Wikipedia:General sanctions/Gamergate

The community general sanctions on this topic area were superseded by a contentious topics designation by the Arbitration Committee. No further edits should be made to this page.
All enforcement requests should go to the arbitration enforcement noticeboard.


Community discussion

A community discussion at the administrators' noticeboard has placed all pages related to the Gamergate controversy under general sanctions. 16:19, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

Remedies

Sanctions imposed cannot be undone by another administrator without approval of the sanctioning administrator or an appeal at the administrators' noticeboard. Pages may be tagged with {{Gamergate sanctions}}, which can be used to indicate that articles are within the scope of these sanctions. Prior to being sanctioned, editors must be notified of these sanctions with the {{subst:Gs/GrG notification}} template. Use the {{subst:Community sanction}} template when imposing sanctions. For blocks, use {{subst:Uw-csblock}}.

  • Any uninvolved administrator may, at his or her own discretion, impose sanctions on any editor that edits pages related to the Gamergate controversy, 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, 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 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.
  • Violations of any of the remedies listed above can be reported at the sanctions enforcement page.
  • Sanctions imposed may be appealed to the imposing administrator or at the appropriate administrators' noticeboard.

Log of notifications

Editors who have been notified of the existence of these sanctions should be logged here, along with a diff of the notification. For consistency, the template {{subst:Gs/GrG notification}} should be used. The appropriate procedure for notifying editors of the existence of these sanctions is described here.

2014 notices

2015 notices

Log of administrative actions

Log blocks, topic bans or other administrative actions here. Include diffs, username, action-date-time-duration etc, diffs of any evidence, administrator user name. Use the {{subst:Community sanction}} template when imposing sanctions. For blocks, use {{subst:Uw-csblock}}.

2015 administrative actions

User Action date Type Scope Enforcing admin Expiration date
Greedo8 26 January 2015 Block Project-wide block for repeated BLP violations. Note: also logged as a special BLP enforcement under arbitration enforcement[5] Risker Indefinite
09I500 25 January 2015 Topic ban Per enforcement request. Future Perfect at Sunrise Indefinite
MarkBernstein 24 January 2015 Block Blocked for a month for outright violation of topic ban and because most edits since the topic ban have been skirting it; warned that further violations will result in a one-year block. HJ Mitchell 24 February 2015
Singdavion 20 January 2015 Block Breach of topic ban, 1 week block Future Perfect at Sunrise Indefed by DeltaQuad
DHeyward 18 January 2015 Block Blocked 48 hours for BLP violations, using talk page as a forum. HJ Mitchell 20 January 2015
Singdavion 17 January 2015 Topic ban BLP violations, edit warring, battleground mentality, SPA User:Gamaliel Indefinite
TheRedPenOfDoom 17 January 2015 Block Blocked 48 hours for edit-warring and creating a hostile atmosphere. HJ Mitchell 19 January 2015
Tarc 16 January 2015 Caution Cautioned against making personally directed comments on article talk pages; offered informal advice HJ Mitchell N/A
Bramble window 11 January 2015 Block Blocked indefinitely; GS enforcement provision in place for 12 months. HJ Mitchell 11 January 2016 (for GS enforcement provisions)
MarkBernstein 03 January 2015 Block Blocked for a week for violation of topic ban. east718 10 January 2015
Ksolway 02 January 2015 Topic ban Banned from editing any article or making any comment regarding GamerGate anywhere on Wikipedia. HJ Mitchell Indefinite
Ryulong 02 January 2015 Restriction Prohibited from commenting on Wikipedia with regards to any accounts owned or alleged to be owned by Wikipedia editors on non-Wikimedia websites or the activities of such accounts as concern the GamerGate controversy. Ryulong may request reconsideration after not less than three months. HJ Mitchell Upon closure of WP:ARBGG
Loganmac 02 January 2015 Caution Cautioned against making personally directed comments or accusing others of bias on article talk pages HJ Mitchell N/A
YellowSandals 02 January 2015 Caution Cautioned against making personally directed comments on article talk pages HJ Mitchell N/A

