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User Decision Type Sanction
(quoted from case)
Expiration Date
Kwork2 BASC decision Unblock conditions
  1. [Kwork2] agree[s] to edit only from one account (Kwork2). [Kwork2] must gain the permission of the Arbitration Committee in advance before any of (a) requesting [their] account be renamed, (b) editing using another username, (c) editing while logged out.
  2. Should [Kwork2] make any edits which are judged by an uninvolved administrator to be uncivil, personal attacks, or assumptions of bad faith, [Kwork2] may be blocked without further warning.
  3. [Kwork2 is] topic banned from all pages related to (a) The Israel-Palestine conflict and relations between Israel and Palestine; and (b) Judaism, both broadly interpreted.
These restrictions may be enforced at Arbitration Enforcement by blocks of increasing fixed length for the first three breaches, and by indefinite block for a fourth offence. An indefinite block may be appealed only to the Arbitration Committee by email, shorter blocks may be appealed at AE.
Indefinite
GPinkerton Kurds and Kurdistan Topic ban GPinkerton (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from Kurds and Kurdistan, broadly construed. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter. Indefinite
SethRuebens Unblock conditions Article ban; one-account restriction SethRuebens is subject to a one-account restriction and banned from directly editing Britannia (TV series). Indefinite
BarcrMac Iranian politics Topic ban BarcrMac (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from post-1978 Iranian politics, broadly construed. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter. Indefinite
Fahrenheit451 Scientology Topic ban Fahrenheit451 (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from Scientology. Indefinite
Tilman Scientology Topic ban Tilman (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from Scientology. Indefinite
QuackGuru Medicine Topic Ban QuackGuru is indefinitely topic-banned from articles relating to medicine, broadly construed. Indefinite
Icewhiz Antisemitism in Poland Interaction ban Icewhiz (talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from interacting with or commenting on Volunteer Marek (talk · contribs) anywhere on Wikipedia (subject to the ordinary exceptions). Indefinite
Icewhiz Antisemitism in Poland Topic ban Icewhiz (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from the history of Poland during World War II, including the Holocaust in Poland. This topic ban may be appealed after one year has elapsed. Indefinite
NinaGreen Shakespeare authorship question Topic ban She is also topic-banned indefinitely from editing any article relating to the Shakespeare authorship question, William Shakespeare, or Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, all broadly construed (remedy 2) Indefinite
Darkness Shines BASC decision Unblock conditions
  1. Your indefinite topic ban from all pages related to India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, broadly construed imposed on 15 May 2014 remains in force, subject to the usual enforcement procedures.
  2. You are be limited to one account.
  3. You are required to remain civil. As a condition of your unblock, you must acknowledge that any edit which, in the opinion of an uninvolved administrator, contains personal attacks or gross incivility will be met with blocks of escalating length, ending with an indefinite block after the fourth offense.
  4. Blocks under clause 3 may be appealed to AE, excepting an indefinite block, which can be appealed to BASC only.
  5. These restrictions will be logged at Wikipedia:Editing restrictions. A copy of these restrictions will be placed on your user talk page, they must not be removed until at least 1 month after your most recent block (for any reason).
  6. These sanctions will expire 12 months after your ban is lifted, or 12 months from most recent block, whichever is later, even if such block is not imposed under these sanctions. (Note that your topic ban mentioned in the first clause will not automatically expire, that will have to be appealed in the normal manner.)
12 months after most recent sanction
Betacommand (now known as Δ) Betacommand 2 Topic Ban

5.1) The Committee expects that the disputes and disruption underlying this case will cease as a result of this decision. In the event of non-compliance or a continued pattern of disputes, further review by the Committee may be sought after a reasonable time. In such a review, the Committee may impose appropriate sanctions including but not limited to the revocation of any user's privilege to use automated tools such as bots and scripts, revocation of other privileges, topic bans, civility restrictions, or any other remedies needed to end the disruption. Nothing in this paragraph restricts the authority of administrators to take appropriate action to deal with any disruptive incidents that may occur.

Motion: Pursuant to the provisions of Remedy 5.1, and mindful of the recent and current disputes surrounding this user in many fora, the committee by motion indefinitely topic-bans Δ (formerly known as Betacommand) from making any edit enforcing the non-free content criteria, broadly construed. User:Δ is also formally reminded of the civility restriction and other terms to which they are still subject as a condition of the provisional suspension of their community ban.

Indefinite
Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) Topic Ban Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) ("RAN") is indefinitely prohibited from:
Creating any articles or draft articles in any namespace.
Moving any page into the article namespace from any other namespace.

Other editors may move pages created or substantially edited by RAN, but only if they explicitly take responsibility for any copyright violations on that page.

This remedy may be appealed after the later of 6 months and when all draft articles he has authored, in his userspace and in the draft namespace, have been verified free of copyright violations and moved to the article namespace by other editors or deleted. In order for appeals of this remedy to be considered, he shall be required to submit evidence of substantial work on his part towards resolving the Contributor Copyright Investigations (CCI) filed against him, most particularly the one focused on his text contributions.

Any article or draft article created contrary to this restriction will result in a block, initially of at least one month and then proceeding per the enforcement provisions. The article or draft article may be speedily deleted under criterion G5 by any administrator.

Any page moves made contrary to this restriction may be enforced by blocks per the enforcement provisions. The page move may be reversed by any editor able to do so.

Indefinite
Carolmooredc Interactions at GGTF Topic ban Indefinitely prohibited on the English Wikipedia from: editing any pages relating to or making any edit about: (i) the Gender Gap Task Force; (ii) the gender disparity among Wikipedians; and (iii) any process or discussion relating to these topics, all broadly construed. An uninvolved admin may remove any comments that breach this remedy, and impose blocks as necessary. The Committee's standard provisions on enforcement of arbitration provisions and appeals and modifications of arbitration enforcements apply. Indefinite
Austrian economics Topic ban Carolmooredc is topic-banned from editing articles and other pages relating to the Austrian school of economics, the Ludwig von Mises Institute, or persons associated with them, either living or deceased. Carolmooredc may request the lifting or modification of this topic-ban not less than one year from the close of this case. Indefinite
Eric Corbett (formerly Malleus Fatuorum) Interactions at GGTF Topic ban Indefinitely prohibited on the English Wikipedia from: editing any pages relating to or making any edit about: (i) the Gender Gap Task Force; (ii) the gender disparity among Wikipedians; and (iii) any process or discussion relating to these topics, all broadly construed. An uninvolved admin may remove any comments that breach this remedy, and impose blocks as necessary. The Committee's standard provisions on enforcement of arbitration provisions and appeals and modifications of arbitration enforcements apply. Remedy 1.1 of the Arbitration enforcement 2 case "mandates that all enforcement requests [for sanctions imposed at in the Interactions at GGTF case] relating to [Eric Corbett] be filed at arbitration enforcement and be kept open for at least 24 hours". Indefinite
Interactions at GGTF Editing restriction Eric Corbett agrees to a restriction prohibiting him from shouting at, swearing at, insulting and/or belittling other editors. The restriction comes into immediate effect on the passing of this motion.
If Eric Corbett finds himself tempted to engage in prohibited conduct, he is to disengage and either let the matter drop or refer it to another editor to resolve.
If however, in the opinion of an uninvolved administrator, Eric Corbett does engage in prohibited conduct, he may be blocked. The first two such blocks shall be of 72 hours duration, increasing thereafter for each subsequent breach to one week, one month, and three months. Any blocks under this provision are arbitration enforcement actions and may only be reviewed or appealed at the arbitration enforcement noticeboard. Should a fifth block (three months) prove necessary, the blocking administrator must notify the Arbitration Committee of the block via a Request for Clarification and Amendment so that the remedy may be reviewed.
The enforcing administrator may also at their discretion fully protect Eric Corbett's talk page for the duration of the block.
Nothing in this remedy prevents enforcement of policy by uninvolved administrators in the usual way. Remedy 1.1 of the Arbitration enforcement 2 case "mandates that all enforcement requests [for sanctions imposed at in the Interactions at GGTF case] relating to [Eric Corbett] be filed at arbitration enforcement and be kept open for at least 24 hours".
Indefinite
Civility enforcement amendment Topic banned Malleus is topic banned from making edits concerning the RFA process anywhere on the English Wikipedia. As an exception, he may ask questions of the candidates and express his own view on a candidate in a specific RFA (in the support, oppose, or neutral sections), but may not engage in any threaded discussions relating to RFA. An uninvolved admin may remove any comments in violation of this remedy, and may enforce it with blocks if necessary. Indefinite
Lightbreather Interaction ban The default i-ban exceptions remain in place but improper use of them by Lightbreather is sanctionable as an i-ban evasion. For consistency and ease of administration, the i-bans may be enforced by any uninvolved administrator as an arbitration enforcement action but any resultant appeals may be made only to the committee and only by email. Indefinite
Steeletrap Austrian economics Topic ban Steeletrap is topic-banned from editing articles and other pages relating to the Austrian school of economics, the Ludwig von Mises Institute, or persons associated with them, either living or deceased. Steeletrap may request the lifting or modification of this topic-ban not less than one year from the close of this case. Indefinite
Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) Restriction Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) is indefinitely prohibited from uploading images or other media files to the English Wikipedia. The Arbitration Committee notes that media files can be uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons, a project which is outside the jurisdiction of this Committee. Should Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) upload a copyright-violating image to the Wikimedia Commons and subsequently make use of that image on the English Wikipedia in any namespace, he may be subject to Arbitration Enforcement as if the image were uploaded directly to the English Wikipedia in violation of this remedy. This shall apply retroactively to all images currently uploaded by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) to the Wikimedia Commons at the time this remedy is enacted, but shall not apply retroactively to any uses on the English Wikipedia in existence at the time this case closes. Indefinite
Restriction Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) is prohibited from linking as a reference any external site to which he has contributed. He may provide such links on the talk pages of articles, so they may be reviewed by other editors for acceptance according to applicable Wikipedia guidelines and policies; if accepted, another editor may add these links as desired. Indefinite
Topic ban The Committee acknowledges that Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )'s community-placed topic ban on article creations was a valid and apparently successful attempt to curb his text-based copyright violations, and further recognizes that this sanction has been violated a number of times. This topic ban will remain in place and is assumed under the Arbitration Committee's authority. After at least six months have elapsed, Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) may appeal to the Committee to have the topic ban lifted in full; in order for appeals of this remedy to be considered, he shall be required to submit evidence of substantial work on his part towards resolving the Contributor Copyright Investigations filed against him, most particularly the one focused on his text contributions. Indefinite
Captain Occam Race and intelligence motion Topic ban, interaction ban, and restriction Captain Occam (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from the race and intelligence topic area, broadly construed. He is subject to a two-way interaction ban with Mathsci (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). If he behaves disruptively in any discussion, any uninvolved administrator may ban him from further participation in that discussion. Any such restriction must be logged on the R&I case page. Indefinite
MarcusBritish Unblock conditions Interaction ban One-way interaction ban with GregJackP Indefinite
Flooded with them hundreds Unblock conditions Restriction Flooded with them hundreds is indefinitely limited to operating a single account. Indefinite
TrevelyanL85A2 Race and Intelligence Review Topic Ban TrevelyanL85A2 (talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from editing and/or discussing the topic of Race and Intelligence on any page of Wikipedia, including user talk pages, or from participating in any discussion concerning the conduct of editors who have worked in the topic. This editor may however within reason participate in dispute resolution and noticeboard discussions if their own conduct has been mentioned. Indefinite
Jytdog Genetically modified organisms Topic ban Jytdog is indefinitely topic-banned from all pages relating to genetically modified organisms and agricultural chemicals, broadly interpreted; appeals of this ban may be requested no earlier than twelve months since the date the case closed. Indefinite
ROG5728 Gun control Topic ban ROG5728 is indefinitely prohibited from making any edit about, and from editing any page relating to, governmental regulation of firearm ownership; the social, historical and political context of such regulation; and the people and organizations associated with these issues, broadly construed. Indefinite
N-HH formerly Nickhh West Bank – Judea and Samaria Topic ban Nickhh (talk · contribs) is prohibited from editing any Arab-Israeli conflict-related article/talk page or discussing on the dispute anywhere else on the project. Indefinite
Waenceslaus Unblock conditions Restriction Waenceslaus is indefinitely limited to operating a single account. Indefinite
Unblock conditions Topic ban "indefinitely topic-banned from all edits related to longevity, including both article edits and project discussions." (original ANI discussion), reaffirmed as part of unblock Indefinite
KalHolmann BLP issues on British politics articles Editing restriction KalHolmann is indefinitely restricted from linking to or speculating about the off-wiki behavior or identity of other editors. This restriction may be first appealed after six months have elapsed, and every six months thereafter. All appeals must be directed toward arbcom-l@lists.wikimedia.org. Indefinite
Phoenix and Winslow Tea Party movement Topic ban Phoenix and Winslow (talk · contribs) is indefinitely topic-banned from all pages relating to the Tea Party movement, broadly construed. This restriction may be appealed to the Arbitration Committee after no less than six months have passed from the closing of this case. Indefinite
John Carter and Ignocrates Ebionites 3 Interaction ban Ignocrates (talk · contribs) and John Carter (talk · contribs) are indefinitely prohibited from interacting with each other (subject to the ordinary exceptions). Indefinite
Racepacket and LauraHale Racepacket Interaction ban LauraHale and Racepacket are directed to immediately cease commenting about each other directly or indirectly in any forum related directly or indirectly with Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation. This includes mailing lists, IRC channels that use the word "wikipedia" or "wikimedia" in their name, or any WMF-hosted project. They are also directed not to seek sanctions on each other either publicly or privately through any means, except through arbitration enforcement processes. Administrators who receive any such requests for sanctions are requested to inform the Arbitration Committee. Indefinite
John Carter Ebionites 3 Topic ban John Carter (talk · contribs) is indefinitely topic-banned from all pages relating to Ebionites, broadly construed. Indefinite
Malke 2010 now SW3 5DL Tea Party movement Topic ban Malke 2010 (talk · contribs) is indefinitely topic-banned from all pages relating to the Tea Party movement, broadly construed. This restriction may be appealed to the Arbitration Committee after no less than six months have passed from the closing of this case. Indefinite
Guido den Broeder Unblock conditions Topic ban Topic-banned from chronic fatigue syndrome, myalgic encephalomyelitis, and any similar condition or related subject. Indefinite
Unblock conditions Account restriction Restricted to one account Indefinite
SageRad Genetically modified organisms Topic ban SageRad is indefinitely topic-banned from all pages relating to genetically modified organisms and agricultural chemicals, broadly construed; appeals of this ban may be requested no earlier than twelve months since the date the case closed. Indefinite
Abtract Abtract-Collectonian Editing restriction (includes civility restriction) Abtract (talk · contribs) shall not:
  • interact with, or comment in any way (directly or indirectly) about, Collectonian (talk · contribs), on any page in Wikipedia;
  • harass or wikistalk Collectonian such as by editing pages that Collectonian has recently edited; or,
  • make uncivil comments about or personal attacks upon any user.

