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Contentious topics may be designated either as part of the final decision of an arbitration case or by
Arbitration Committee motion. When it becomes apparent that a particular contentious topic designation is no longer necessary, the Committee may rescind it. Any editor may request that the Committee
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When no actual violation occurred, or the consensus of uninvolved administrators is that exceptional circumstances are present, which would make the imposition of a sanction inappropriate, administrators may also close a report with no action; if appropriate, they may also warn or advise the editor
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If an enforcing administrator clearly intends to impose a contentious topic restrictions but forgets to label their action, other administrators may label the action (such as through a dummy edit or reblocking with the same settings) on behalf of the administrator. When this happens, the original
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topics that have attracted more persistent disruptive editing than the rest of the project and have been designated as contentious topics by the
Arbitration Committee. Not all topics that are controversial have been designated as contentious topics – this procedure applies only to those topics
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Contentious topics are specially designated topics that have attracted more persistent disruptive editing than the rest of the project. Administrators are allowed to impose editing restrictions on editors who do not follow project expectations within contentious topics. Administrators are also
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Any restrictions imposed under the prior discretionary sanctions procedure to date remain in force. Any changes to or appeals regarding previously-imposed restrictions will be governed by the current contentious topics procedure, subject to the following transitional rules:
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Administrators wishing to dismiss an enforcement request should act cautiously and be especially mindful that their actions do not give the impression that they are second-guessing the
Arbitration Committee or obstructing the enforcement of their decisions.
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are as unacceptable in enforcement discussions as elsewhere on
Knowledge (XXG). Uninvolved administrators are asked to ensure that enforcement cases are not disrupted, and may remove statements or restrict or block editors to address inappropriate conduct.
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Administrators should clearly and unambiguously label their actions as contentious topic restrictions (such as in the block summary, page protection summary, edit summary, or talk page message announcing the action, whichever is appropriate).
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Former administrators – that is, editors who have temporarily or permanently relinquished the tools or have been desysopped – may neither act as administrators in arbitration enforcement nor reverse their own previous administrative actions.
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If an uninvolved administrator (including the original enforcing administrator) decides that a page restriction is still necessary after one year, the administrator may renew the restriction by re-imposing it under this procedure and
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551:(special rules on how particular pages can be edited). Some of these abilities may be exercised by a single administrator, while others require a consensus of administrators. All editor and page restrictions may be appealed.
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Administrators who fail to meet these expectations may be subject to any remedy the committee considers appropriate, including desysopping. Administrative actions may be peer-reviewed using the regular appeal processes.
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Edits made before an editor was aware of a contentious topic designation may still be considered as part of a pattern of behavior in future enforcement processes if those processes primarily concern post-awareness
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requests or appeals pursuant to community-imposed remedies which match the contentious topics procedure, if those requests or appeals are assigned to the arbitration enforcement noticeboard by the community.
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This procedure applies to edits and pages in all namespaces. When considering whether edits fall within the scope of a contentious topic, administrators should be guided by the principles outlined in the
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Any administrator who revokes or changes a contentious topic restriction out of process (i.e. without the above conditions being met) may, at the discretion of the
Arbitration Committee, be desysopped.
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Other administrators may log the contentious topic restriction on behalf of the original administrator. When this happens, the original administrator is still considered the "enforcing administrator".
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Administrators should seek to create an acceptable collaborative editing environment within contentious topics. Administrators are expected to use their experience and judgment to balance the need to
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in a contentious topic. Page restrictions prohibit all editors on a particular page from making edits described in the restriction and may be imposed to minimize disruption in a contentious topic.
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Any administrator, if the administrator who first imposed the contentious topic restriction (the "enforcing administrator") affirmatively consents to the change, or is no longer an administrator;
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An administrator who imposes an editor restriction must provide a notice on the restricted editor's talk page specifying the reason for the restriction and informing the restricted editor of the
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If the enforcing administrator believes that an editor was not aware that they were editing a designated contentious topic when making inappropriate edits, no editor restrictions (other than a
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This criterion does not apply if the original action was imposed as a result of rough consensus at the arbitration enforcement noticeboard, as there would be no single enforcing administrator.
