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The following is a list of the most common types of restrictions. More unique restrictions which have been imposed in unusual circumstances are not listed.
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| 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). | |
| 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. | |
| 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 | See alsoWP:GS/KURD | |
| Palestine-Israel articles 4 (WP:CT/A-I) | TheArab-Israeli conflict, broadly interpreted | 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 | ||
| South Asia (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 | |||
| 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 | Starting in 2026 and checked yearly afterwards, this designation expires on 1 January if no sanctions have been logged in the preceding 2 years. |