These restrictions imposed upon Abtract shall be interpreted in a reasonable fashion so as to allow Abtract to continue with appropriate editing while preventing any further harassment of Collectonian. Any attempts to "game the system" or "wikilawyer" the details of the restrictions are unwelcome. Should Abtract violate the restrictions imposed upon him, he may be blocked for an appropriate period of time by any uninvolved administrator, with any blocks to be logged here.

Indefinite
Hijiri88 Catflap08 and Hijiri88
Superseded by motion
Suspended restriction Subject to the usual exceptions, Hijiri88 (talk · contribs) is prohibited from making any more than one revert on any one page in any 24-hour period. This applies for all pages on the English Wikipedia, except Hijiri88's own user space. This restriction may be appealed to the Committee only after 12 months have elapsed from the closing of this case.
Remedy 5 (Hijiri88: 1RR) of the Catflap08 and Hijiri88 arbitration case is suspended for a period of six months. During the period of suspension, this restriction may be reinstated by any uninvolved administrator, as an arbitration enforcement action, should Hijiri88 fail to adhere to any normal editorial process or expectations related to edit-warring or disruptive editing. After six months from the date this motion is enacted, if the restriction has not been reinstated or any reinstatements have been successfully appealed to the Arbitration Committee, the restriction will automatically lapse.
2018-08-18
SarekOfVulcan and Doncram Doncram
Superseded by motion
Suspended restriction SarekOfVulcan and Doncram are indefinitely prohibited from interacting with each other (subject to the ordinary exceptions).

Remedy 5 (SarekOfVulcan–Doncram interaction ban) of the Doncram arbitration case is suspended for a period of six months. During the period of suspension, this restriction may be reinstated by any uninvolved administrator as an arbitration enforcement action should either SarekOfVulcan or Doncram fail to adhere to Wikipedia editing standards in their interactions with each other. Appeal of such a reinstatement would follow the normal arbitration enforcement appeals process. After six months from the date this motion is enacted, if the restriction has not been reinstated or any reinstatements have been successfully appealed, the restriction will automatically lapse.

2018-07-21
T Cells formerly Wikicology Wikicology Topic bans Wikicology is indefinitely topic-banned from making any edit in any non-talk namespace related to biomedical or public health content, or any other topic within the scope of WP:MEDRS, broadly construed. Wikicology is indefinitely topic-banned from uploading any images or other non-text media to the English Wikipedia. In addition, he is indefinitely topic-banned from using on the English Wikipedia any image or other media he has uploaded to any other project, including Commons. Indefinite
Two kinds of pork Interactions at GGTF Topic ban Indefinitely prohibited on the English Wikipedia from: editing any pages relating to or making any edit about: (i) the Gender Gap Task Force; (ii) the gender disparity among Wikipedians; and (iii) any process or discussion relating to these topics, all broadly construed. An uninvolved admin may remove any comments that breach this remedy, and impose blocks as necessary. The Committee's standard provisions on enforcement of arbitration provisions and appeals and modifications of arbitration enforcements apply. Indefinite
Tarc Banning Policy Editing restriction For actions discussed within this case, as well as past history of disruption for which he has been sanctioned, Tarc is subject to an indefinite editing restriction. Tarc may not edit any administrative noticeboards, nor User talk:Jimbo Wales, aside from the normal exceptions. Indefinite
Editing restriction Tarc is prohibited from reinstating edits or comments that were made or apparently made by a banned user and were reverted for that reason by another editor, regardless of any exception to the applicable policy that might otherwise apply. Indefinite
Manning naming dispute Topic ban Tarc (talk · contribs) is indefinitely topic-banned from all pages relating to any transgender topic or individual, broadly construed. Indefinite
GamerGate Topic ban Prohibited from making any edit about, and from editing any page relating to, (a) Gamergate, (b) any gender-related dispute or controversy, (c) people associated with (a) or (b), all broadly construed. These restrictions may be appealed to the Committee only after 12 months have elapsed from the closing of this case. Indefinite
Arzel American politics Editing restriction Arzel is limited to one revert of any specific edit every seven days, excepting unambiguous vandalism. If he should violate this sanction he may be blocked by any uninvolved administrator. This restriction may not be appealed for one year, and appeals will be limited to one every six months thereafter. Indefinite
Motion Topic ban Arzel (talk · contribs) is indefinitely prohibited from editing any page about or making any edit related to the politics of the United States, broadly construed, across all namespaces. This restriction is enforceable by any uninvolved administrator per the standard provisions. Arzel may request reconsideration of this remedy twelve months after the passing of this motion. Indefinite
Brews ohare Speed of light Topic ban Topic ban from all pages of whatever nature about physics and physics-related mathematics, broadly construed. Should Brews ohare violate this topic ban he may be blocked, initially for up to one week, and then with blocks increasing in duration to a maximum of one year. All blocks are to be logged at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Speed of light#Log of blocks, bans, and restrictions. Appeals of blocks may only be made by email to the Arbitration Committee. Indefinite
Cla68 Conditions imposed after successful appeal Account restriction (A) Cla68 may not post external links to any internet site, except (i) for the purpose of providing a reference to a reliable source when improving an article, or (ii) to add an external link to an article to the official website/webpage of the article subject, or (iii) for the purpose of discussing whether or not a reference to a reliable source would be a useful addition to an article. (B) Under no circumstances may Cla68 add an external link to any blog, mailing list or forum, regardless of its purported reliability or value as a reference for an article. Indefinite
Homunculus Falun Gong 2 Mandated external review Homunculus is subject to mandated external review as outlined in remedy 4, with respect to articles relating to the Falun Gong movement and/or the persecution thereof, broadly construed. Indefinite
Cirt Cirt and Jayen466 Topic ban Cirt is prohibited from making any edit of whatever nature to articles relating to new religious movements or their adherents, broadly construed, or to any associated biographies of living people. Indefinite
Editing restriction Cirt is prohibited from editing articles that are substantially biographies of living people if, broadly but reasonably construed, (i) the articles already refer to politics or religion or social controversy; or (ii) his edits introduce to the articles material about politics or religion or social controversy. However, Cirt is permitted to edit other articles that refer incidentally to such living people providing (i) the focus of the articles is not substantially biographical and (ii) his edits are not biographical in nature.

Should Cirt's continued editing raise further concerns about his compliance with the BLP policy, the Committee may expand the scope of this restriction by motion to include all editing relating to living persons. Conversely, if Cirt conforms his future editing to applicable policies and the principles set forth in this decision and Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Manipulation of BLPs, he may submit a request for amendment after one year from the date of this decision seeking a relaxation of this restriction.

Indefinite
Stevertigo Stevertigo 2 Requirement to cite sources Stevertigo is required to cite a published source for any material he adds to an article. Should Stevertigo fail to cite a published source, the added material may be removed by any editor. Reverts made to enforce this provision are to be treated as reversions of obvious vandalism for the purposes of revert limitations and editing restrictions. Should Stevertigo cite a source that is subsequently determined not to support the material added, he may be blocked for a period of up to one week for each infraction. Indefinite
Anynobody Scientology Topic ban Anynobody (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from Scientology and restricted to one account. Indefinite
Steve Dufour Scientology Topic ban Steve Dufour (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from Scientology: this restriction replaces any prior informal arrangement. Indefinite
DreamGuy DreamGuy 2 Civility restriction DreamGuy (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is subject to a behavioral editing restriction. If he makes any edits which are judged by an administrator to be uncivil, personal attacks, or assumptions of bad faith, he may be blocked for the duration specified in the enforcement ruling. Indefinite
The Devil's Advocate GamerGate Topic ban Prohibited from making any edit about, and from editing any page relating to, (a) Gamergate, (b) any gender-related dispute or controversy, (c) people associated with (a) or (b), all broadly construed. These restrictions may be appealed to the Committee only after 12 months have elapsed from the closing of this case. Indefinite
Editing restriction - 1RR/48 hours Subject to the usual exceptions, The Devil's Advocate is prohibited from making any more than one revert on any one page in any 48-hour period. This applies for all pages on the English Wikipedia, except The Devil's Advocate's own user space. This restriction may be appealed to the Committee only after 12 months have elapsed from the closing of this case. Indefinite
Page ban Subject to the usual exceptions, The Devil's Advocate is indefinitely prohibited from editing any administrative or conduct noticeboard (including, not not limited to; AN, AN/I, AN/EW, and AE), except for threads regarding situations that he was directly involved in when they were started. This restriction may be appealed to the Committee only after 12 months have elapsed from the closing of this case. Indefinite
DungeonSiegeAddict510 GamerGate Topic ban Prohibited from making any edit about, and from editing any page relating to, (a) Gamergate, (b) any gender-related dispute or controversy, (c) people associated with (a) or (b), all broadly construed. These restrictions may be appealed to the Committee only after 12 months have elapsed from the closing of this case. Indefinite
Willhesucceed GamerGate Topic ban Prohibited from making any edit about, and from editing any page relating to, (a) Gamergate, (b) any gender-related dispute or controversy, (c) people associated with (a) or (b), all broadly construed. These restrictions may be appealed to the Committee only after 12 months have elapsed from the closing of this case. Indefinite
BarkingFish Unban terms Parole, one-account "The ban will be suspended for one year from the date of the unblock. During this parole period, any uninvolved administrator may reinstate the ban if necessary, but they are not required to do so in the event of placing a block. A reinstated ban may be appealed to the BASC, any other blocks may be appealed in the usual manner to AE. Any administrator reinstating the ban must inform the committee by email to arbcom-l@lists.wikimedia.org.

BarkingFish will be permitted to operate only one account.

The ban will expire after one year of sanction-free editing."

One year after most recent block
WPPilot Unblock conditions One account; topic ban  
  1. [WPPilot] may edit only from one account (user:WPPilot) and [they] must get the permission of the arbitration committee before editing under any other name (including editing while logged out).
  2. [WPPilot is] formally topic banned from all pages related to legal actions involving [themselves] and/or organisations [they] have close ties with
  3. [WPPilot is] strongly warned to abide by all Wikipedia policies, explicitly including those related to copyright and conflicts of interest.
  • Any breach of condition 1 will result in an immediate indefinite block for all [their] accounts.
  • Any breaches of conditions 2 or 3 may be enforced at Arbitration enforcement with blocks of escalating length, ending with an indefinite block after a fourth offence.
  • Indefinite blocks may be appealed only to the Arbitration Committee by email, shorter blocks may be appealed on your talk page or at Arbitration enforcement.
Indefinite
Neotarf Interactions at GGTF Topic ban Indefinitely prohibited on the English Wikipedia from: editing any pages relating to or making any edit about: (i) the Gender Gap Task Force; (ii) the gender disparity among Wikipedians; and (iii) any process or discussion relating to these topics, all broadly construed. An uninvolved admin may remove any comments that breach this remedy, and impose blocks as necessary. The Committee's standard provisions on enforcement of arbitration provisions and appeals and modifications of arbitration enforcements apply. Indefinite
Pete K Waldorf education (amendment) Topic ban Pete K is topic banned indefinitely from the subject of Waldorf education, broadly construed. Enforcement of this provision shall be per the enforcement provisions in the Waldorf education case and shall be logged at the same case page. This restriction may be appealed to the Committee no less than one year from the date it is enacted, and if such appeal is unsuccessful no less than one year after the decline of the most recent failed appeal. Indefinite
Justanonymous Gun control Topic ban Justanonymous is indefinitely prohibited from making any edit about, and from editing any page relating to, governmental regulation of firearm ownership; the social, historical and political context of such regulation; and the people and organizations associated with these issues, broadly construed. Indefinite
Will Beback Motion and talk page notice
(TimidGuy ban appeal)
Interaction ban Will Beback is directed to immediately cease commenting directly or indirectly on-wiki about User:TimidGuy and User:Keithbob. Will Beback also agrees to not communicate with the above editors, to not contact either their places of work or their colleagues, and to not seek sanctions for them, by any means.

Administrators who receive requests for sanctions are requested to inform the Arbitration Committee by email.

Indefinite
Topic ban Will Beback is indefinitely topic-banned from making any edit on-wiki about, or any edit to any page relating to, new religious movements, broadly construed. This restriction replaces Will Beback's existing new religious movements topic ban. Indefinite
Topic ban Will Beback is indefinitely topic-banned from making any edit on-wiki relating to conflicts of interest, paid advocacy or the real-world identity of any editor, broadly construed. Will Beback agrees to not become involved in any investigation broadly construed, either on- or off-wiki, into the real-world identity of any editor or into their real-world interests and affiliations. Indefinite
RoslynSKP Ottoman Empire–Turkey naming dispute Editing restriction RoslynSKP is indefinitely prohibited from changing 'Turkey' or 'Turkish' to 'Ottoman' on any article. Indefinite
Topic ban RoslynSKP's topic ban from "editing any article relating to Turkish military history in and predating World War I" is suspended and will be unsuspended (and the prohibition will take effect) if any uninvolved administrator blocks RoslynSKP for misconduct relating to Turkish military history. If the block is reversed or repealed by any of the usual community channels of appeal, the topic ban will lapse back into suspension. Indefinite
Revert restriction RoslynSKP is prohibited from making any more than one revert on any one page in any 72-hour period. Indefinite
Hitmonchan Manning naming dispute Topic ban Hitmonchan (talk · contribs) is indefinitely topic-banned from all pages relating to any transgender topic or individual, broadly construed. Indefinite
IFreedom1212 Manning naming dispute Topic ban IFreedom1212 (talk · contribs) is indefinitely topic-banned from all pages relating to any transgender topic or individual, broadly construed. Indefinite
Josh Gorand Manning naming dispute Topic ban Josh Gorand (talk · contribs) is indefinitely topic-banned from all pages relating to any transgender topic or individual, broadly construed. Indefinite
Apostle12 Race and politics Topic ban If Apostle12 does not return to editing before two months have elapsed [since 26 May 2013]: he will be indefinitely prohibited from editing any page relating to "race and politics", broadly construed; and this case will be un-suspended and closed. Indefinite
SightWatcher Race and Intelligence Review Topic Ban SightWatcher (talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from editing and/or discussing the topic of Race and Intelligence on any page of Wikipedia, including user talk pages, or from participating in any discussion concerning the conduct of editors who have worked in the topic. This editor may however within reason participate in dispute resolution and noticeboard discussions if their own conduct has been mentioned. Indefinite
Ludwigs2 Muhammad images Topic ban Ludwigs2 (talk · contribs) is prohibited from contributing to any discussion concerning Muhammad. Indefinite
DMSBel Abortion Topic ban DMSBel (talk · contribs) is indefinitely topic-banned from abortion-related pages, broadly construed. indefinite
Tenmei (now User:Enkyo2) Senkaku Islands Topic ban Tenmei is indefinitely topic banned from the subject of Senkaku Islands, widely construed. The topic ban includes talk pages, wikipedia space and userspace. Indefinite
Tang Dynasty Topic ban Tenmei is topic-banned from Inner Asia during the Tang Dynasty for a period of six months. He is permitted to comment on the talkpage, so long as he does so in a civil fashion. 6 months after a suitable mentor is found and approved by the Arbitration Committee
Lsorin Henri Coanda Topic ban Lsorin (talk · contribs) is prohibited from editing or commenting on articles about the Coanda(-1910 aircraft, its inventor Henri Coanda(, or the history of the jet engine. This topic-ban shall be effective indefinitely, but Lsorin may request that it be terminated or modified after at least six months have elapsed. In considering any such request, the Committee will give significant weight to whether Lsorin has established an ability to edit collaboratively and in accordance with Wikipedia policies and guidelines in other topic-areas of the project.

