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21: 111:. In particular, if there is any plausible dispute over whether particular content is covered by the scope of a contentious topic (for example, definitional disputes: whether a particular issue counts as a type of American political issue, whether a particular practice counts as a type of alternative medicine, etc), that is normally taken to mean that it does. 103:
Whether or not a particular edit violates a sanction is determined on a case-by-case basis. Additionally, other editors are unlikely to be impressed by defenses based around the precise wording of a restriction, or other reasoning that is not obviously based in a genuine misunderstanding. In the case
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Broadly construed means that one shouldn't attempt to "nibble around the edges", so to speak. If there's problems in topic area A, we don't want people to move on to "related topic B" and continuing. If there's doubt, don't do it, and get clarification
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of personal sanctions such as topic bans, breaches are also likely to be interpreted as attempts to evade the sanction and/or as attempts to continue the behavior which led to it.
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This page provides additional information about concepts in the page(s) it supplements. This page is not one of
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explanatory essay
banning policy
Knowledge (XXG)'s policies or guidelines
thoroughly vetted by the community
Shortcut
WP:BROADLY
topic bans
SirFozzie
contentious topic
Category
Knowledge (XXG) supplemental pages

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