURD) | The topics ofKurds andKurdistan, broadly construed | Community-authorized extended confirmed restriction | Extended confirmed restriction: onlyextended-confirmed editors may make edits related to the topic area, subject to the following provisions:
| effective 3 January 2023 |
| Assyrian, Chaldean, Aramean and Syriac topics VPR discussion (WP:GS/ACAS) | Pages related toAssyrian,Chaldean,Aramean, andSyriac identity, culture, and politics, broadly construed. The use of"and" here should be understood inclusively, meaning sanctions may apply to any, multiple or all of these ethnicities and listed topics. | Community-authorized discretionary sanctions based on the standard set | Thestandard set ofcommunity topic restrictions. | effective 24 May 2025 |
Article probation is now considered obsolete. When it was in use, article probation involved placing certain articles under increased scrutiny by administrators. Editors who madedisruptive 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 beespecially mindful ofcontent policies, such asneutral point-of-view, andinteraction policies, such asWP:CIVIL,WP:NPA,WP:3RR, andWP:POINT. By 2018 article probation had been superseded by the other "general sanctions" described on this page.
| Case and log | Applicable area | Type | Sanction (quoted from case) | Notes |
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| Tea Party movement | Pages relating to theTea Party movement broadly construed. | Discretionary sanctions | Pages related to theTea Party movement, broadly construed, are placed underdiscretionary sanctions. This sanction supersedes the existing community sanctions. | Discretionary sanctions were originally authorized as part of amotion suspending the case, then authorized further as part of the final decision. Rescinded bymotion, 30 October 2015 –American politics discretionary sanctions continue to apply in this topic area |
| Macedonia | Topics related to theBalkans, broadly defined | Discretionary sanctions | Topics related to the Balkans, broadly interpreted, are placed underdiscretionary sanctions. Any uninvolved administrator may levy restrictions as anarbitration enforcement action on users editing in this topic area, after an initial warning. | Merged intoEastern Europe bymotion, 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 theSexology case. | Clarified inManning naming dispute. Rescinded bymotion, 25 November 2017. |
| Austrian economics (April 2014) | Pages related toAustrian school of economics and theLudwig von Mises Institute | Discretionary sanctions | Pages related to theAustrian school of economics and theLudwig von Mises Institute, broadly construed, are placed underdiscretionary sanctions. This sanction supersedes the existing community sanctions. | Rescinded by motion of the Arbitration Committee (December 2016) |
| 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 bymotion, 19 November 2015 |
| Waterboarding (Log) | Waterboarding | Article probation | The article onWaterboarding, and related pages, are placed on article probation. | Sanctions rescinded bymotion, 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 tonaked short selling,Overstock.com,Patrick M. Byrne,Gary Weiss, or closely related pages or discussions on any page is directed:
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, editsnaked 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 bymotion, 19 November 2015 |
| Lapsed Pacifist 2 (Log) | "All articles related toCorrib gas controversy and theShell to Sea campaign" | Article probation and editing restriction | "All articles related toCorrib gas controversy and theShell to Sea campaign are placed under probation. All fall under1RR, 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 bymotion, 19 November 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 byPseudoscience discretionary sanctions. |
| Abd-William M. Connolley (Log) | Cold fusion and related articles | Discretionary sanctions | Cold fusion and related pages are are placed underdiscretionary sanctions. Any uninvolved administrator may levy restrictions as anarbitration enforcement action on users editing in this topic area, after an initial warning. | Superseded byPseudoscience discretionary sanctions. |
| Israel-Lebanon (Log) | 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict | Article probation | Any user, particularly Tasc, who engages in edit warring with respect to2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict may be banned from the article for an appropriate period. All bans are to be logged atWikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Israel-Lebanon#Log of blocks and bans. | Superseded by the discretionary sanctions in thePalestine-Israel articles case |
| Kosovo (Log) | All articles related toKosovo | Article probation | All articles related toKosovo are put on Article probation to allow more swift dealing with disruption. | Superseded by the discretionary sanctions in theMacedonia 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 theDigwuren case, 27 July 2008 |
| Digwuren (Log) | Topics related toEastern 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 sanctionsthrough motion, 27 July 2008 |
| Prem Rawat 2 (Log) | Prem Rawat and related articles | Article probation | ThePrem 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. |
| Prem Rawat (WP:CT/PR) | All pages relating toPrem Rawat, broadly construed | Contentious topic | Expired 10 October 2023. | |
| Great Irish Famine (Log) | Great Irish Famine | General restriction | The articleGreat Irish Famine is placed under thementorship 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 editingGreat Irish Famine or a related page. All bans shall be posted on the affected user's talk page and atWikipedia: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. | Mentorsnamed: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 withWikipedia:Neutral point of view, and that information contained in them will be supported byverifiable information fromreliable 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 |
| Ayn Rand (Log) | Articles relating toAyn 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 bymotion, 11:22, 30 November 2014 (UTC) |