The topic-ban imposed in this decision applies to all pages in all namespaces. However, the topic-ban does not preclude Lsorin from (1) responding to good-faith, reasonable inquiries from other editors on his user talkpage seeking information about the Coanda(-1910, as long as Lsorin does not misuse this permission; (2) participating in the arbitration enforcement discussion of any allegation that he violated the topic-ban; or (3) posting an authorized request for the lifting or modification of the topic-ban after the specified time period has elapsed.

Indefinite
Glkanter Monty Hall problem Topic ban Glkanter is ... subject to an indefinite topic ban on subjects related to the Monty Hall Problem. Indefinite
Kehrli Kehrli 2 Topic ban Kehrli (talk · contribs) is indefinitely topic banned from metrology-related articles, broadly defined, including talk pages and discussions Indefinite
David.Kane Race and intelligence Topic ban David.Kane (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from race and intelligence related articles, broadly construed. Indefinite
Mikemikev Race and intelligence Topic ban Mikemikev (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from race and intelligence related articles, broadly construed. Indefinite
Vlad fedorov Russavia-Biophys Topic ban Vlad fedorov is banned from editing articles about the Soviet Union and former Soviet Republics, and all related articles, broadly construed, for a period of no less than 6 months. At the end of 6 months, Vlad fedorov may apply to have the ban reviewed by the Arbitration Committee. Indefinite
Ellol Russavia-Biophys Topic ban Ellol is banned from editing articles about the Soviet Union and former Soviet Republics, and all related articles, broadly construed, for a period of no less than 6 months. At the end of 6 months, Ellol may apply to have the ban reviewed by the Arbitration Committee. Indefinite
ChildofMidnight ChildofMidnight Editing restriction User:ChildofMidnight is restricted to editing main (article) space, the talk pages of articles he has edited, Template talk:Did you know, and his own talk and user talk pages only. In all cases he is forbidden from discussing the behavior of other editors, real or perceived, outside of his own user talk page. ChildofMidnight may apply to the Committee for exemptions to this restriction for the purposes of good faith dispute resolution on a case-by-case basis. This remedy is concurrent (and cumulative) with any extant topic bans, and consecutive to any editing ban. Indefinite
Lapsed Pacifist Lapsed Pacifist 2 Topic ban Lapsed Pacifist is topic banned, indefinitely, from articles related to the Corrib gas project, broadly defined. Any administrator may, after warning, extend this topic ban to other topic areas, in the event of further problematic editing. (alternative offered given previous arbitration case) Indefinite
Abd Abd-William M. Connolley Topic ban
  1. Updated by motion: Abd is indefinitely prohibited from discussing any dispute in which he is not an originating party. This includes, but is not limited to, article talk and user talk pages, the administrator noticeboards, and any formal or informal dispute resolution pages. He may, however, vote or comment at polls.
  2. Imposed by motion: Abd (talk · contribs) and William M. Connolley (talk · contribs) shall not interact with each other, nor comment in any way (directly or indirectly) about each other, on any page in Wikipedia. Should either editor do so, he may be blocked by any administrator for a short time, up to one week.
Indefinite
CSI LA, Grrrilla, Makoshack, Proximodiz, Su-Jada, TaborG Scientology Topic ban The following editors are topic-banned from Scientology and restricted to one account: Indefinite
Jack Russell Terrier, Jpierreg, Maureen D, OngoingHow, Seelltey, Tturrisi, Voxpopulis Scientology Topic ban The following accounts are topic-banned from Scientology and each restricted to one account Indefinite
Antaeus Feldspar Scientology Topic ban Antaeus Feldspar (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from Scientology. Indefinite
Derflipper Scientology Topic ban Derflipper (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from Scientology and restricted to one account. Indefinite
Misou Scientology Topic ban Misou (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from Scientology and restricted to one account. Indefinite
Orsini Scientology Topic ban Orsini (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from Scientology. Indefinite
Shrampes Scientology Topic ban Shrampes (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from Scientology and restricted to one account. Indefinite
Shutterbug Scientology Topic ban Shutterbug (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from Scientology and restricted to one account. Indefinite
The Legendary Shadow! Scientology Topic ban The Legendary Shadow! (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from Scientology. This topic ban replaces the prior informal topic ban. The editor is also restricted to a single account. Indefinite
Touretzky Scientology Topic ban Touretzky (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from Scientology. Indefinite
G-Dett West Bank – Judea and Samaria Topic ban G-Dett (talk · contribs) is prohibited from editing any Arab-Israeli conflict-related article/talk page or discussing on the dispute anywhere else on the project. Indefinite
MeteorMaker West Bank – Judea and Samaria Topic ban MeteorMaker (talk · contribs) is prohibited from editing any Arab-Israeli conflict-related article/talk page or discussing on the dispute anywhere else on the project. Indefinite
NoCal100 West Bank – Judea and Samaria Topic ban NoCal100 (talk · contribs) is prohibited from editing any Arab-Israeli conflict-related article/talk page or discussing on the dispute anywhere else on the project. Indefinite
Pedrito West Bank – Judea and Samaria Topic ban Pedrito (talk · contribs) is prohibited from editing any Arab-Israeli conflict-related article/talk page or discussing on the dispute anywhere else on the project. Indefinite
Mantanmoreland Mantanmoreland Article ban Mantanmoreland, under any current or future account, is banned from editing articles related to Gary Weiss, Patrick Byrne, Overstock.com, Naked Short Selling, and other mainspace articles in the area of dispute, broadly construed. He may make suggestions on talk pages, subject to the requirements of remedy 1. User:Mantanmoreland is directed to edit Wikipedia from only a single user account and to advise the Arbitration Committee of any change of username, and to edit only through a conventional ISP and not through any form of proxy configuration. Indefinite
Ferrylodge Ferrylodge Topic ban Ferrylodge (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is subject to an editing restriction indefinitely. Any uninvolved administrator may ban Ferrylodge from any article which relates to pregnancy or abortion, interpreted broadly, which they disrupt by inappropriate editing. Indefinite
Jeffrey Vernon Merkey Jeffrey Vernon Merkey Legal threat parole Jeffrey Vernon Merkey (talk · contribs) is placed on permanent legal threat parole. Any uninvolved administrator may indefinitely block him if he makes any statement that can be reasonably construed as a direct or indirect legal threat. Indefinite [erAC 1]
MarkStreet Transnistria Topic ban As an abusive and tendentious single-purpose account trying to professionally abuse Wikipedia for externally motivated political propaganda purposes, MarkStreet (talk · contribs) and all his alternate accounts, including Buffadren (talk · contribs), are indefinitely banned from making any contributions related to Transnistria. This ban applies to all namespaces including talk and user talk pages. Indefinite
William Mauco Transnistria Topic ban As a disruptive single-purpose account with a history of edit-warring and tendentious editing, William Mauco (talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from making any contributions related to Transnistria. This ban applies to all namespaces including talk and user talk pages. Indefinite
EvilAlex Transnistria Topic ban As a disruptive single-purpose account with a history of edit-warring and tendentious editing, EvilAlex (talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from making any contributions related to Transnistria. This ban applies to all namespaces including talk and user talk pages. Indefinite
Tobias Conradi Tobias Conradi Civility restriction, Revert limitation
  • Tobias Conradi may be blocked up to an hour by any administrator for any personal attack or violation of civility. Blocks need not be logged.
  • Tobias Conradi is limited to one revert per week on any article. This includes moves.
  • Tobias Conradi is prohibited from maintaining laundry lists of grievances.
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Henrygb Henrygb Account restriction Henrygb shall edit Wikipedia from only a single account. Indefinite
Samuel Luo Falun Gong Topic ban Samuel Luo (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is banned indefinitely from editing Falun Gong-related articles or their talk pages. Indefinite
Tomananda Falun Gong Topic ban Tomananda (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is banned indefinitely from editing Falun Gong-related articles or their talk pages. Indefinite
Freedom skies Freedom skies Account restriction Freedom skies shall select one account and use only that account. Any other account used may be indefinitely banned. Pending selection of an account Freedom skies may not edit Wikipedia. Indefinite
Ilena Barrett v. Rosenthal Topic ban Ilena is banned indefinitely from editing articles which relate to alternative medicine, Quackwatch and related articles, and litigation she was involved with. The ban includes talk pages with the exception of articles which relate to breast implants. Indefinite
Wikisunn Sathya Sai Baba 2 Topic ban Wikisunn is banned indefinitely from editing Sathya Sai Baba and related articles or their talk pages. Indefinite
SSS108 Sathya Sai Baba 2 Topic ban SSS108 is banned indefinitely from editing Sathya Sai Baba and related articles or their talk pages. Indefinite
Freelanceresearch Sathya Sai Baba 2 Topic ban Freelanceresearch is banned indefinitely from editing Sathya Sai Baba and related articles or their talk pages. Indefinite
Supreme Cmdr Derek Smart Topic ban Supreme Cmdr and other surrogates of Derek Smart are banned from editing Derek Smart. They may edit the talk page. Indefinite
GuardianZ Midnight Syndicate Topic ban GuardianZ (talk · contribs), and Skinny McGee (talk · contribs) are banned indefinitely from Midnight Syndicate. Indefinite
195.82.106.244 Brahma Kumaris Probation 195.82.106.244 is placed on Probation. He may be banned from editing any article which he disrupts by engaging in aggressive biased editing, especially that relying on inadequately sourced original research. Indefinite
KyndFellow Sex tourism Probation KyndFellow, editing under any username or anonymous ip, is indefinitely placed on Probation. He may be banned from any article or talk page which he disrupts by aggressive biased editing. All bans are to be logged at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Sex tourism#Log of blocks and bans. Indefinite
Alden Jones Piotrus 2 Account restriction Alden Jones is limited to one revert per page per week, with the exception of simple vandalism; and is required to discuss all content reverts on the relevant talk page. Indefinite
Irpen Piotrus 2 Account restriction Irpen is limited to one revert per page per week, with the exception of simple vandalism; and is required to discuss all content reverts on the relevant talk page. Indefinite
Ryulong GamerGate Topic ban Prohibited from making any edit about, and from editing any page relating to, (a) Gamergate, (b) any gender-related dispute or controversy, (c) people associated with (a) or (b), all broadly construed. These restrictions may be appealed to the Committee only after 12 months have elapsed from the closing of this case. Indefinite
ArmyLine GamerGate Topic ban Prohibited from making any edit about, and from editing any page relating to, (a) Gamergate, (b) any gender-related dispute or controversy, (c) people associated with (a) or (b), all broadly construed. These restrictions may be appealed to the Committee only after 12 months have elapsed from the closing of this case. Indefinite
Xander756 GamerGate Topic ban Prohibited from making any edit about, and from editing any page relating to, (a) Gamergate, (b) any gender-related dispute or controversy, (c) people associated with (a) or (b), all broadly construed. These restrictions may be appealed to the Committee only after 12 months have elapsed from the closing of this case. Indefinite
Scalhotrod Lightbreather Interaction ban The default i-ban exceptions remain in place but improper use of them by Lightbreather is sanctionable as an i-ban evasion. For consistency and ease of administration, the i-bans may be enforced by any uninvolved administrator as an arbitration enforcement action but any resultant appeals may be made only to the committee and only by email. Indefinite