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to a minimum. Before imposing a contentious topic restriction, administrators must consider whether a regular administrative action would be sufficient to reduce disruption to the project.
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by the administrator who takes the action. Administrators who renew, change, or revoke a contentious topic restriction must append a note recording the amendment to the original log entry.
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Dismissed requests may not be reopened. However, any interested users may, after discussion with the administrator in question, appeal the dismissal to the
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Requests and appeals at the arbitration enforcement noticeboard may not be closed with a "rough consensus" or "clear consensus" outcome without at least 24 hours of discussion.
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A consensus of administrators at the arbitration enforcement noticeboard may refer an arbitration enforcement request to the
Arbitration Committee for final decision through a
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governmental regulation of firearm ownership; the social, historical and political context of such regulation; and the people and organizations associated with these issues
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A rough consensus of administrators at AE or editors at AN may specify a period of up to one year during which no appeals (other than an appeal to ARCA) may be submitted.
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Editors should exercise caution before re-alerting an editor to the same contentious topic as a previous alert, as there is a presumption that an editor remains aware.
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template. Only the officially designated templates should be used for an editor's first contentious topic alert, and these templates may not be placed using a
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requests for administrative action against editors violating a remedy (not merely a principle) or an injunction in an
Arbitration Committee decision, or a
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An administrator may only modify or revoke a contentious topic restriction if a formal appeal is successful or if one of the following exceptions applies:
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other restrictions that have been specifically designated by the
Arbitration Committee for use by a single administrator in a particular contentious topic.
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other restrictions that have been specifically designated by the
Arbitration Committee for use by a single administrator in a particular contentious topic.
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Administrators are authorized to impose contentious topic restrictions in contentious topic areas. Those contentious topic restrictions take the form of
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When an editor first begins making edits within any contentious topic, anyone may alert the editor of the contentious topic designation using the
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The following editor restrictions constitute the standard set of editor restrictions which may be imposed by a single uninvolved administrator:
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without the prior approval of the Arbitration Committee. When alerting an editor who has previously received any contentious topic alert, the
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ask the administrator who first made the contentious topic restrictions (the "enforcing administrator") to reconsider their original decision;
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The following page restrictions constitute the standard set of page restrictions which may be imposed by a single uninvolved administrator:
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A formal appeal is successful only if one of the following agrees with revoking or changing the contentious topic restriction:
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Any other restrictions designated by the Arbitration Committee for use by a single admin in a particular contentious topic.
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Editors must comply with contentious topic restrictions. Editors who disagree with a contentious topic restriction may
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requests for page restrictions (e.g. revert restrictions) on pages that are being disrupted in contentious topics,
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the renewal. The administrator renewing a page restriction then becomes the enforcing administrator. This does
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The administrator may indicate consent at any time before, during, or after imposition of the restriction.
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template may be used, but any message that conveys the contentious topic designation is acceptable.
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allowed to set special rules on pages within a contentious topic to prevent inappropriate editing.
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and to edits adding, deleting, collapsing, or removing verifiable information from infoboxes
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and to allow responsible contributors maximum editing freedom with the need to keep
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a majority of the Arbitration Committee, acting through a motion at ARCA.
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Referrals from Arbitration Enforcement noticeboard to the full Committee
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gender-related disputes or controversies or people associated with them
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gender-related disputes or controversies or people associated with them
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post-1992 politics of the United States and closely related people
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administrator is still considered the "enforcing administrator".
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Knowledge (XXG):Arbitration/Requests/Case/Historical elections
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restrictions or issue a grossly disproportionate restriction.
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compelling circumstances warrant the full Committee's action.
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process in the same way as an ordinary administrator action.
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in a contentious topic. Administrators may choose to
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