| Monty Hall problem (Log) | All articles relating to theMonty Hall problem | Discretionary sanctions | "Any uninvolved administrator may placestandard discretionary sanctions on accounts editing in this area, after a first warning." | Rescinded bymotion, 11:22, 30 November 2014 (UTC) |
| Tree shaping (Log) | All articles relating to the topic covered by the article currently located atTree shaping. | Discretionary sanctions | "The topic covered by the article currently located atTree shaping, interpreted broadly, is placed underdiscretionary sanctions." | Rescinded bymotion, 11:22, 30 November 2014 (UTC) |
| Gibraltar (Log) | All pages related toGibraltar and its history, people, and political status, broadly interpreted. | Discretionary sanctions | Standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all pages related toGibraltar and its history, people, and political status, broadly interpreted. | Rescinded bymotion, 11:22, 30 November 2014 (UTC) |
| Bluemarine (Log) | Matt Sanchez | Article probation | The article onMatt 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 Formally terminated bymotion in July 2020 |
| 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 andDemocratic Underground | Article probation | It is expected that the article will be improved to conform withWikipedia:Neutral point of view, that information contained in it will be supported byverifiable information fromreliable 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 ofFree 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 atWikipedia: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 onNeuro-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 |
| 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 bymotion on 27 November 2017. Expired by its own terms on 27 November 2018. |
| 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 communityGamergate general sanctions are hereby rescinded and are replaced bystandard 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. | Superseded byWikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender and sexuality discretionary sanctions, which were created bymotion |
| Waldorf education | all pages relating toWaldorf education, broadly construed | Discretionary sanctions | Standard Discretionary sanctions are authorised with immediate effect for all pages relating toWaldorf education, broadly construed. This supersedes the existing Article Probation remedy set down inWaldorf education, remedy 1 and re-affirmed in theWaldorf education review, remedy 2. | Amended bymotion 08:47, 30 January 2013 (UTC), rescinded bymotion 23:38, 1 February 2022 (UTC) |
| Scientology | Scientology topic, broadly construed | Discretionary sanctions and a general restriction | Standard discretionary sanctions are authorised with immediate effect for theScientology 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. | Rescinded bymotion |
| Landmark Worldwide | The topic ofLandmark Worldwide, broadly construed | Discretionary sanctions | Standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for the topic ofLandmark Worldwide, broadly construed. | Passed bymotion, rescinded bymotion |
| 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 underdiscretionary sanctions. Any uninvolved administrator may levy restrictions as anarbitration enforcement action on users editing in this topic area, after an initial warning. | Passedin final decision, rescinded bymotion |
| Ancient Egyptian race controversy (January 2008) | Pages relating toAncient Egyptian race controversy and associated articles, broadly construed | Discretionary sanctions | Standard discretionary sanctions are authorized with immediate effect for all pages relating toAncient Egyptian race controversy and associated articles, broadly construed. | Passed bymotion, rescinded bymotion |
| 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 bymotion on 7 February 2015. Authorization rescinded bymotion in February 2019, in which the Committee consolidated all gender-related DS authorizations into theGamerGate arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t). |
| Ireland article names(restriction enactedby 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 ofWikipedia: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. | Enactedby motion on 12 June 2009. Rescindedby motion on 2 December 2023. |
| India-Pakistan (WP:CT/IPA) | All pages related toIndia,Pakistan, andAfghanistan, broadly construed | Contentious topic | Merged into South Asia by the Arbitration Committee on 18 July 2025 | |
| Sri Lanka (WP:CT/SL) | All pages relating toSri Lanka | Contentious topic | Merged into South Asia by the Arbitration Committee on 18 July 2025 | |
| Article titles and capitalisation (WP:CT/MOS) | The English WikipediaManual of Style andarticle titles policy, broadly construed | Contentious topic | Scope changed byremedy |
| Decision and log | Applicable area | Type | Sanction (quoted from discussion) | Notes |
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| 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 theadministrators' noticeboard. (Notifications and sanctions must be logged atTalk:Austrian economics/General sanctions.) | Indefinite[inconsistent] |
| Template:Editnotices/Page/Tea Party movement | Tea Party movement | 1RR | FromWikipedia: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 theTea 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 andassumptions of bad faith. Such topic bans or blocks may be of up to three months duration. Users who violateWP: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 atWP: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 atWikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Abortion and is now a contentious topic |
| Wikipedia:General sanctions/Climate change probation (log,enforcement requests,discussion) (WP:GS/CC) | Climate change and related articles | Article probation | Pages related toClimate change (broadly construed) are subject to the following terms of article probation: Any editor may be sanctioned by an uninvolvedadministrator fordisruptive edits, including, but not limited to,edit warring,personal attacks,incivility andassumptions of bad faith. Sanctions imposed may include restrictions onreverts 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, theappropriate administrators' noticeboard, or theArbitration Committee. Administrators are not to reverse such sanctions without either (1) approval by the imposing administrator, or without (2) communityconsensus or Committee approval to do so. All sanctions imposed are to be logged atWikipedia:General sanctions/Climate change probation/Log. | Superseded byWP:ARBCC |