Placed by the Wikipedia community

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User Type Sanction
(quoted verbatim)
Special enforcement details Start date Expiration date
John sargis and Panlis Topic ban User:John sargis and User:Panlis are hereby topic-banned from all articles related to Inclusive Democracy, broadly construed. ANI discussion 2015-09-22 Indefinite
XIIIfromTOKYO Topic ban Launebee and XIIIfromTOKYO are each given a TBAN from direct edits to articles on French academic institutions. They may continue to advocate for article changes on talk pages, but XIIIfromTokyo is additionally cautioned against comments addressing the motive or character of other conversants. AN/I archive 2017-10-11 Indefinite
InterCity(IC) Topic ban InterCity(IC) (talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from mainspace edits attributing or categorising inventions, technical developments or similar, by nationality. InterCity(IC) is permitted to propose such changes on Talk pages or initiate an article RfC, but is cautioned to respect consensus should it go against him. This is not indefinite license to argue. Repeat proposals or RfCs for the same topic may be expected to lead to a broadening of the restriction. InterCity(IC) is cautioned against removing, refactoring or editing the comments of others. This is disruptive and may be expected to lead to blocks. AN Discussion 2018-02-16 Indefinite
EurovisionNim Topic ban EurovisionNim is indefinitely banned from all edits and pages related to automobiles, broadly construed, subject to the usual exceptions. ANI discussion 2019-01-18 Indefinite, may be appealed at AN after six months
M.k.m2003 Topic ban By community consensus, M.k.m2003 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is banned from creating articles because of a lack of competence. WP:AN thread 2019-08-06 Indefinite
Topic ban Fæ's topic ban from human sexuality, broadly construed, has been reinstated. For the sake of clarity, this includes all articles and other pages having to do with transgender topics and issues. WP:ANI thread 2019-08-12 Indefinite
Keith Johnston Topic ban Keith Johnston is topic banned from White privilege, broadly construed ANI discussion 2020-01-19 indefinite
Tambourine60 Topic ban Tambourine60 is topic-banned from the subject of the Shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, broadly construed. ANI discussion 2020-05-26 Indefinite
Horse Eye Jack and CaradhrasAiguo Interaction ban Mutual interaction ban between Horse Eye Jack and CaradhrasAiguo, as spelled out at WP:IBAN. Note that this will be annoying to follow, because you're prolific editors in the same general topic area. You can edit articles the other person has edited, but you can't modify something they've added (WP:IBAN says you can't "undo" each other's edits, but consensus at this WP:AN discussion earlier this month is that this includes modifying each other's edits, which includes by it's very nature "undoing" a portion of the edit). If the other person's edit needs to be changed, someone else will notice and change it. Fixing things you think are wrong with the other's edits is now Someone Else's Problem. ANI discussion 2020-07-24 Indefinite
Александр Мотин Topic ban Александр Мотин (talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from making any edits relating to Covid-19 as well as Russian politics, both topic areas to be broadly construed. AN discussion 2020-09-13 Indefinite
JazzClam Topic ban JazzClam is indefinitely blocked from the subject area of post-1932 American politics, broadly construed. ANI discussion 2020-11-25 (discussion closed)
2021-01-08 (restriction logged and user notified)
Indefinite
Arglebargle79 Topic ban Arglebargle79 is indefinitely blocked from the subject area of post-1932 American politics, broadly construed Closing edit of discussion thread: subject is indef blocked, may appeal 6 months after any appeal is accepted 2021-01-14 Indefinite
Saflieni Topic ban Saflieni is topic banned from the subject area of Rwandan history, broadly construed ANI discussion 2021-01-15 Indefinite
Expertwikiguy Topic ban Expertwikiguy is indefinitely topic banned from closing or relisting deletion discussions. ANI discussion 2021-02-12 Indefinite
PetroAntonio Topic ban PetroAntonio is indefinitely topic banned from Bruce Pascoe and Dark Emu, broadly construed ANI discussion 2021-02-18 Indefinite
Devlet Geray Topic ban Devlet Geray is topic banned from everything in Asia to do with Turkey or Turkic peoples, or Iran or Iranian peoples, historic or modern. ANI discussion 2021-02-19 Indefinite
Frobozz1 Partial block and topic ban Frobozz1 is indefinitely partially blocked from editing Parental alienation, and topic banned from discussing it anywhere on Wikipedia. ANI discussion 2021-03-23 Indefinite
TableSalt342 Article creation ban TableSalt342 is required to pass all new articles through AFC. ANI discussion 2021-03-25 Indefinite
Vapourmile Topic ban Vapourmile is indefinitely topic banned from the subject area of computers and computing, broadly construed. ANI discussion 2021-04-15 Indefinite
Tesldact Smih Topic ban Tesldact Smih is indefinitely topic-banned from everything related to UFOs. ANI discussion 2021-04-25 Indefinite
Störm Topic ban Störm is topic banned biographies of living persons, and articles abut groups, companies, organizations or websites. subject to appeal in six months ANI discussion 2021-06-20 Indefinite
Shinjoya Topic ban Shinjoya is topic banned from editing caste-related content, broadly consrued ANI discussion Declined appeal 2021-06-21 Indefinite
Chris.sherlock Interaction ban Chris.sherlock is banned from interacting with BrownHairedGirl ANI discussion 2020-09-25 Indefinite
Normal Op Topic ban Normal Op is indefinitely banned from participating in all topics related to dogs and canines, broadly construed. Reinstatement of topic ban: 2020-11-05 Indefinite
EllenCT Topic ban EllenCT (talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from the topic of economics, broadly construed. ANI discussion 2016-06-23 Indefinite
Toglenn Topic ban Toglenn is prohibited from reinstating any image that he has created himself if it has been removed by any editor acting in good faith. Furthermore, he is reminded that he is expected to evaluate existing imagery prior to replacing it, and any edit he makes that replaces an existing image is required to have an edit summary that briefly explains why his image is an improvement. ANI discussion 2019-11-07 Indefinite
Light2021 Editing restriction a. User:Light2021 is to refrain from canvassing, with every single instance being a blockable offense;
b. they are on notice for their AfD participation, which is frequently deemed incompetent or otherwise disruptive, and may be blocked for that by any uninvolved administrator;
c. they are placed on a one-way interaction in relation to User:Cunard--simply put, they can't go where Cunard goes (and Cunard will, of course, not be baiting Light2021).
AN/I discussion 2017-08-08 Indefinite, appeal permitted via ANI after six months.
Arsi786 Topic ban Arsi786 is indefinitely topic-banned from making any edits related to India, Pakistan and religion (including atheism). ANI discussion 2020-06-18 Indefinite
Chris Tomic Topic ban Chris Tomic is topic-banned by the community from making any edits on race, ethnicity or nationality, indefinitely. This ban is appealable to the community at WP:AN in 6 months, at the earliest. ANI discussion 2020-07-15 Indefinite (earliest appeal at 2021-01-17)
QuackGuru Topic ban QuackGuru is indefinitely banned from all articles and edits related to religion, broadly construed. For the avoidance of doubt, this does not restrict them from editing noticeboards (eg WP:FTN so long as their edits are not related to religion. AN/I discussion 2017-08-23 Indefinite
Oldstone James Topic ban Oldstone James is indefinitely banned from all articles and edits on the subject of creationism, broadly construed. ANI discussion 2019-04-24 Indefinite
Anomalapropos Topic ban Anomalapropos is indefinitely banned from all pages pertaining to WP:FRINGE and/or requiring WP:MEDRS. ANI 2019-06-19 Indefinite
Edit5001 Topic bans Edit5001 is topic banned from the topics of American politics, race, and abortion. Restriction imposed as a result of [1]. 2020-01-09 Indefinite
SharabSalam Topic ban SharabSalam is topic banned from Saudi Arabia, broadly construed. AN discussion 2020-06-04 Indefinite
KhabarNegar Topic ban KhabarNegar is restricted from editing any articles related to politics (that includes all articles about countries and religious groups), or the Talk pages of those articles. However, KhabarNegar may discuss those topics on the User Talk pages of individual editors, and KhabarNegar is also free to revert obvious vandalism. If KhabarNegar wishes to edit medical content in English, Doc James has offered to provide guidance to help avoid plagiarism and sourcing issues. Original ANI discussion resulting in indef by User:Dennis Brown here. Per unblock conditions as agreed to on KhabarNegar's User talk page. 2013-06-19 Indefinite but may apply to have restrictions lifted after 2013-12-19
StuRat Topic ban Indefinitely topic banned from the Wikipedia:Reference desks, including talk pages and would include providing answers to or commenting on reference desk questions at other locations outside of the reference desks. AN/I discussion 2017-11-02 Indefinite
A1Cafel (formerly B dash) Editing restriction B dash is prohibited from editing from more than one account. This restriction is over and above the limitations discussed at Wikipedia:ALTACCN. If in the future B dash feels they have a compelling reason for creating an alternate account then they are required to either request this at the Administrator's noticeboard, or contact the Arbitration Committee privately. [2] 2019-03-11 Indefinite
Fergananim Page move ban Fergananim is banned without conditions from moving any page on Wikipedia. ANI 2019-05-23 Indefinite
Anthony22 Topic ban Anthony22 is indefinitely topic banned by the community from making stylistic and grammatical changes, broadly construed, to any article on English Wikipedia. They may add information which is supported by a citation from a reliable source, and may delete information currently in an article if they think it is incorrect, inaccurate, or not properly sourced, but must immediately follow up any such edit with an explanation for the deletion on the article talk page. This topic ban can be appealed no earlier than 6 months after it is imposed. ANI discussion 2019-09-09 Indefinite
Saqiwa Topic ban Saqiwa is topic-banned from topics relating to Fiji and Fijian history, broadly construed. ANI discussion 2019-10-23 Indefinite
Awardmaniac topic ban, 1RR Awardmaniac is topic banned by the community from all edits related to Michael Jackson, broadly construed. This includes related articles and talk pages. Awardmaniac is additionally under a WP:1RR restriction for all other articles. This ban may be appealed no sooner than six months after this date. Additional: User repeatedly violated the topic ban. Six months after their current block would now be 2020-03-06, assuming no further topic ban violations. --Yamla (talk) 11:13, 4 September 2019 (UTC)[reply] ANI discussion 2019-03-06 Indefinite
C. W. Gilmore /Darkness Shines Interaction Ban C. W. Gilmore (talk · contribs) and Darkness Shines (talk · contribs) are hereby banned from interacting with each other. This includes, stalking, getting in conflicts on the pages they edit, warring over the content, editing each other's userspace, or mentioning the other user. Additionally, both users are prohibited from editing any page and its corresponding talk page if the other user has edited either within the last thirty (30) days. It is not considered a violation if the other party is being correctly reported for violating the interaction ban or other valid sanctions. It is recommended both parties permanently step away from any article's they have both edited recently. In addition to that, both parties are also restricted from responding to discussions started by the other unless it is a complaint about them. Link to discussion/revision discussion 2017-11-14 Indefinite
TreasuryTag Topic ban "a full topic ban on initiating all CSDs, PRODs, and XfD discussions for any page in Wikipedia." Will take effect when/if TreasuryTag is unblocked. AN thread 2011-10-07 Indefinite
May be reviewed after 2014-02-28.
Alan Liefting Topic ban Alan Liefting may not make any category-related edits outside of mainspace until and unless this topic ban is lifted. Per community consensus at the Administrators' Noticeboard 2012-10-17 Indefinite
Ottava Rima Civility restriction The user may be blocked if they make any edits which are judged by an administrator to be uncivil, personal attacks, or assumptions of bad faith. Sanction imposed at this discussion, and confirmed per this discussion. 2009-09-25 Indefinite
Badmintonhist Interaction Ban Consensus is that Badmintonhist is banned from mentioning, replying to, discussing about or otherwise addressing Roscelese in any way. In addition, they may not revert or undo Roscelese's edit in any way. The usual caveats of dispute resolution on appropriate noticeboards apply. ANI Discussion 2014-01-16 Indefinite
Renamed user 2423tgiuowf formerly Reece Leonard Topic ban and interaction ban
  1. User:Reece Leonard is indefinitely topic-banned from Artpop, Lady Gaga and related articles.
  2. User:Reece Leonard is subject to a mutual interaction ban with User:STATicVapor.

These restrictions can be appealed on AN/ANI no sooner than 6 months after their implementation.

ANI discussion 2014-03-12 Indefinite
Novaseminary and 2602:304:5EA1:52A9:
CC27:F942:1C73:3E49 (et alia)
Topic ban Novaseminary and IP editor 2602:304:5EA1:52A9:CC27:F942:1C73:3E49 (et alia) must refrain from editing Douglas Tait (stuntman). Per community consensus at the Administrators' Noticeboard 2012-10-19 Indefinite
EddieSegoura Unban conditions (editing restriction) The following conditions apply indefinitely:
  • You are restricted to using only the User:EddieSegoura account.
  • You are topic banned from "railroad switches", broadly construed, which expressly includes "exicornt"
  • Violations of either of the above conditions (and only those two) will result in the community site ban being automatically reinstated.
Ban appeal at AN 2015-05-22 Indefinite
Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) Topic ban "Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk · contribs) is hereby expressly prohibited from using the "quote =" parameter of the citation template in any edit that he makes." ANI discussion 2015-09-20 Indefinite
Winkelvi Editing restrictions Winkelvi is blocked for three months, ending 16 June 2017 for edit warring. Following the expiration of their block they are on an indefinite 0RR restriction, appealable in six months if no talk page bludgeoning has occurred. After appeal discussion at AN, the indefinite 0RR restriction has been replaced with indefinite 1RR restriction, appealable in six months. Community consensus here, 0RR appeal 2017-06-16, end of 3-month block 2017-11-21 indefinite
Leprof 7272 Topic ban Leprof 7272 is banned from adding, removing, or editing any cleanup banner within any article. Community consensus at ANI 2017-04-30 Indefinite
Robertinventor Topic ban Robertinventor is banned from the topic area of Buddhism, broadly construed. Community consensus at ANI 2017-05-07 Indefinite. Appealable in six months
Hillbillyholiday Editing restriction Hillbillyholiday is restricted to one revert per article per every 72 hour period in the BLP topic area, broadly construed, except in cases of obvious vandalism. Hillbillyholiday is encouraged to take disputes to the article talk page or the BLP noticeboard. AN/I discussion 2017-08-29 Indefinite
Sansonic Topic Ban Sansonic (talk · contribs) is topic banned from all articles related to Britain and Pakistan, broadly construed, and from all discussions regarding those topics anywhere on English Wikipedia. ANI discussion 2018-12-05 Indefinite
Mountain157 Editing restriction Mountain157 is banned indefinitely from any edit which accuses an editor of sockpuppetry or casts aspersions of same. This includes Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations and its subpages, talk page posts, WP:AN or WP:ANI, etc. or in edit summaries. AN discussion 2019-03-08 Indefinite
Sheldybett Topic ban User:Sheldybett is topic banned from clerking at all admin-related areas, including (but not limited to) WP:CSD, WP:PROD, WP:AFD, WP:AIV, WP:UAA, and WP:RFPP. The topic ban is indefinite and can be appealed after a minimum of six months. ANI discussion 2019-04-06 Indefinite
Arianewiki1 One-way IBAN Arianewiki1 is indefinitely banned from interacting with Attic Salt ANI discussion 2019-07-07 Indefinite
Radiopathy Revert restriction Radiopathy is on an indefinite 0RR restriction. He/she may make no reverts "other than reverts of edits showing straightforward bad faith harm". Radiopathy is limited to a maximum of one revert per page in any 24 hour period (excepting removal of obvious vandalism, BLP or copyright violation). Violations of this edit-restriction may lead to blocks of progressively increasing lengths. Sanction for 6 months endorsed and modified by the community to be indef, and Gwen Gale's 0rr modification Indefinite
Doctor Papa Jones formerly Jonas Vinther Topic ban Indefinite topic ban on all articles concerning Nazi Germany, broadly construed. Closure of ANI discussion 2015-11-15 Indefinite
User:Jed Stuart Topic ban The user is topic banned from all pages and discussions related to electronic harassment and/or conspiracy theories. Per this ANI discussion. 2016-09-18 Indefinite
Let There Be Sunshine formerly Inside the Valley Account restriction "The discussion shows a clear consensus to unblock with a one-account restriction, so that is what I am implementing: you are unblocked, but you are restricted to operating only one account." AN discussion 2017-10-10 Indefinite
Rms125a@hotmail.com Topic ban Rms125a@hotmail.com is banned from the topics of politics and all biographies of living persons, across all namespaces, both broadly construed. AN discussion 2019-03-18 Indefinite
DbivansMCMLXXXVI Topic ban DbivansMCMLXXXVI is topic banned from the history of Nazi Germany and related pages. AN discussion 2019-03-31 Indefinite
Wikid77 Topic ban banned from all edits relating to the Murder of Meredith Kercher "indefinitely topic-banned by the community from all edits related to the Murder of Meredith Kercher affair. This is to be broadly construed, i.e. covering all persons and institutions related to the case, and it covers both article and talk edits" [3] [4] 2011-06-04 Indefinite
Circuit dreamer Topic ban 1.Circuit Dreamer is banned from editing all electronics articles, broadly construed 2. Circuit Dreamer is banned from editing talk pages associated with above. Per ANI community discussion enacted Aug 17, 2011 2011-08-17 Indefinite
LoveVanPersie Topic ban LoveVanPersie is indefinitely topic banned from all edits relating to IPA, broadly construed. This specifically includes adding or removing IPA pronunciations from any pages. This editing restriction may be appealed after six months of the closure date. ANI discussion 2018-03-27 Indefinite
EspinosaLuisJr1791 Article creation ban EspinosaLuisJr1791 is banned from creating new Wikipedia articles, including moving pages from other namespaces to article space. They may create drafts but must submit them for WP:AFC review. Talk page notice. ANI discussion 2018-11-01 Indefinite
Ryanoo Topic ban Ryanoo is indefinitely banned from Africa and Egypt topics, broadly construed. ANI discussion 2018-11-17 Indefinite
Ryanoo / Arboleh Interaction ban Ryanoo and Arboleh are indefinitely banned from commenting on or interacting with each other. ANI discussion 2018-11-17 Indefinite
IQ125 Topic Ban IQ125 is topic banned from any edits relating to terriers, dog fighting, and breed-specific legislation, broadly construed. ANI discussion 2018-12-1 Indefinite
PaulGosar Topic Ban Pursuant to the request, PaulGosar (talk · contribs) is hereby topic banned from all pages on or pertaining to pseudoscience, broadly construed. This is understood to be both articles on or pertaining to pseudoscience and their talk pages as well as edits made to any editor assistance board(s) and/or edits made to relevant wikiprojects that cover pseudoscience related material. Per this edit, PaulGosar has been notified of the General Sanctions arising from Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Pseudoscience, accordingly administrators are authorized to adopt discretionary sanctions for pseudoscience related articles edited by PaulGosar if it is determined that such action is required to enforce this topic ban. This topic ban shall be in effect until such time as community consensus at WP:ANI or WP:ARBCOM supersede this thread. Original ANI discussion, Update following discovery of user's DS notification 2019-01-21 Indefinite (or until such time as community consensus at WP:ANI or WP:ARBCOM supersede this thread)
Ranze Topic ban Ranze is indefinitely topic banned from wrestling articles, broadly construed, and from creating or editing redirects. ANI discussion 2016-09-13 Indefinite
Taeyebar Interaction ban Taeyebar has been placed under one-way interaction ban indefinitely from any interaction with User:Gothicfilm. The consensus has agreed that any further disruptive editing should result in indefinite block. This community sanction may be appealed no earlier than six months after the date of this closure. AN/I discussion 2017-09-06 Indefinite
StreetSign Topic ban StreetSign is subject to an indefinite topic ban on the subject of Seth Rich, broadly construed, per the usual conditions. ANI discussion 2018-10-22 Indefinite, appealable in 6 months
Arboleh Topic ban Arboleh is indefinitely banned from Africa and Egypt topics, broadly construed. ANI discussion 2018-11-17 Indefinite
Jan Arkesteijn Topic ban Jan Arkesteijn is indefinitely banned from uploading, modifying, or otherwise working with files, broadly construed. ANI discussion 2018-11-20 Indefinite
Launebee Topic ban Launebee and XIIIfromTOKYO are each given a TBAN from direct edits to articles on French academic institutions. They may continue to advocate for article changes on talk pages, but XIIIfromTokyo is additionally cautioned against comments addressing the motive or character of other conversants. AN/I archive 2017-10-11 Indefinite
Septate Editing restrictions Subject to the following restrictions for all edits which are related to religion: 1) 1 revert per 48 hours per article (see WP:1RR for more information).

