The community general sanctions on this topic area were superseded by a contentious topics designation by the Arbitration Committee.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 Wiki How, 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

UserAction dateTypeScopeEnforcing adminExpiration date
Greedo826 January 2015BlockProject-wide block for repeated BLP violations. Note: also logged as a special BLP enforcement under arbitration enforcement[5]RiskerIndefinite
09I50025 January 2015Topic banPer enforcement request.Future Perfect at SunriseIndefinite
MarkBernstein24 January 2015BlockBlocked 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 Mitchell24 February 2015
Singdavion20 January 2015BlockBreach of topic ban, 1 week blockFuture Perfect at SunriseIndefed by DeltaQuad
DHeyward18 January 2015BlockBlocked 48 hours for BLP violations, using talk page as a forum.HJ Mitchell20 January 2015
Singdavion17 January 2015Topic banBLP violations, edit warring, battleground mentality, SPAUser:GamalielIndefinite
TheRedPenOfDoom 17 January 2015BlockBlocked 48 hours for edit-warring and creating a hostile atmosphere.HJ Mitchell19 January 2015
Tarc16 January 2015CautionCautioned against making personally directed comments on article talk pages; offered informal adviceHJ MitchellN/A
Bramble window11 January 2015BlockBlocked indefinitely; GS enforcement provision in place for 12 months.HJ Mitchell11 January 2016 (for GS enforcement provisions)
MarkBernstein03 January 2015BlockBlocked for a week for violation of topic ban.east71810 January 2015
Ksolway02 January 2015Topic banBanned from editing any article or making any comment regarding GamerGate anywhere on Wikipedia.HJ MitchellIndefinite
Ryulong02 January 2015RestrictionProhibited 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 MitchellUpon closure of WP:ARBGG
Loganmac02 January 2015CautionCautioned against making personally directed comments or accusing others of bias on article talk pagesHJ MitchellN/A
YellowSandals02 January 2015CautionCautioned against making personally directed comments on article talk pagesHJ MitchellN/A

2014 administrative actions

UserAction dateTypeScopeEnforcing adminExpiration date
Cla6823 December 2014BlockBlocked for a week for restoring grossly inappropriate material to a talk pageHJ Mitchell30 December 2014
Cla6823 December 2014Topic banBanned from making any edit to any article or page connected with the GamerGate controversy article, broadly construedHJ MitchellIndefinite
Kitsunedawn23 December 2014Topic banBanned 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 WikipediaHJ MitchellIndefinite
Avono06 December 2014Topic banBanned 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 Wordsmith5 January 2015
DungeonSiegeAddict51005 December 2014Blockblocked 1 week for breach of topic banFuture Perfect at Sunrise12 December 2014
Xander75630 November 2014Topic banIndefinite 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 GormanIndefinite
Tutelary28 November 2014Topic banTopic-banned from all edits and all discussions related to Gamergate controversy, broadly construed, not including participation in ArbCom cases.Gamalielindefinite
MarkBernstein28 November 2014Topic banTopic-banned from all edits and all discussions related to Gamergate controversy, broadly construed, not including participation in ArbCom cases.Gamalielindefinite
ArmyLine26 November 2014BlockBlocked 1 week for breach of topic ban, per [6].Future Perfect at Sunrise3 December 2014
Cobbsaladin24 November 2014Topic banTopic-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
MastCell
indefinite
DungeonSiegeAddict51022 November 2014Topic bantopic-banned from all edits and all discussions related to Gamergate controversy for 90 days, per enforcement request [7].Future Perfect at Sunrise20 February 2015
Two Tune22 November 2014Topic ban90 Day topic ban from GamerGate broadly construedAcroterion20 February 2015
Torga14 November 2014Block72 hour block for violation of topic banLankiveil17 November 2014
Torga11 November 2014Topic ban90 Day topic ban from GamerGate broadly construedDreadstar11 February 2015
Die-yng06 November 2014Topic banIndefinite topic ban from all pages and discussion related to GamerGate and Brianna Wu, broadly construed.GamalielIndefinite
Willhesucceed31 October 2014Block24 hour block for violating expected standards of conductDreadstar1 November 2014
Fyrius28 October 2014Block72 hour block for edit warring to remove sources.Nandesuka31 October 2014
Agent Chieftain27 October 2014Topic ban90 day topic ban from GamerGate, broadly construed.Acroterion25 January 2015
ArmyLine27 October 2014Topic ban1 year topic ban from GamerGate, broadly construed, imposed under WP:BLPSE procedureAcroterion27 October 2015

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

Topic bans endorsed and 'taken over' by the Arbitration Committee
UserAction dateTypeScopeEnforcing adminExpiration date
Tutelary28 November 2014Topic banTopic-banned from all edits and all discussions related to Gamergate controversy, broadly construed, not including participation in ArbCom cases.Gamalielindefinite
Xander75630 November 2014Topic banIndefinite 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 GormanIndefinite
DungeonSiegeAddict51022 November 2014Topic bantopic-banned from all edits and all discussions related to Gamergate controversy for 90 days, per enforcement request [8].Future Perfect at Sunrise20 February 2015
ArmyLine27 October 2014Topic ban1 year topic ban from GamerGate, broadly construed, imposed under WP:BLPSE procedureAcroterion27 October 2015