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Wikipedia:General sanctions/COVID-19#Application notes

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Community sanctions in this area of conflict have been superseded by an Arbitration Committee sanctions regime. As a result, this community sanctions-related page is now obsolete, is retained only for historical reference, and should not be modified. For more information about Arbitration Committee sanctions, see this page. For the specific Committee decision that rescinded or modified these community sanctions, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/COVID-19 (closed on 16 June 2021). All enforcement requests should go to the arbitration enforcement noticeboard and logging should be done at the arbitration enforcement log.

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Community discussion

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This community discussion at WP:AN has placed pages related to COVID-19, broadly construed, under indefinite general sanctions, effective 20:49, 17 March 2020 (UTC).

= Amendments =

  • A community discussion here resulted in the "Application notes" section below.

Remedies

Pages with discretionary sanctions in effect can be tagged with {{tlx|Gs/talk notice|covid}} and an editnotice with {{tlx|COVID19 GS editnotice}} may be created. To alert editors of a community-authorized discretionary sanction in effect, use {{tlsx|Gs/alert|topic=covid}}. To inform editors of a community sanction, use {{tlsx|Community sanction|sanction=|rationale=|topic=covid}} and if blocks are issued, {{tlsx|Uw-csblock}}. All individual sanctions and page restrictions must be logged below.

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  • Any uninvolved administrator may, at their own discretion, impose sanctions on any editor working in the area of conflict if, despite being warned, that editor repeatedly or seriously fails to adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, any expected standards of behavior, or any normal editorial process.
  • The sanctions imposed may include blocks of up to one year in length, bans from editing any page or set of pages within the area of conflict, 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 warning with a link to this decision and, where appropriate, should be counseled on specific steps that he or she can take to improve their editing in accordance with relevant policies and guidelines.
  • Additionally, any uninvolved administrator may impose on any page or set of pages relating to the area of conflict page protection, revert restrictions, prohibitions on the addition or removal of certain content (except when consensus for the edit exists), or any other reasonable measure that the enforcing administrator believes is necessary and proportionate for the smooth running of the project. Administrators should add an editnotice and talk page notice on restricted pages. Editors who ignore or breach page restrictions may be sanctioned by any uninvolved administrator only if the editor was warned about this decision and an editnotice describing the page restriction was placed on the restricted page.
  • Sanctions imposed may be appealed to the imposing administrator or at the appropriate administrators' noticeboard.}}

Application notes

Sources for any content related to medical aspects of the disease are expected to adhere to the standards laid down at WP:MEDRS. Since this is a rapidly evolving area with instances already documented of poor or fraudulent research, preprints and other non-peer-reviewed sources should not be used.

Editors are reminded that the onus is on the editor seeking to include disputed content to achieve consensus for its inclusion. Any content or source removed in good faith and citing a credible policy-based rationale should not be reinstated without prior consensus on the article's talk page.

Log of administrative actions

=Log of individual sanctions=

::Actually, blocked for two weeks. --Yamla (talk) 22:00, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

::: Thanks. Corrected. OhanaUnitedTalk page 20:38, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

  • {{userlinks|Newslack}} was blocked for 2 days by User:EvergreenFir on 04:23, 31 March 2020 for Disruptive editing - per WP:GS/COVID and WP:ANI thread found [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&oldid=948279874#Newslack here]. EvergreenFir (talk) 04:25, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
  • {{userlinks|Beratademaj21}} was blocked for 31 hours by User:EvergreenFir at 22:07 on 31 March 2020 for disruptive editing on 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic EvergreenFir (talk) 22:10, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
  • {{user links|MadameButterflyKnife}} 14:48, 1 April 2020 EvergreenFir talk contribs block blocked MadameButterflyKnife talk contribs with an expiration time of indefinite (account creation blocked) (Clearly not here to build an encyclopedia: WP:GS/COVID block) EvergreenFir (talk) 14:50, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

::User unblocked per unblock request ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:MadameButterflyKnife&oldid=948574396#Blocked]) and promise to cease disruptive behavior. EvergreenFir (talk) 20:07, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