2) Before he makes any content revert (including vandalism), he is required to first open a discussion on the article talk page, to provide an explanation of his intended revert and then wait 6 hours before actually making it to allow time for discussion

ANI discussion 2014-07-26 Indefinite
Topic ban Septate is topic banned from all articles, talk pages and subpages of both which are related to religion, broadly construed, for a period of no less than 6 months. ANI discussion 2014-08-01 Indefinite, appeal after 2015-02-01
Hoops gza (now Bossanoven) Topic ban Indefinite topic ban making reports to Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention Imposed by Nyttend [5] per AN discussion. 2014-12-05 Indefinite
Ctmv Topic ban Ctmv (talk · contribs) is indefinitely topic-banned from Christianity, broadly construed ANI discussion 2018-07-19 Indefinite
Bluemarine Topic ban Bluemarine's community ban is modified to a ban from the Matt Sanchez and Scott Thomas Beauchamp controversy article pages. He is prohibited from editing LGBT article topics and related talk pages, broadly construed. Bluemarine is encouraged to edit subjects that are not controversial or of personal and emotional investment so as to avoid dispute and confrontations and to gain experience editing Wikipedia collaboratively. As the community is extending good faith, please return it by limiting yourself to the one account and remember that personal attacks will not be tolerated. If Bluemarine (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) violates the terms of this restriction he may be reblocked for an appropriate increment of time at the discretion of an administrator. Community sanction imposed from this discussion. 2009-08-04 Indefinite Community sanction
C. W. Gilmore Topic ban Topic ban (for Patriot Prayer) enacted: there is plenty of consensus here, and editor is possibly lucky to not get indef-blocked. [6] 2017-10-10 Indefinite
Certified Gangsta Editing restriction Certified Gangsta is indefinitely placed under a 1RR editing restriction. ANI discussion 2018-05-05 Indefinite
Brough87 Topic ban Brough87 is indefinitely banned from making any edits related to Celts, broadly construed. ANI discussion 2018-05-14 Indefinite
Kingces95 Topic ban Topic banned from Nunes memo, Devin Nunes, and all related pages, including talk pages. ANI discussion 2018-05-18 Indefinite
Broter Topic ban Broter is indefinitely banned from making any edits related to the topic of Islam, broadly construed. ANI discussion 2018-06-04 Indefinite
Potočnik Topic ban User:Potočnik - Previously named Producer, is topic banned from making any edits on any page on Wikipedia, with the exception of an appeal on WP:AN or WP:Arbcom/R, related to Jews or Communism. To be clear, these are two separate topics and this topic ban should not in any way be construed to only be applicable in topics about Jews and Communism together. This topic ban will last until removed by community consensus. Enforcement may be made by escalating blocks. AN discussion 2014-05-16 Indefinite
Barts1a (now User:Twitbookspacetube) Editing restriction Barts1a (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log):

Original restrictions, never appealed:

  1. is not allowed to use Huggle
  2. is subject to a 1RR restriction, i.e not allowed to revert more than once per day in a dispute

Past restrictions, successfully repealed but then reimposed by Nick-D on 6 October 2012 and "re-reimposed" and clarified by Floquenbeam on 22 August 2017):

  1. is topic banned from all noticeboards, including ArbCom case requests and cases
  2. is topic banned from all contentious articles and their talk pages

See also

  1. Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Barts1a/Archive, user has operated multiple alternate accounts
Sanction imposed per AN/I discussion. 2010-12-19 Indefinite
LoveMonkey Topic ban
  • LoveMonkey will not make article edits or talk page comments regarding Roman Catholic teaching or practice.
  • LoveMonkey may add information about Eastern Orthodox commentary (positive or negative) on Roman Catholic teaching/practice. However, any such commentary must be clearly attributed, in the body of the article, to the specific individual or document making it. Moreover, any such commentary must be clearly identified as opinion, rather than as factual information about the nature of RC teaching/practice or its compatibility/incompatibility with EO teaching/practice.
Imposed per a discussion at WP:AN3, final version approved by LM and Esoglou here. Restriction was entered into voluntarily, but may be enforced by blocks. Modified on 25-May-2011 to allow talk page comments, per agreement of LoveMonkey and Esoglou. 2011-02-06/08 / 2011-05-25 Indefinite
Bazaan Topic ban
  • Topic banned from all articles related to Bangladesh, broadly construed.
  • Limited to one account unless user demonstrates a clear need for a legitimate alternative account.
Administrator's noticeboard discussion 2016-02-05 Indefinite
Pocketthis Topic ban Per community consensus, Pocketthis (talk · contribs) is indefinitely topic-banned from making edits related to religion, spirituality or faith, broadly construed ANI close 2016-04-02 Indefinite
LesVegas Topic ban LesVegas is indefinitely topic banned from all pages related to Acupuncture, broadly construed. ANI thread 2016-12-17 Indefinite
Jennepicfoundation Article ban Jennepicfoundation (talk · contribs) is indefinitely prohibited from making any direct edits at the article Alexandre Mars. She may, however, use the article's talk page Talk:Alexandre Mars to participate in discussions and to suggest that changes be made to the article by other editors. Any direct edits to the article page made by Jennepicfoundation will lead to an immediate indefinite block. ANI discussion 2016-12-28 Indefinite
Junosoon Article creation ban Junosoon is indefinitely banned from creating new articles, either directly or as drafts at WP:AFC. This ban may be appealed to AN after six months. Community consensus here. 2017-02-09 Indefinite
EthiopianHabesha Topic ban EthiopianHabesha is indefinitely topic-banned from edits relating to the Horn of Africa region, including any associated countries, ethnic or cultural groups. . Community consensus here. 2017-02-14 Indefinite
Beatley Topic ban Beatley (talk · contribs) is topic banned by the community from moving drafts affected by this cleanup effort to article space. ANI discussion 2017-04-23 Indefinite
RXX-7979Ⅲ Topic ban RXX-7979Ⅲ is banned from editing about Japanese history and Japanese war crimes, under any account. Community consensus at ANI 2017-05-08 Indefinite
User:PraiseTheShroom Topic ban User:PraiseTheShroom is topic banned from editing any page related to Argument from authority and from any discussion of the subject anywhere on Wikipedia, broadly construed. WP:ANI discussion here 2017-05-14 Indefinite. Appealable in six months.
Inactive user 20171 formerly User:Asilah1981 Topic ban User:Asilah1981 is topic banned from editing any page related to the Iberian Peninsula, broadly construed, and from editing any page related to the politics, broadly construed. This topic ban is to be in place until the community overturns the ban when it determines Asilah1981's participation in those topics would no longer result in disruption. WP:AN discussion [7] 2017-06-09 Indefinite.
Daniel C. Boyer Topic ban " Daniel C. Boyer is hereby topic banned from creating, editing, or attempting to delete articles about himself. Furthermore, he his banned from inserting his presence into other articles as well as banned from removing his presence from other articles. Any edit that appears to be WP:PROMOTIONAL about himself is to be considered a violation of this topic ban." AN/I discussion 2017-07-13 Indefinite
Music314812813478 Topic ban Music314812813478 is indefinitely topic banned from all pages relating to politics and religion. This community sanction may be appealed after six months. Additionally, User:MjolnirPants has volunteered to mentor Music314812813478, and Music314812813478 is strongly advised to consult with MjolnirPants while editing other topics. AN/I discussion 2017-07-27 Indefinite
Zoyetu Topic ban Zoyetu is indefinitely topic banned from any edits relating to biographies of living persons of any kind, broadly construed. This community sanction may be appealed no earlier than six months after the date of this closure. AN/I discussion 2017-09-05 Indefinite
Thetruth16 Topic ban Thetruth16 is indefinitely topic banned from any content or discussions related to . This topic ban applies to all content or discussions related to these topics anywhere on the English Wikipedia. They can appeal the topic ban at WP:AN in six months time. AN/I discussion 2017-09-14 Indefinite
Adsfvdf54gbb Topic ban Adsfvdf54gbb is, by the consensus of the Wikipedia community, topic banned from the subjects of Newington College and its alumni, broadly construed. AN discussion 2017-12-19 Indefinite
Unscintillating Topic ban Unscintillating (talk · contribs) is hereby topic banned from participating in any XfD discussion, or mentioning anything related to XfD, broadly construed. discussion thread 2018-01-25 Indefinite
Mwest55 Topic Ban Mwest55 is topic banned from any and all articles or talk page discussions relating to wind energy, broadly construed. Community consensus at this ANI discussion. 2017-02-04 Indefinite
Graphium Topic bans
  1. "You are topic banned from uploading any more media to Wikipedia or Commons. If you upload any more media before this topic ban is removed, you will be blocked indefinitely."
  2. "Graphium is topic banned from reviewing articles at WP:AFC. The ban does not extend to talk pages at AfC nor to undertaking mentorship discussions or tutoring in the area - in fact Graphium is strongly encouraged to do so."
[8] 2013-07-29 and 2013-08-02; reaffirmed following successful ban appeal 7 July 2015 Indefinite, may be appealed on or after 7 January 2016 or six months after most recent sanction for breaching topic ban (if any), whichever is later.
Xtremedood Topic ban The user is topic banned from all pages and discussions on Religion broadly construed, and from all pages and discussions on India and Pakistan broadly construed. AN/I discussion. 2016-12-9 Indefinite
Appealable after no less than six months (2017-06-09)
Mike V Administrator restriction Mike V (talk · contribs) is banned from taking administrative action against The Rambling Man (talk · contribs). AN discussion 2016-12-16 Indefinite
Carlos Danger Topic ban Carlos Danger (talk · contribs) is indefinitely topic banned by the community from editing articles on fossil fuels, climate, and climate change, broadly construed. AN discussion 2016-12-25 Indefinite
Professor JR "Consensus for a topic ban on Hilary Clinton, broadly construed--the latter because many contributors here indicate disruption is not limited to that area." Close of ANI discussion 2015-12-3 Indefinite
Elvey Topic bans Elvey is...indefinitely banned from 1) discussing COI-related matters, broadly construed, and 2) commenting on or initiating SPI cases, which may be appealed at the appropriate venue in six months. ANI discussion close 2016-02-06 Indefinite, may appeal in six months.
TreCoolGuy (Sanction originally imposed on sock Zzaxx1) Topic ban TreCoolGuy (aka Zzaxx1) is topic banned from all pages (including drafts) related to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Topic ban violations will be met with escalating blocks. AN TBAN discussion
CU confirmation that TreCoolGuy = Zzaxx1
VPP discussion about community TBANs on socks applying to the master
2015-03-10 Indefinite, appealable on WP:AN after no less than six months without a violation (but since the user turned out to be an indef-blocked sockmaster, an appeal on AN will not take place before an unblock request)
Apteva Topic ban Apteva is topic banned indefinitely from modifying or discussing the use of dashes, hyphens, or similar types of punctuation, broadly construed, including but not limited to at the manual of style and any requested move discussion, and from advocating against the MOS being applicable to article titles. Apteva may appeal these restrictions by filing at the administrators' noticeboard after a reasonable amount of time has passed. Violation of this ban may be reported at the incident noticeboard and may result in a block from any uninvolved administrator. Per discussion at WP:AN: [9]; bold clarifying phrase added by WP:AE at [10]. 2013-01-06 Indefinite
Topic ban Apteva is topic banned from proposing the removal of his existing restrictions, at any Wikipedia venue, until 31st January 2014, and is limited to one appeal every six months after that. Violations of this ban are to be met with sharply escalating blocks. Per discussion at WP:AN: [11] 2013-07-31 Indefinite
CurtisNaito Topic ban Indefinite topic ban from all articles related to Japan broadly construed. ANI discussion 2016-07-20 Indefinite
User:EditorDownUnder One-way interaction ban EditorDownUnder is not to interact with Jytdog, following presentation of evidence of hounding and harassing on ANI ANI discussion 2016-09-15 Indefinite
BruceGrubb topic ban banned from all fringe theory edits per AN discussion 2012-06-01? Indefinite
topic ban banned from all Christianity-related edits per AN discussion 2012-05-05 Indefinite
Basketballfan12 Topic ban Basketballfan12 is indefinitely topic banned by the community from creating sports-related mainspace articles and templates, and from moving articles and templates to mainspace. They may use Drafts to create articles. They may appeal providing they can show they understand notability, and the creation of drafts for non-notable people would count against that appeal. AN discussion 2016-07-02 Indefinite
JOttawa16 Topic ban JOttawa16 is topic banned from political articles. AN discussion Indefinite
Burst of unj Topic ban "Topic-banned from any page, in any namespace, related to Alan Kurdi." ANI discussion 2015-09-12 Indefinite
Loomspicker Topic ban Loomspicker is indefinitely banned from editing all Islam-related articles, broadly construed. ANI discussion Indefinite
Lgcsmasamiya New page patrol ban Lgcsmasamiya is banned from WP:NPP until they have proven to experienced editors (Kudpung and DGG, for instance), that they are capable of reviewing articles in ways that confirm to our guidelines in regards to such things as referencing and copy-paste problems, and make a firm commitment to be responsive to issues raised by other editors and be willing to make changes accordingly. ANI discussion Indefinite
Michaeltleslie Topic ban Michaeltleslie is indefinitely banned from making any edits related to MD Rabbi Alam or the Million Muslim March, broadly construed. ANI discussion Indefinite
Plarem Topic ban "banned from editing any and all articles, or participating in discussions, related to LGBT topics anywhere on Wikipedia, broadly construed. This ban may be appealed after 6 months after sufficient demonstration that you are capable of editing Wikipedia in accordance with community norms." AN discussion Indefinite, appeal after 2015-02-24
Wuhwuzdat Topic Ban User:Wuhwuzdat is indefinitely banned from nominating articles for deletion through WP:CSD, WP:PROD or WP:AFD, although he is not banned from participating in deletion debates that have been launched by somebody else. Discussion at ANI 2011-04-14 Indefinite
Tristan noir Interaction ban and topic ban Tristan is topic-banned from Japanese literature, broadly construed. [12], rewording AN discussion, lifting IBAN 2013-02-10 Indefinite
Article editor Topic ban "[Article editor] may not create or retarget any redirect outside [their] user or user talk space. [Article editor] propose the creation, retargetting or deletion of redirects at the appropriate venue provided [they] advertise these discussions, but [they] may not initiate more than five proposals in any 24 hours and [they] may not implement the consensus of these discussions. [Article editor] may contribute to an unlimited number of existing discussions about redirects regardless of who started them. [Article editor is] allowed to categorise redirects and tag their talk pages for wikiprojects."
note this is a summary of a very detailed set of restrictions, see [13] for the precise wording.
Imposed per [14] and subsequent sections. Please notify user:Thryduulf (who drafted the restrictions) if scope is queried or clarification required. 2013-01-03? Indefinite
Drgao and Erythema Topic ban Drgao and Erythema are indefinitely topic-banned from articles and talk pages within the realm of WP:MEDICINE. AN/I discussion 2013-07-29 Indefinite
SuzanneOlsson topic ban subject to a topic ban on all Roza Bal related edits, broadly construed on all pages on Wikipedia, with the exception of User talk:SuzanneOlsson. Suzanne Olsson is, however, allowed to make comments regarding her biography on Talk:Suzanne M. Olsson and on WP:BLPN ANI discussiontopic ban extension Indefinite
Sardanaphalus Editing restriction Sardanaphalus is indefinitely restricted from making any edits to the template namespace in the English Wikipedia with the following exceptions:
  • Template talk pages;
  • Templates sandboxes, test cases or other "non live" subtemplates used for testing;
  • Documentation pages, but only as a direct result of a change to a template's code requested by Sardanaphalus.
ANI discussion 2015-02-01 Indefinite
Lachlan Foley Editing restriction Indefinite prohibition from adding notability tags (broadly construed) to articles. Discussion on ANI 2015-02-01 Indefinite
Middayexpress
  • Topic Ban
  • Site ban
  • User:Middayexpress is hereby topic banned (broadly) from all Somalia-related topics. Additionally, in order to effect a timely halt to any alleged sock or meat puppets that may be editing the pages, administrators may at their discretion adopt a WP:1RR policy on all Somalia-related topics to enforce this ban. This topic ban and 1RR policy shall be in effect until such time as community consensus or arbcom supersede this ANI thread.