2014 administrative actions

User Action date Type Scope Enforcing admin Expiration date
Cla68 23 December 2014 Block Blocked for a week for restoring grossly inappropriate material to a talk page HJ Mitchell 30 December 2014
Cla68 23 December 2014 Topic ban Banned from making any edit to any article or page connected with the GamerGate controversy article, broadly construed HJ Mitchell Indefinite
Kitsunedawn 23 December 2014 Topic ban Banned indefinitely from making any edit to the GamerGate controversy article and its talk page and from making any edit or comment connected to GamerGate or any person invovled in GamerGate anywhere on Wikipedia HJ Mitchell Indefinite
Avono 06 December 2014 Topic ban Banned from editing any pages related to GamerGate controversy, broadly construed, or from making any edits in other areas that discuss the same, for a period of 30 days. An exception is made for participating at WP:ARBGG. The Wordsmith 5 January 2015
DungeonSiegeAddict510 05 December 2014 Block blocked 1 week for breach of topic ban Future Perfect at Sunrise 12 December 2014
Xander756 30 November 2014 Topic ban Indefinite topic ban from GamerGate, broadly construed, due to offsite canvassing and disruptive behavior at Talk:Anita Sarkeesian taken in the context of previous behavior inclduing comments at Talk:Brianna Wu. Simultaneous 2 week block for disruptive behavior intended as an ordinary admin action and not under GS. Kevin Gorman Indefinite
Tutelary 28 November 2014 Topic ban Topic-banned from all edits and all discussions related to Gamergate controversy, broadly construed, not including participation in ArbCom cases. Gamaliel indefinite
MarkBernstein 28 November 2014 Topic ban Topic-banned from all edits and all discussions related to Gamergate controversy, broadly construed, not including participation in ArbCom cases. Gamaliel indefinite
ArmyLine 26 November 2014 Block Blocked 1 week for breach of topic ban, per [6]. Future Perfect at Sunrise 3 December 2014
Cobbsaladin 24 November 2014 Topic ban Topic-banned from all edits and all discussions related to Gamergate controversy, broadly construed, for 30 days. Appealed on 25 November, resulting in an extension to indefinite. Gamaliel
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DungeonSiegeAddict510 22 November 2014 Topic ban topic-banned from all edits and all discussions related to Gamergate controversy for 90 days, per enforcement request [7]. Future Perfect at Sunrise 20 February 2015
Two Tune 22 November 2014 Topic ban 90 Day topic ban from GamerGate broadly construed Acroterion 20 February 2015
Torga 14 November 2014 Block 72 hour block for violation of topic ban Lankiveil 17 November 2014
Torga 11 November 2014 Topic ban 90 Day topic ban from GamerGate broadly construed Dreadstar 11 February 2015
Die-yng 06 November 2014 Topic ban Indefinite topic ban from all pages and discussion related to GamerGate and Brianna Wu, broadly construed. Gamaliel Indefinite
Willhesucceed 31 October 2014 Block 24 hour block for violating expected standards of conduct Dreadstar 1 November 2014
Fyrius 28 October 2014 Block 72 hour block for edit warring to remove sources. Nandesuka 31 October 2014
Agent Chieftain 27 October 2014 Topic ban 90 day topic ban from GamerGate, broadly construed. Acroterion 25 January 2015
ArmyLine 27 October 2014 Topic ban 1 year topic ban from GamerGate, broadly construed, imposed under WP:BLPSE procedure Acroterion 27 October 2015

Topic bans endorsed and 'taken over' by the Arbitration Committee

Topic bans endorsed and 'taken over' by the Arbitration Committee
User Action date Type Scope Enforcing admin Expiration date
Tutelary 28 November 2014 Topic ban Topic-banned from all edits and all discussions related to Gamergate controversy, broadly construed, not including participation in ArbCom cases. Gamaliel indefinite
Xander756 30 November 2014 Topic ban Indefinite topic ban from GamerGate, broadly construed, due to offsite canvassing and disruptive behavior at Talk:Anita Sarkeesian taken in the context of previous behavior inclduing comments at Talk:Brianna Wu. Simultaneous 2 week block for disruptive behavior intended as an ordinary admin action and not under GS. Kevin Gorman Indefinite
DungeonSiegeAddict510 22 November 2014 Topic ban topic-banned from all edits and all discussions related to Gamergate controversy for 90 days, per enforcement request [8]. Future Perfect at Sunrise 20 February 2015
ArmyLine 27 October 2014 Topic ban 1 year topic ban from GamerGate, broadly construed, imposed under WP:BLPSE procedure Acroterion 27 October 2015