((Contentious topics)) is a family of templates used as part of the contentious topics system. Contentious topics are specially designated topics that have attracted more persistent disruptive editing than the rest of the project. Administrators are allowed to impose editing restrictions on editors who do not follow project expectations within contentious topics. Administrators are also allowed to set special rules on pages within a contentious topic to prevent inappropriate editing. There are several main templates in this system:
Alerting users
- ((alert/first)) (((Contentious topics/alert/first))) is used, on a user's talk page, to "alert", or draw a user's attention, to the contentious topics system if they have never received such an alert before. In this case, this template must be used for the notification.
- ((alert)) (((Contentious topics/alert))) is used, on a user's talk page, to "alert", or draw a user's attention, to the fact that a specific topic is a contentious topic. It may only be used if the user has previously received any contentious topic alert, and it can be replaced by a custom message that conveys the contentious topic designation.
- ((alert/DS)) (((Contentious topics/alert/DS))) is used to inform editors that the old "discretionary sanctions" system has been replaced by the contentious topics system, and that a specific topic is a contentious topic.
- ((Contentious topics/aware)) is used to register oneself as already aware that a specific topic is a contentious topic.
Editnotices
- ((Contentious topics/editnotice)) is used to inform editors that a page is covered by the contentious topics system using an editnotice. Use the one below if the page has restrictions placed on the page.
- ((Contentious topics/page restriction editnotice)) is used to inform editors that the page they are editing is subject to contentious topics restrictions using an editnotice. Use the above if there are no restrictions placed on the page.
Talk page notices
- ((Contentious topics/talk notice)) is used to provide additional communication, using a talk page messagebox (tmbox), to editors that they are editing a page that is covered by the contentious topics system. The template standardises the format and wording of such notices. Use the below if there are restrictions placed on the page.
- ((Contentious topics/page restriction talk notice)) is used to inform editors that page restrictions are active on the page using a talk page messagebox (tmbox). Use the above if there are no restrictions placed on the page.
- If a user who has been alerted goes on to disruptively edit the affected topic area, they can be reported to the arbitration enforcement (AE) noticeboard, where an administrator will investigate their conduct and issue a sanction if appropriate. ((AE sanction)) is used by administrators to inform a user that they have been sanctioned.
Miscellaneous
- ((Contentious topics/list)) and ((Contentious topics/table)) show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia.
Full information on these templates is in their documentation.
There are a number of additional templates of secondary importance under the contentious topics family of templates. These can be browsed through Special:PrefixIndex.
Standardised Arbitration Enforcement (AE) templates[edit]
This section transcluded from: Template:Contentious topics/list/single notice [edit] [Contentious topics template subpages]
Alerting
- ((alert/first)) (((Contentious topics/alert/first))), to alert an editor to the CT system which is mandatory for the first time an editor is alerted to contentious topics (except if they've previously been alerted to discretionary sanctions in any topic area)
- ((alert)) (((Contentious topics/alert))), to alert an editor to the CT system
- ((alert/DS)) (((Contentious topics/alert/DS))), to alert an editor to the CT system who had previously been alerted of DS
- ((Contentious topics/aware)), to register oneself as already aware of CT
- ((Contentious topics/talk notice)), for announcing CT in a talk page messagebox
- ((Contentious topics/editnotice)), for announcing CT in an editnotice
- EditFilter 602, which automates the logging of alerts
- Log of recent alerts
Enforcement
- Individual restrictions
- ((AE sanction)), for telling a user they have been sanctioned (under CT or otherwise)
- ((AE sanction/topicban)), specifically for an AE topic ban
- ((Uw-aeblock)), for notifying users of arbitration enforcement blocks
- ((Uw-aepblock)), for notifying users of arbitration enforcement partial blocks
- Page restrictions
- ((Contentious topics/page restriction editnotice)), editnotice that must be used for announcing active page restrictions (except page protection)
- ((Contentious topics/page restriction talk notice)), talk page messagebox that should be used for announcing active page restrictions
- ((Contentious topics/list)) & ((Contentious topics/table)), the lists of contentious topics
- Contentious topics enforcement templates, the category for all enforcement-related templates created for the current contentious topics template
- Case/decision specific enforcement templates
- ((Contentious topics/log)), to display links for searching whether a user has ever been alerted; use like/alongside ((user)).
Whenever contentious topics are (de)authorised for a topic, update these: ((Contentious topics/list)) (edit), WP:GS §3.1 (edit), and ((Contentious topics/table)) (edit).
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