  • Following the closure of Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Middayexpress, Middayexpress (talk · contribs) et al are now indefinitely banned from Wikipedia. In order to effect a timely halt to Middayexpress's sockpuppets and/or meatpuppets, administrators may at their discretion take any and all measures deemed necessary and appropriate to safeguard articles from Middayexpress's edits, including (but not limited to) standard discretionary sanctions as may be warranted on a case by case basis provided that such measures are undertaken through appropriate channels or with the consensus of the community. Editors encountering suspected Middayexpress sockpuppets are required to log the suspected account(s) at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Middayexpress to allow for comparison of the suspect accounts to the account master and to ensure an accurate and up-to-date list of known sock accounts for future reference.
  • 2015-06-07 (initial)
  • 2018-04-02 (updated)
Indefinite (or until such time as community consensus or WP:ARBCOM rule otherwise.)
RealDealBillMcNeal Page ban Page banned from History of WWE and its talkpage for persistent disruptive editing and edit warring. ANI thread 1, ANI thread 2 2015-07-21 Indefinite
Boaxy Topic ban "Boaxy (talk · contribs) is hereby indefinitely topic banned (broadly) from all Sailor Moon articles on site." ANI discussion 2015-09-15 Indefinite
Clairec78 Topic Ban Clairec78 (talk · contribs) is hereby indefinitely topic banned (broadly construed) from all articles about or concerning Mircea Itul and/or Mircua Itu. This topic ban is to be understood to include the creation or recreation of the the article in the article space, article draft space, or userspace on Wikipedia, or attempts to add this professor to any articles on Wikipedia. Due to concerns regarding Clairec78's comprehension of a topic ban, administrators are instructed to refrain from blocking and instead notify this user on her talk page of the specific infringement for which the user is being censored for the first 30 days of this topic ban's implementation. If the user persists in creating or recreating these articles in violation of the topic ban after initial 30 days administrators are directed to block the user at their discretion. This topic ban shall be in effect until such time as community consensus or ARBCOM rule otherwise. ANI closing 2016-03-17 Indefinite (or until such time as community consensus or ARBCOM rule otherwise)
SmithBlue Topic ban SmithBlue is hereby topic-banned from the topic of AIDS, broadly construed--so broadly that certainly articles like Brian Martin (social scientist) fall under it. The topic ban is indefinite and may be appealed a year from now. Tomorrow the sun will rise. ANI closure 2016-03-26 Indefinite; may be appealed a year from now
T Cells formally Wikicology Topic ban Wikicology is indefinitely topic-banned from engaging in COI editing about himself ANI 2016-04-05 Indefinite
Czixhc Topic ban Banned from any matters relating to human skin color, cartography, or the works of Jonathan Hagos, broadly construed. Per this discussion at ANI. The ban applies to all pages of Wikipedia including articles, talk, user talk and noticeboards, but it may be appealed at a noticeboard in six months. 2013-10-07 Indefinite
Otto Placik Topic ban User is topic banned from all edits relating to plastic surgery, broadly construed. The sole exception is that he may upload illustrations on the topic and announce these on his talk page without further comment. Per this discussion at AN/I 2013-08-28 Indefinite
Strangesad Topic ban User:Strangesad is topic banned from all pages (including discussion pages) related to Jesus or Christianity, broadly construed. Per ANI discussion 2013-08-19 Indefinite
Banhtrung1 Topic ban Banhtrung1 is indefinitely topic banned from nominating templates at Templates for discussion. Per this AN discussion. Topic ban is only on nominating, not participation. 2013-08-11 Indefinite
Retrolord Topic banned from admin areas except as required. Retrolord is topic banned from all admin pages (including talk pages), including ANI, AN, AN3, ARB and others except:
He may participate fully in Requests for x(Admin,Crat or comment), provided he does so in a civil manner
He may initiate actions at admin boards if required (asking advice beforehand is advised)
He may participate in any board action to which he is named as a party, or he clearly and obviously has a vested interest, (asking beforehand is also advised)
While he participates in these limited ways, he understand that his behavior is to expected to be on topic and professional, as is expected of all participants. The ban is for an indefinite period of time but not infinite and can be reviewed after 90 days at WP:AN if he so chooses.
As per this discussion:[15] 2013-06-28?
Syngmung Topic ban Syngmung is prohibited from editing any pages related to rape, U.S. military personnel, or U.S. military bases, broadly construed. Per ANI discussion 2013-06-15 Indefinite
Kiefer.Wolfowitz Topic ban Kiefer is prohibited from participating in threaded discussions on RfA. See lengthy explanation on his talk page, with further detail. Unblock statement AN discussion 2013-06-18 Indefinite
Niemti (now known as SNAAAAKE‼ topic ban Niemti is indefinitely prohibited from participating in the good article nomination and good article reassessment of any article. Per AN discussion 2013-04-02 Indefinite
topic ban topic-banned from all edits to articles or discussions relating to Anita Sarkeesian, broadly construed [16] [17] 2013-01-29 Indefinite
Humanpublic topic ban Indefinitely banned from making edits related to faith and religion, broadly construed. Per AN discussion 2013-03-21 Indefinite
JakeInJoisey topic ban Indefinitely prohibited from editing pages concerning John Kerry, broadly construed, which includes related topics such as swiftboating and discussions about John Kerry anywhere on Wikipedia Per ANI discussion 2013-02-25 Indefinite
AnkhMorpork topic-ban topic-banned from all edits to articles or discussions relating to Islam and Muslims, broadly construed [18] [19] 2013-01-26 Indefinite
LittleBenW Topic Ban LittleBenW is indefinitely prohibited from making any edits concerning diacritics, or participating in any discussions about the same, anywhere on the English Wikipedia. This includes converting any diacritical mark to its basic glyph on any article or other page, broadly construed, and any edit that adds an unaccented variation of a name or other word as an alternate form to one with diacritics. Per ANI discussion 2012-12-01 Indefinite
Belchfire Interaction ban Belchfire is no longer allowed to interact with, comment about, or edit in contradiction with User:Roscelese on any page, talk page, or other space on Wikipedia with the exception of appealing this decision (which does not include more complaining about Roscelese) or engaging in dispute resolution or Arbcom (of course). Any uninvolved administrator may enforce this WP:IBAN with the normal progressive actions starting with 1 day blocks (at the uninvolved administrator's discretion) ANI Thread 2012-11-27 Indefinite
Youreallycan Interaction ban Youreallycan is banned from interacting with Prioryman (talk · contribs) Restriction imposed as a result of this discussion 2012-10-31 Indefinite
Andycjp Topic ban Andycjp is topic banned from making evolution related edits, broadly construed, anywhere on Wikipedia. Per community consensus at ANI 2012-10-09 Indefinite
Bulwersator Topic ban Bulwersator is indefinitely topic banned from all deletion processes Message on Bulwersator's talk page 2012-09-11 Indefinite
Andreasegde Interaction ban Andreasegde is topic banned for one year from the Beatles, broadly construed, and both they and User:GabeMc are indefinitely banned from interacting with each other except for eventual participation in formal dispute resolution. Ban enacted per ANI discussion 2012-07-20 Indefinite
GabeMc Interaction ban Andreasegde is topic banned for one year from the Beatles, broadly construed, and both they and User:GabeMc are indefinitely banned from interacting with each other except for eventual participation in formal dispute resolution. Ban enacted per ANI discussion 2012-07-20 Indefinite
Oakley77 Topic ban User:Oakley77 is hereby banned from all content review processes, including, but not limited to GAN, FAC, FLC, DYK, ITN, AFC, any other mainpage processes, etc. At the end of three months from today, he can appeal this block at WP:AN (the ban does not automatically expire at the end of three months), subject to not violating the terms of this ban in the meantime and demonstrating an understanding of these processes as well as Wikipedia policies. Any violations of this ban will be dealt with blocks Ban enacted following ANI discussion 2012-07-14 Indefinite
Nenpog Topic ban topic-banned from posting any material related to medical imaging or ionizing radiation, broadly construed, anywhere on Wikipedia. ban statement following ANI 2012-07-10 Indefinite
Sheodred Topic ban Must not change "British" to "Irish" or vice versa on any page of Wikipedia User agreed to terms of unblocking [20] 2012-07-08 Indefinite
1RR restriction Editor agrees to always adhere to all 1RR restrictions on any article that is subject to it User agreed to terms of unblocking [21] 2012-07-08 Indefinite
Borovv Topic ban Based on persistent non-neutral, disruptive edits, User:Borovv is topic-banned from editing Unification Church-related articles, broadly construed, including but not limited to all articles of the Sun Myung Moon family. Borovv shall maintain the text of the ban and a link to the discussion at the top of his user page. [22] 2012-06-17 Indefinite
완젬스 Topic ban topic banned from the subject of Occupy Wall Street, broadly construed ANI discussion 2012-04-25 Indefinite
BruceSwanson Topic ban Topic banned from all articles related to medicine, broadly construed 2012-03-13 Indefinite
NickBrunson Topic Ban Indefinitely topic banned from articles related to Scentura, broadly construed. AN/I 2012-03-06 Indefinite
TomCloyd Topic ban Should TomCloyd return (or never actually part), he is topic banned from Dissociative identity disorder and the article's talk page indefinitely. He may not edit either page nor talk about either page on his talk page or any other Wikipedia space unless appealing the topic ban at WP:AN. ANI Thread 2012-02-08 Indefinite
Ian Streeter Topic Ban "[Ian Streeter is to] make no edits to change musical genres, even if the edit in question was vandalism. [He] will not discuss the subject of genres on talk pages, or ask others to make changes for [him] (including off-wiki). If [he] adds an infobox to an article, or create a new article, [he] leaves the genre blank. If [he] breaks these conditions, any uninvolved administrator may block [him] without warning." Conditions of unblocking, as agreed with the blocking administrator, as per unblock review 2011-11-20 Indefinite
Jespah Topic ban Jespah (talk · contribs) is indefinitely prohibited from editing or discussing the articles John Prendergast, Unlikely Brothers, Satellite Sentinel Project, Enough Project, Not On Our Watch, and The Enough Moment. Jespah is also prohibited from editing or discussing articles insofar as the edits or discussions concern John Prendergast, Unlikely Brothers, Satellite Sentinel Project, Enough Project, Not On Our Watch or The Enough Moment. ANI thread 2011-09-24 Indefinite
Nmatavka Topic ban Banned from creating new pages in their own userspace Per consensus of a discussion at WP:AN 24 July, 2011 2011-07-24 Indefinite
Lorifredrics Topic ban User:Lorifredrics is page banned from editing both Kingston University and Peter Scott (educationalist) (Talk pages exempt) and from any page, on any matter relating to Howard Fredric's grievances with Kingston University broadly construed (again Talk page exempt) Enacted at at 07:25, 18 July 2011 at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents [23] 2011-07-18 Indefinite
Maheshkumaryadav Topic ban Maheshkumaryadav is banned from creating new articles in article space. He may continue to create articles in user space and may request any admin or other editor in good standing to move the article into article space. He can request a review of the ban after a reasonable period of time and after he has demonstrated the ability to create minimally sourced articles on notable topics. Discussion at ANI 2011-05-12 Indefinite
Anglo Pyramidologist Topic Ban AP is placed under an indefinite topic ban on evolution topics, broadly construed. He can appeal the ban on ANI after the passage of one year from now. Discussion at ANI 2011-04-28 Indefinite
Zuggernaut Topic Ban Topic banned from Indian history, broadly construed. He is not permitted to edit or discuss these topics anywhere on Wikipedia. ANI Discussion 2011-04-08 Indefinite
Interaction Ban Banned from interacting with or commenting about Fowler&fowler (talk · contribs), directly or indirectly, anywhere on Wikipedia. This means Zuggernaut is not to discuss, either explicitly nor by allusion, the actions, behaviours, editing, or existence of this user. ANI Discussion 2011-04-08 Indefinite
Probation Subject to an editing restriction (probation). Should he make any edits, comments, or actions which are judged by an uninvolved administrator to be disruptive, he may be banned from any affected pages or set of pages. The ban will take effect after it has been logged here and the administrator has posted a notice on his user talk page. If he is specifically not banned from using affected talk pages, this must be specified in the notice and log. ANI Discussion 2011-04-08 Indefinite
Editing Restriction Banned from List of Indian inventions and discoveries and List of South Asian inventions and discoveries due to inappropriate canvassing in relation to these 4 pages. (logged as noted above) ANI Discussion 2011-04-08 Indefinite
Jamiemichelle Topic ban Jamiemichelle is indefinitely topic banned from all articles and corresponding talk pages related to Frank J. Tipler and Omega Point Theory, broadly construed. This topic ban applies to discussing the above on unrelated pages. Failure to comply will result in the removal of editing privileges for an appropriate length of time as determined by the blocking administrator. Community discussion closed in the following diff: [24] 2011-03-21 Indefinite
7mike5000 Civility supervision A block will be reapplied if further civility issues were to arise. See comments from this discussion where Community restrictions were imposed  2011-02-13 Indefinite
DMSBel Topic ban DMSBel is topic banned from the topic of human sexuality, interpreted broadly, including talk pages and Wikipedia space pages, for an indefinite period. Imposed at the end of this discussion on ANI. 2011-01-25 Indefinite
ArnaudMS and Nahome Topic ban ArnaudMS and Nahome are indefinitely banned from articles and discussions related to tobacco products and the tobacco industry, broadly construed. This applies to all accounts and IP addresses they may use. Sanction imposed after discussion here 2011-01-17 Indefinite. Both have been offered the chance to apply for review if they can show productive editing in other areas, though even after review the topic ban would be unlikely to be lifted entirely.
Terra Novus Topic ban Terra Novus is indefinitely banned from all articles and discussions relating to the topics of Creationism or Pseudoscience broadly construed, and from all controversial articles and discussions including but not confined to those related to politics, religion, climate change and the environment. The extended topic ban is somewhat vaguely defined. If in doubt, Terra Novus is to approach an admin for clarification, preferentially User:Dougweller who proposed the extension. Sanction imposed after discussion here and extended after discussion here 2011-05-29?
2010-12-28
Indefinite
Destinero Editing restriction Destinero (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) is banned by community consensus from inserting or removing contentious claims under colour of WP:UNDUE in Wikipedia articles relating to parenting and LGBT parenting. He also may not write article prose in these topics in "Wikipedia's voice"; that is, he may not insert claims in articles on these topics as unqualified factual statements. Destinero may be briefly blocked by any uninvolved Wikipedia administrator in the event of violating this limited topic ban. In the event of repeat violations, he may be banned entirely from editing articles within these topics. See also Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2010-08-28/LGBT parenting. Sanction imposed per community discussion on AN/I. 2010-10-20 Indefinite
Xanderliptak Editing restriction User:Xanderliptak:
  1. is forbidden, indefinitely, from uploading images which are in violation of WP:WATERMARK.
  2. is forbidden, indefinitely, from attempting to change licencing conditions after upload of artwork he has created. The sole exception will be removing licencing conditions; any attempt to add or further restrict the licencing he agreed to at upload is forbidden.
  3. is forbidden, indefinitely, from participating in any discussions about image policy.
  4. is required, indefinitely, to prominently link all accounts he uses together at the top of each user page. (Note that on Commons such linking ended up having to be done by administrators who then had to fully protect each user page to prevent Xanderliptak from removing the linking. This may need to be done here.)
  5. is required, indefinitely, to provide accurate diffs of any allegation he makes about another editor.
  6. is required, indefinitely, to provide accurate diffs of any claims that another editor has said or done something.
    In regards to the above two requirements, any user may remove allegations/etc which Xanderliptak has made if he fails to provide diffs in a reasonable time.
  7. is forbidden, indefinitely, from summarizing any discussions held elsewhere, and is restrained to direct comments supported by diffs only.
  8. All of the above to be very broadly construed.
  9. Violations to be met with the usual series of escalating blocks.
  10. Restrictions to take effect on Xanderliptak's first edit (with any account) after this date, or upon granting of an unblock as listed in Proposal 3, whichever is later.
  11. May appeal these restrictions six months after implementation, or six months after the end of the most recent block for violation, whichever is later.
Sanction imposed per community discussion, along with an indefinite block (which may be undone by normal unblock appeal process upon user request and convincing admins of intent to edit constructively in the future). 2010-11-05 Indefinite
Danglingdiagnosis Topic ban Danglingdiagnosis is henceforth prohibited from adding, removing, or altering in any way the display of images depicting the Rorschach Test and from initiating or participating in any community input process to achieve this end. discussion here 2010-09-27 Indefinite
Wolfkeeper Account restriction Wolfkeeper is indefinitely restricted from using undisclosed alternate accounts. discussion here 2010-08-28 Indefinite
Jimmy McDaniels Topic ban User talk:Jimmy McDaniels is topic-banned from any articles related to Jason Leopold and Truthout, broadly construed. Non-disruptive talkpage discussion is permitted. This restriction includes all edits made while logged into a Wikipedia account or not discussion here Indefinite
92.24.3.41 Topic ban 92.24.3.41 (talk · contribs) is topic banned from articles as well as talk pages related to Scott Oake and may not add any material regarding Scott Oake to other articles. Community sanction imposed from this discussion Indefinite
NatDemUK Topic ban NatDemUK (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is topic banned from all edits and articles related to race and/or politics, broadly construed. Community sanction imposed from this discussion Indefinite
Delicious carbuncle Interaction ban Delicious carbuncle (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is not to discuss, either explicitly nor by allusion, the actions, behaviours, editing, or existence of PCHS-NJROTC (talk · contribs) and Neutralhomer (talk · contribs), either together or separately. This means: Delicious Carbuncle is not to interact with them, discuss them, raise issues about them, comment upon issues they raise, or follow them around. Community sanction imposed from this discussion Indefinite
Mk5384 Civility restriction If Mk5384 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) makes any comment that is deemed by an administrator to have been uncivil, a personal attack, or an assumption of bad faith, or if Mk5384 otherwise behaves in a uncollegial manner, broadly construed, he may be blocked for up to a week. After four upheld blocks due to violation of this restriction or other issues, Mk5384 will be indefinitely blocked. Community sanction enacted from this discussion. Indefinite
OttomanJackson Topic ban OttomanJackson (talk · contribs · logs) is banned from making any edits to content relating to Michael Jackson, including the creation of or edits to articles on Jackson's songs, or the insertion or changing of material related to Jackson in other articles. Is open to review by community consensus after one month. Enforced following consensus at this discussion. Indefinite
Mundilfari Topic ban Mundilfari (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is banned from editing areas of articles that contain what may be reasonably classified as trivia, which includes sections headed Trivia, (In) Popular Culture or sections named or unnamed which a reasonable editor might construe as falling into that category. This does not include the existence, addition or deletion of items where consensus is reached and the work is performed by other editors. The editor may apply to have this indefinite topic ban reviewed, but not more frequently than once per month. The penalty for breach of the ban should be an increasing duration block, with a suggested minimum time of one week. Community sanction imposed from this discussion. Indefinite
Pedant17 Probation Pedant17 (talk · contribs) is subject to the following terms: Should Pedant17 make any edits which are judged by an administrator to be disruptive, he may be sanctioned by an uninvolved administrator. The sanction will take effect once a notice has been posted on his talk page by the administrator and logged at User:Pedant17/Community sanction. Sanctions are at the discretion of the administrator, and may include page bans, topic bans, blocks, or any other restriction. Indefinite Community sanction imposed from this discussion
Pedant17 (talk · contribs) is subject to the following terms: Pedant17 is strictly required to discuss each change he wishes to make to an article on the page's talk page prior to making the edit (except for undisputable vandalism and BLP violations). This restriction may be enforced through blocks, and he may be banned from any affected page or set of pages, once a notice has been posted on his talk page by the administrator and logged at User:Pedant17/Community sanction. Indefinite Community sanction imposed from this discussion
Jzyehoshua Topic ban Jzyehoshua (talk · contribs) is topic banned from all articles and discussions related to Barack Obama or Abortion, broadly construed. Sanction imposed from this discussion – no further details given. Indefinite
Newman Luke Topic ban The community has enacted a mainspace topic ban on Judaism related articles. This means that until such point as the ban is lifted, Newman Luke may not make changes to articles relating to Judaism topics, although he may make suggestions and comments on the talk pages of those articles. Failure to adhere to the community restrictions may result in measures being taken to protect the project which can include loss of editing privileges. See Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Newman Luke and this discussion. Indefinite
Caleb Murdock Page ban Caleb Murdock (talk · contribs) is banned from editing the Seth Material article, but may still contribute on its talk page. Community sanction imposed from this discussion. Indefinite
Mccready Topic ban Mccready is indefinitely banned from all acupuncture and chiropractic related topics, broadly construed. Community sanction imposed at this discussion Indefinite
Levineps Topic ban Levineps (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is indefinitely banned from creating new categories, and re-categorizing either existing categories or articles. Levineps is required to not mark his edits as minor, as he has used this flag disruptively. He is also required to use manually written edit summaries for all of his edits, outside of the talk space. He is not allowed to remove warnings or notices from his talk page, or anywhere else they are posted. Levineps is reminded that he free to propose any category changes on any talk page for others to implement. He is also reminded that he can appeal this sanction only via a formal community proposal, or by emailing ArbCom. If he fails to comply with these requirements, he will be blocked indefinitely and his edits can be reverted without question. Community sanction imposed from this discussion. Indefinite Community sanction.
Revert restriction A 1RR per day restriction is also imposed, due to his disruptive reverting. If he fails to comply with these requirements, he will be blocked indefinitely and his edits can be reverted without question. Community sanction imposed from this discussion. Indefinite Community sanction.
Grundle2600 Topic ban Grundle2600 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is subject to an indefinite topic ban — he is prohibited from editing any pages relating to US politics or politicians. The ban will be enforced by escalating blocks. Community sanction imposed from this discussion Indefinite
Community sanction
Pr3st0n Image upload ban Pr3st0n (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is hereby banned from uploading any further images to Wikipedia. Pr3st0n is encouraged to participate in the discussion at WP:ANI. If Pr3st0n uploads any further images before the ban is lifted, he will be blocked. Community sanction imposed from this discussion