  • {{userlinks|Almaty}} is blocked for 72 hours for edit warring at 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic and indefinitely topic banned from coronavirus and COVID-19, broadly construed. – bradv🍁 17:45, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
  • :Topic ban lifted per talk page discussion and AN thread. – bradv🍁 15:18, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
  • {{user links|RTG}} is topic banned from "SARS CoV-2 ("the coronavirus"), COVID-19, and related topics, broadly construed" for 1 month. EvergreenFir (talk) 22:28, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
  • {{user links|PhysiqueUL09}} blocked for 24 hours for using preprint and refusing to back down when challenged. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 15:42, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
  • :Unblocked, as I'm now satisfied it was due to misunderstanding. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 16:23, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
  • User:LIXIAO9987 is blocked for one month from Shi Zhengli and Talk:Shi Zhengli for disruptively pushing the lab-origin theory for Covid-19 and making improperly supported allegations against the WP:BLP subject. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 16:21, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
  • User:FriendlyRiverOtter is topic banned from COVID-19 for 1 month [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&oldid=961484700#Proposal_(FriendlyRiverOtter) per this discussion] --Guerillero | Parlez Moi 19:10, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
  • :Superseded by community topic-ban in this AN discussion. --qedk (t 愛 c) 17:29, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
  • User:Editsreviews is indefinitely blocked from Coronavirus disease 2019 and Talk:Coronavirus disease 2019, explanation at user talk page [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Editsreviews&oldid=964419878#Blocked here]. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 11:36, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
  • {{noping|Berkshires}} is indefinitely topic banned from COVID-19, broadly construed. El_C 03:43, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
  • {{noping|Iluvalar}} is indefinitely topic banned from Covid-19, broadly construed. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 10:41, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
  • {{noping|Iluvalar}} blocked for one month for repeated breaches of topic ban, 10 November 2020 (I forgot to log it then). Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 14:21, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
  • {{noping|Gcmackay}} partially blocked from editing Sucharit Bhakdi. WP:ANI#Gcmackay and COVID-19 denial. Mr. Heart (talk) 16:11, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
  • {{noping|Vrtlsclpl}} topic banned from "COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, and related treatments, broadly construed" for 1 month (12:00 UTC on 19 February 2021). [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AVrtlsclpl&type=revision&diff=1001339891&oldid=1001278461 diff] EvergreenFir (talk) 07:29, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
  • Now indefinitely blocked for socking to circumvent topic ban. EvergreenFir (talk) 18:58, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
  • {{noping|ScrupulousScribe}} is banned... from writing about the Covid-19 lab leak theory, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and anyone directly associated with the Institute, on any Wikipedia page (with some noticeboard exceptions described on their talk page) for three months from 20 January 2021. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 19:32, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

:*[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AScrupulousScribe&type=revision&diff=1001673474&oldid=1001629704 Diff] for the full details. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 19:34, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

::*The topic ban is modified to allow {{noping|ScrupulousScribe}} to respond to any reports, allegations, etc raised on noticeboards such as AN, ANI, SPI. A sanctioned editor should be allowed to speak freely in response to accusations made against them, and I did not intend the topic ban to restrict that. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 15:17, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

:::*After discussion with {{noping|ScrupulousScribe}}, the topic ban is lifted. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 18:29, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

::::*Unfortunately, the above proved to be unsuccessful. An indefinite broadly construed topic ban from the topic area has now been imposed on {{noping|ScrupulousScribe}}, with an appeal recommended in no less than 6 months and contingent upon productive editing elsewhere. El_C 22:03, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

:::::*{{noping|ScrupulousScribe}} has been blocked for 60 hours for violating the above sanction. El_C 07:20, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

::::::*{{noping|ScrupulousScribe}} has been blocked for 10 days for violating the above sanction, again. El_C 13:35, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

  • MadJack1974GR topic banned from COVID in Greece--Ymblanter (talk) 21:14, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
  • {{userlinks|Billybostickson}} is topic banned from all pages related to COVID-19, broadly construed, until the general sanctions in this area are removed by the community. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:25, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
  • {{userlinks|Empiricus-sextus}} is indefinitely topic banned from pages related to COVID-19, broadly construed. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:07, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
  • :{{userlinks|Empiricus-sextus}}'s topic ban "from pages related to COVID-19, broadly construed", is removed per Special:Permalink/1026738150#Topic_ban_removed, with apologies. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:37, 4 June 2021 (UTC)

=Log of page-level restrictions=

Category:Obsolete Wikipedia general sanctions

Category:WikiProject COVID-19