| Coronavirus and COVID-19 AN discussion (WP:GS/COVID19) | All articles and edits relating toCOVID-19, broadly construed | Community-authorized discretionary sanctions | Any uninvolved administrator may, at their own discretion, 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.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.Prior to any sanctions being imposed, the editor shall be given a warning with a link to this decision and, where appropriate, should be counseled on specific steps that he or she can take to improve their editing in accordance with relevant policies and guidelines.Additionally, any uninvolved administrator may impose on any page or set of pages relating to the area of conflict page protection, revert restrictions, prohibitions on the addition or removal of certain content (except when consensus for the edit exists), or any other reasonable measure that the enforcing administrator believes is necessary and proportionate for the smooth running of the project. Administrators should add an editnotice and talk page notice on restricted pages. Editors who ignore or breach page restrictions may be sanctioned by any uninvolved administrator only if the editor was warned about this decision and an editnotice describing the page restriction was placed on the restricted page. Sanctions imposed may be appealed to the imposing administrator or at the appropriateadministrators' noticeboard. | Superseded byWikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/COVID-19 |
| Homeopathy/Article probation (Log) | Homeopathy and related articles | Article probation | Editors making disruptive edits may be banned by an administrator fromhomeopathy and related articles or project pages. Editors of such articles should beespecially mindful of content policies, such asWP:NPOV, and interaction policies, such asWP:CIVIL,WP:NPA,WP:3RR, andWP:POINT. Editors must be individually notified of article probation before being banned. All resulting blocks and bans shall be logged atTalk:Homeopathy/Article probation#Log of blocks and bans, and may be appealed to theAdministrators' noticeboard. | Template |
| Gamergate AN discussion (WP:GS/GG) | All pages within the page within the topic space ofGamergate 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 ofGamergate 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 theArbitration Committee | Superseded by ArbCom discretionary sanctions, seeWikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/GamerGate |
| Electronic cigarettes AN/I discussion (WP:GS/ECIG) | All articles related toelectronic cigarettes, broadly construed | Community-authorised discretionary sanctions | The community authorizes general sections for all articles related toelectronic 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 atWikipedia: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, seeWikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Editor conduct in e-cigs articles (closed on 17 November 2015). |
| Post-1978 Iranian politics AN discussion (WP:GS/78IRP) | Pages related to Post-1978 Iranian politics | Community-authorized discretionary sanctions | Standard discretionary sanctions | Superseded byWikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Iranian politics |
| India–Pakistan AN discussion (WP:GS/IPAK) | Pages related to any conflict between India and Pakistan | Community-authorised 500/30 rule | 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. | Abolished following a community review, closed on17 October 2021. Limited extended confirmed protection enforcement at administrator discretion continues under theARBIP regime. |
| 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 theArbitration Committee | Revoked by the community (30 November 2015) |
| Barack Obama (log,enforcement requests,discussion) (WP:GS/BO) | Barack Obama and related articles | Article probation | TheBarack 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, theappropriate 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 atWikipedia:General sanctions/Obama article probation/Logs. | Sanctions revokedat AN/I in 2015 |
| Consensus &Wikipedia:General sanctions/2012 Presidential Campaign/Log | 2012 Presidential Campaign articles | Community general sanctions | Consensus is to adoptCommunity 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 anyuninvolved administrator from articles on probation and related articles or project pages. Editors of such articles should beespecially mindful of content policies, such asWP:NPOV, and interaction policies, such asWP:CIVIL,WP:NPA,WP:3RR, andWP:POINT. | Expired (11 Dec 2012) |
| Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents/La goutte de pluie | 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. | Revokedby community discussion. 00:29, 6 November 2014 (UTC) | |
| 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 atWikipedia:General sanctions/British Isles Probation Log. | 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 atWikipedia:General sanctions/Zeitgeist Movement.Sanctions imposed may be appealed to the imposing administrator or at the administrators' noticeboard. | Suspended bycommunity consensus on 22 August 2018 |
| Sarah Palin/Article probation (Log) (WP:GS/SP) | Sarah Palin and related articles | Article probation | FromWikipedia: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 atTalk:Sarah Palin/Article probation#Log of sanctions | Revoked bythe community, October 2011 |
| 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. | |
| Bundy standoff ANI discussion &Log | TheBundy 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 |
| 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, a1-revert rule applies to all related pages (until October 27, 2014). | Article probation discontinued in January 2018 |
| South Asian social groups AN discussion (WP:GS/CASTE) | Pages related to South Asian social groups, broadly construed | Community-authorized discretionary sanctions | Pages related to South Asian social groups, broadly construed, are placed under community discretionary sanctions. | Effective 11 February 2012;rescinded by the Arbitration Committee on 18 July 2025 |