Currently moot; user indef blocked.

Indefinite
JohnHistory Editing restriction Calton (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and JohnHistory (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) are prohibited from editing each other's talk or respective subpages. Community sanction imposed from this discussion Indefinite
DHawker Page ban DHawker is prohibited from editing Colloidal silver and its talk page. Community sanction imposed from this discussion – no further details given Indefinite Community sanction
Account restriction DHawker is limited to editing with a single account. Should DHawker edit with any other account, he will be considered banned from Wikipedia for 6 months for the first incident, 1 year for the second incident, and indefinitely thereafter. Indefinite Community sanction
Allstarecho Editing restriction/Topic ban Allstarecho (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) shall not directly or indirectly, interact with, or comment about Bluemarine (talk · contribs), Durova (talk · contribs), or Matt Sanchez, at any time, anywhere on Wikipedia. If Allstarecho violates this sanction, he will be banned from Wikipedia for 2 weeks for the first incident, 1 month for the second incident, and 1 year for the third incident. Community sanction/ban imposed at this discussion. Indefinite Community sanction
ChildofMidnight Editing restriction Until further notice, ChildofMidnight (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is restricted from commenting on, about, or to Baseball Bugs (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) anywhere on Wikipedia, apart from ArbCom proceedings where both are named parties. Failure to abide by this restriction will result in 24 hour blocks, escalating to lengthier blocks if the violations continue.

Community sanction imposed from this discussion and agreement of both editors.

Indefinite
Rotational Revert restriction Rotational (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) must stop revert-warring against other editors who are formatting articles in accordance with the Manual of Style. In particular, he must not revert war on heading levels or on the issue of right-facing images. Community sanction imposed from this discussion – no further details given Indefinite Community sanction
Koalorka Topic ban Koalorka (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and Theserialcomma (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) are topic banned on each other. Broadly construed, neither may revert each others' edits, follow up a talk page comment by the other, comment on the others' talk page, or report the other to noticeboards. If one violates, and no response is forthcoming within twelve hours, the other may make a single line notification to an uninvolved administrator with a link to the topic ban and the diff of the particular edit which violated it. If no response is forthcoming within 18 hours, a second admin, and if no response is forthcoming within 24 hrs a post to ANI with the same information. In no case may either party engage in additional discussion unless asked direct questions by uninvolved admins. Community sanction imposed from this discussion Indefinite Community sanction
Theserialcomma Topic ban Theserialcomma (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and Koalorka (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) are topic banned on each other. Broadly construed, neither may revert each others' edits, follow up a talk page comment by the other, comment on the others' talk page, or report the other to noticeboards. If one violates, and no response is forthcoming within twelve hours, the other may make a single line notification to an uninvolved administrator with a link to the topic ban and the diff of the particular edit which violated it. If no response is forthcoming within 18 hours, a second admin, and if no response is forthcoming within 24 hrs a post to ANI with the same information. In no case may either party engage in additional discussion unless asked direct questions by uninvolved admins. Community sanction imposed from this discussion Indefinite Community sanction
Finneganw Topic ban Finneganw (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is banned from editing the Anna Anderson article and its talkpage. Community sanction imposed from this discussion – no further details given Indefinite Community sanction
PJHaseldine Topic ban PJHaseldine (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is prohibited from editing articles relating to Pan Am Flight 103, broadly construed. This topic ban includes, but is not limited to, the following articles: Pan Am Flight 103 conspiracy theories, Investigation into the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial, Bernt Carlsson (person on the flight crash), Hugh Miles (journalist) (person who wrote about flight crash). This topic ban does not include talk pages and related discussions. Community sanction imposed from this discussion – no further details given Indefinite Community sanction
Naadapriya Topic ban Naadapriya (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is prohibited from editing pages relating to Carnatic music, broadly construed. Community sanction imposed at this discussion – no further details given Indefinite
GoRight Topic ban GoRight (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is topic-banned from William Connolley-related pages — this is not to be confused with edits regarding User:William M. Connolley. Community sanction imposed at this discussion – no further details given Indefinite Community sanction
Likebox Probation If User:Likebox makes any edits deemed to be tendentious, point of view pushing, addition of original research, or disruptive by an uninvolved administrator, Likebox may be blocked. After three incidents the block length may increase to one year. Community sanction imposed at this discussion Indefinite
Neptunerover Topic ban Indefinitely topic banned from the reference desks and associated talk page Community sanctions imposed following ANI discussion Indefinite
West Eddy Editing restriction a.) West Eddy (talk · contribs) be banned from editing articles relating to Ken McGowan.

b.) User agrees not to edit war.

Violation of these restrictions may result in a long-term block.

User agreed to terms of unblocking [25] Indefinite
Untalker Topic ban Per Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Carl Hewitt and per their contributions, User:Untalker is topic banned from all articles related to Carl Hewitt and the Actor Model, broadly construed. ANI discussion Indefinite
Parallel Topic ban Topic banned from articles, pages, and other Wikipedia content related to cold fusion, including material related to Energy Catalyzer and other topics touching on low-energy nuclear reactions, broadly construed. ANI discussion Indefinite
MilesMoney Topic ban ... I find that there is a clear consensus for a topic ban to be instituted against User:MilesMoney with respect to the article, Ludwig von Mises Institute ... ANI discussion Indefinite
ProudIrishAspie Topic ban ProudIrishAspie is topic banned indefinitely from adding flags, icons, rank insignia, and other images to military biography infoboxes ANI discussion Indefinite
Sierraparis Topic ban Sierraparis is indefinitely banned from editing all medicine-related pages, broadly construed. ANI discussion Indefinite
Dcelano Topic ban Dcelano topic-banned from The Wiggles, widely construed. The topic ban can be appealed if Dcelano can show that he has understood the issues and is willing (and able) to comply with Wikipedia's policies, especially on verifiability and reliable sources. ANI discussion Indefinite
Johnny Squeaky Topic ban and 1RR restriction Johnny Squeaky (talk · contribs) is restricted to the one-revert rule throughout the project, and is prohibited from changing the title of section headings to "Trivia", broadly construed. ANI discussion Indefinite
CensoredScribe Editing Restriction CensoredScribe is limited to creating categories that have met with consensus, at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion or another appropriate venue, be it a Project talk page or ____ (fill in the blank). Per ANI discussion Indefinite
Editing Restrictions CensoredScribe is banned from any mass-changes, mass-additions, mass-deletions, and any other large changes to categories. He may add-remove categories from any one article that he is focused on editing specifically. ANI discussion Indefinite
George1935 Topic ban Per the consensus of the Wikipedia community, George1935 (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from topics and articles involving homeopathy, broadly construed. While there is not consensus for a full topic ban on WP:FRINGE topics, George1935 is warned that it the behavior that resulted in the homeopathy topic ban being enacted spreads to them, expansion of the ban, or other sanctions, will likely be swift. ANI discussion Indefinite
Detroit Joseph Topic ban By the consensus of the Wikipedia community, Detroit Joseph (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from editing Farshad Fotouhi. ANI discussion Indefinite
213.66.81.80 Topic ban Consensus is that 213.66.81.80 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) is topic-banned from topics related to cement, broadly construed. AN discussion Indefinite
Banhtrung1 Topic ban User:Banhtrung1 is indefinitely banned from creating any page which is related to sports (including people, teams and clubs) in the main and template namespaces, including by moving a page they have created into the main and template namespaces. Banhtrung1 may submit draft articles or templates through the articles for creation process. AN discussion Indefinite
Evildoer187 Editing restriction Evildoer187 (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from articles dealing with Judaism.

Proposal: Evildoer187 to be topic banned from articles dealing with Judaism. The topic ban is indefinite, however if the editor's editing is issueless after six months an appeal might well be profitable.

AN discussion Indefinite
BDBJack Topic ban BDBJack is topic banned from articles related to Banc De Binary, this ban does not apply to discussion space. ANI discussion Indefinite
HistorianofRecenttimes Topic ban HistorianofRecenttimes is topic banned from articles related to Banc De Binary, this ban does not apply to discussion space. ANI discussion Indefinite
Newmancbn Topic ban By the consensus of the Wikipedia community, Newmancbn (talk · contribs) is topic banned from all articles relating to the Tanakh/Old Testament, Abrahamic religions, and pre-Constantinian Mesopotamian, Levantine, and Mediterranean cultures, religions, civilizations, mythologies, and nations. ANI discussion Indefinite
TheFallenCrowd Topic ban ... topic ban for Arthur Kemp & all related subjects ... ANI discussion Indefinite
Zambelo Topic ban New Religious Movements & Indoctrination Zambelo is indefinitely topic banned from editing articles related to new religious movements and indoctrination including all articles, talk pages, user pages, user talk pages, and all namespaces on Wikipedia except to appeal this topic ban or to file/participate in an Arbitration case.[26] [27] Indefinite
Rotten regard Topic ban Request for Administrator banned from posting on any page or talk page starting with Wikipedia:Requests for adminship including the base pages themselves. [28] Indefinite
Spotter 1 Topic ban User:Spotter 1 is indefinitely topic-banned from Russia- and Ukraine-related articles, broadly construed. This topic ban includes the RT (TV network) article, and is subject to the usual exceptions. The ban may be appealed at the administrators' noticeboard, no sooner than 28 May 2015. ANI discussion Indefinite
Aromavic Topic ban Indefinite topic ban from anything related to Amanda Eliasch Imposed by Callanecc per this discussion on ANI Indefinite
Calton and JohnHistory Editing restriction Calton (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and JohnHistory (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) are prohibited from editing each other's talk or respective subpages. Community sanction imposed from this discussion 2009-10-12 Indefinite Community sanction
Calton Revert restriction Calton (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is formally subject to 0RR on CSD tagging — he is not to revert (or re-tag) declined speedy-delete requests. Community sanction imposed at this discussion – no further details given 2008-08-07 Indefinite Community sanction


Voluntary

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User Type Sanction
(quoted verbatim)
Special enforcement details Start date Expiration date
GPinkerton Topic ban Conditional to unblock (sanction drafted by the blocking admin), GPinkerton has agreed to a restriction from Islam and post-1453 CE Middle East Discussion 2020-12-14 Indefinite, minimum 6 months
Composemi Topic ban As a condition for being unblocked, COmposemi has agreed to an indefinite topic ban from creating redirects, appealable after three months of constructive editing. Per [29] and the ANI discussion.[30] 2020-06-19 Indefinite
LovelyAngel1990 Editing restriction LovelyAngel1990 (talk · contribs) is topic banned from editing about topics related to abortion. Discussion with agreement 2020-02-09 Indefinite, can appeal on or after 2020-08-09
Winkelvi Voluntary 1-way interaction ban Winkelvi (talk · contribs) has voluntarily entered into a one-way interaction ban regarding Nagualdesign (talk · contribs) Per this AN/I discussion 2018-07-15 Indefinite
GDP Growth Editing restriction GDP Growth (talk · contribs) is topic banned from editing about post 1932 American politics. User agreeing to the ban 2019-03-20 Indefinite, can appeal on or after 2019-09-16
Hhkohh Voluntary topic ban Hhkohh (talk · contribs) has voluntarily entered in a six-month topic ban, during which they are banned from adding any deletion discussion to any deletion sorting list. This voluntary topic ban is enforceable by blocks. Per this AN/I discussion 2018-07-18 2019-01-18
Rusf10 Topic ban Rusf10 (talk · contribs) is topic banned from directly tagging for notability, proposing deletion, or nominating for AfD, any article created by Alansohn or where Alansohn is a major contributor. User accepts topic ban on one condition; user's condition implemented by community consensus 2018-03-22 2018-09-22
Esoglou Voluntary topic ban
  • Esoglou will not make article edits or talk page comments regarding Eastern Orthodox teaching or practice.
  • Esoglou may add information about Roman Catholic commentary (positive or negative) on Eastern Orthodox teaching/practice. However, any such commentary must be clearly attributed, in the body of the article, to the specific individual or document making it. Moreover, any such commentary must be clearly identified as opinion, rather than as factual information about the nature of EO teaching/practice or its compatibility/incompatibility with RC teaching/practice.
Imposed per a discussion at WP:AN3, final version approved by LM and Esoglou here. Restriction was entered into voluntarily, but may be enforced by blocks. Modified on 25-May-2011 to allow talk page comments, per agreement of LoveMonkey and Esoglou. 2011-02-06/08 / 2011-05-25 Indefinite


Final warnings / Unblock conditions

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User Type Sanction
(quoted verbatim)
Special enforcement details Issuing editor(s) Start date Expiration date
3lack5tar Conditional unblock 3lack5tar is indefinitely prohibited from editing in regards to the subject of Premier Capital. [31] Seraphimblade 2020-07-01 Indefinite
TheNeutron Conditional unblock TheNeutron is indefinitely topic banned from editing content related to Andy Vidan or Composable, can be appealed to blocking admin or at AN after a reasonable amount of time. Special:Diff/996798241 User:Rosguill 2020-12-28 Indefinite
Cambria Math (a.k.a. A.A Prinon) Conditional Unblock User is indefinitely restricted to a single account and must not edit without logging in. Please see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Cambria Math. Unblock request User:Ivanvector 2021-05-30 Indefinite
Hanna Haid Conditional unblock Hanna Haid is indefinitely topic banned from BLPs, including BLP content at other articles, can be appealed to blocking admin or at AN after a reasonable amount of time. Special:Diff/994252838 User:Rosguill 2020-12-14 Indefinite
Iistal WP:BLP WP:Edit warring Conditional unblock with an indefinite topic ban from making edits related to a living person (diff) User:Callanecc 2016-09-20 Indefinite
A1Cafel (formerly B dash) Conditional unblock B dash are subjected to one-account restriction as part of their unblock condition based on the result of community discussion. AN discussion JamesBWatson 2018-02-19 Indefinite
Goldemold Conditional Unblock User is unblocked contingent on compliance with a single account restriction (which also prohibits IP-editing), appealable to the Community in six months Unblock request User:Nosebagbear 2021-07-05 Indefinite
Tvx1
Conditional unblock The user agrees "not to deliberately add a file to an article in violation of a previous FFD discussion regarding it, except after achieving consensus to do so through a new discussion." User's agreement to the condition on their talk page EdJohnston 2019-07-05 Indefinite
JoshuaIsTheFalco
Conditional unblock JoshuaIsTheFalco is "indefinitely topic-banned from the area of racial demographics, broadly construed" Special:Permalink/935124991 Mazca 2020-01-10 Indefinite
Bodhi Peace WP:Redirect User agrees to stop creating new redirects, and to go through WP:AFCRD if they want to see any new redirects created. Conditional unblock Swarm 2018-03-11 Indefinite
Evansjack1 WP:COI, WP:EW Evansjack1 will only edit while logged into this account, will not edit war, and will not directly edit the article Jack Evans (D.C. politician). [32] GorillaWarfare 2018-08-30 Indefinite
Accesscrawl
GenuineArt
WP:BATTLEGROUND and numerous other policy violations Both editors are given final warnings for their various disruptive behaviors, and "any admin who feels that disruptive behavior of any kind is continuing may block them for a finite, or indefinite period, without any further warning". AN/I discussion
Warnings endorsed in subsequent community review
Swarm 2018-09-12 Indefinite
NadirAli formerly Nadirali WP:COPYVIO, WP:NFC I am unblocking you under the following conditions:
  • You are hereby topic banned from uploading images on Wikipedia indefinitely.
    • Should you wish to ask for this ban to be suspended, you may do so at WP:AN after not violating the ban for 1 year.
    • If you violate this ban, you will be blocked indefinitely and a siteban will be proposed at WP:ANI (considering your past actions).

Please take the proper precautions to ensure you do not violate this ban, and I hope you realize that we are being very generous to lift this block at all. Thank you for your anticipated cooperation. Coffee // have a cup // beans // 20:23, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Original offer for conditional unblock by uninvolved admin Agreement on restrictions by user Granted Unblock Request Coffee 2016-02-24 Indefinite - (can be suspended upon user's request at WP:AN on 2017-02-24 if no violations have occurred)
Tanbircdq WP:SOCK, conditional unblock First, you are restricted to a single account indefinitely. This restriction may be lifted or modified by the community or by myself to allow another account to be used for some specific purpose. Note that this restriction bars you from even those use cases of alternate accounts that are typically considered legitimate (e.g. public-use accounts or bot accounts) unless the restriction is lifted or modified.
Second, for the next six months, any uninvolved administrator may re-block you at their discretion for any disruptive activities, up to and including an indefinite block. This more-or-less formalizes the reality for all standard offers; this is a last chance, and there are no warnings left to be had. ~ Rob13Talk 18:43, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
May be lifted by the community or the original unblocking administrator. BU Rob13 2017-03-29 Indefinite / 6 months
Stavros Triandafylides WP:COI Special:Permalink/819832913 - User agrees to not edit articles about himself, his relatives, or his companies. Edits in the draft and talk namespaces are permitted. Any admin can remove after 6 months if they think it'd be productive. User:Cryptic 2018-01-11 Indefinite
Brough87 WP:CAT, WP:PRESERVE, WP:PAGEBLANK Brough87 is warned that he will be blocked indefinitely if he engages in any inappropriate addition/removal/modification of categories, or page blanking, without further notice. Warning issued on talk page Swarm 2018-05-14 Indefinite
Cesaree01 WP:REFSPAM, conditional unblock Based on our policy on conditional unblocks, I'm willing to unblock you if you agree to the following restrictions:
  1. You are topic banned from citing any reference which includes "Halil Tekiner" as an author or otherwise invested party (supervisor, etc.) in the mainspace. You are permitted to suggest such references on article talk pages, so long as you do not do so disruptively or in high volumes.
  2. You acknowledge that any future edits that give the appearance of reference spamming will result in an indefinite block.

These restrictions may be lifted at any administrator's discretion after six months without any violations. ~ Rob13Talk 13:27, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

May be lifted by any administrator after 6 months without any violations. BU Rob13 2016-12-01 Indefinite
ProfKlickberg WP:COI, WP:PROMO Unblocked as per editor's agreement to the following unblock conditions:
  • A TBAN on all content relating to "Mathew Klickstein" (including but not limited to creating drafts, articles, adding mentions in other articles, and using published material directly or indirectly related to Mathew Klickstein as sources)

These do not have set expiry dates and as with any editing restriction, they can be appealed on WP:AN after a reasonable time. (...)

conditional unblock Mkdw, Tokyogirl79 2016-02-29
(can be appealed on WP:AN after a reasonable time)
Indefinite
Filipeuni WP:SPAM, WP:EXT "... make no edits related to Univision (broadly construed) in the WP:main namespace." Conditional unblock, diff Vanjagenije 2016-01-16 Indefinite
Kils WP:SOCK, WP:COI Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kils/Archive#Conclusions (Restriction) Should the restrictions be violated, Kils may be blocked for suitable duration by any uninvolved administrator. Jehochman 2009-12-07 Indefinite


Notes

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  1. ^ Currently moot; user was originally banned for one year via a remedy in the same arbitration case but the ban was extended to indefinite afterwards for off-wiki harassment.