Wikipedia:Update/1/Enforcement policy changes, July 2009 to December 2009

December 2009

Wikipedia:Administrators New subsection: WP:ADMIN#Requests for comments on administrator conduct Wikipedia:Harassment This page is now in Category:Wikipedia enforcement policies. New section: WP:HARASS#Blocking for harassment Wikipedia:Protection policy, previous selected version In WP:PROTECT#Retired users, changed: "Retired users follow the same rule as deceased users." to: "Retired users may have their user pages protected upon request." In WP:PROTECT#Blocked users, added: [In extreme cases of] "abuse, such as" [abuse of the {{unblock}} template, the talk page may be protected ...] Wikipedia:Vandalism This page is now in Category:Wikipedia enforcement policies. In WP:Vandalism#How to respond to vandalism, changed: [If most or all of these are obvious vandalism,] "and there seems an urgent need to block that user, you may report the user immediately at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism." to: "you may report the user immediately at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism, though even in this case you may consider issuing a warning first, unless there is an urgent need to block the user." In WP:Vandalism#Types of vandalism, removed: "Since anonymous user talk pages may be shared by many users, removal of warnings is generally not appropriate."

November 2009

Wikipedia:Administrators In WP:ADMIN#Accountability, added: [Administrators are expected to respond promptly and civilly to queries about their] "Wikipedia-related conduct and" [administrator actions and to justify them when needed.] Wikipedia:Banning policy Renamed WP:BAN#Community ban to WP:BAN#Community sanctions, and made substantial changes since October Wikipedia:Harassment Imported new section, WP:HARASS#Perceived legal threats, verbatim from another policy page, WP:No legal threats Wikipedia:Protection policy, selected version Added to the introduction: "Upload protection protects the file from reupload, does not protect the file page from editing." New section: WP:PROTECT#Upload protection New subsections: WP:PROTECT#Retired users, WP:PROTECT#Blocked users

October 2009

Wikipedia:Administrators, previous selected version, no significant changes this month Wikipedia:Banning policy In WP:BAN#Administrator topic bans, removed: [Administrator-imposed bans should be appealed at] "the administrators' noticeboard, or" [the arbitration enforcement.] In WP:BAN#Decision to ban, added: "Except as noted above, individual users, including admins, may not directly impose bans." Wikipedia:Blocking policy New section, WP:BLOCK#Temporary circumstances unblocks Wikipedia:Protection policy In WP:PROTECT#Full protection, added: "All requests are submitted at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection." New section, WP:PROTECT#Flagged protection In WP:PROTECT#Templates, changed: [editors should not automatically add a protection template] "to a template they make, especially in userspace." to: "when working on templates. It is preferable to place the protection template on a template's documentation page (if available), rather than on the template page itself." In WP:PROTECT#Templates, added: "Note: All editnotice templates (except those in userspace) are protected via MediaWiki:Titleblacklist."

September 2009

Wikipedia:Administrators, selected version Removed most of the text, with minor changes, from the recently added section, WP:ADMIN#Reversing another admin's action Wikipedia:Blocking policy, previous selected version In WP:BLOCK#Recording in the block log after username change, removed: [The Checkuser should then add short blocks to the new account to denote each entry in the user's old account log.] "The short blocks should be described as "previous account block log" in the block summary." Wikipedia:Protection policy Moved several sections down: WP:PROTECT#User pages, WP:PROTECT#Deceased users and WP:PROTECT#Creation protection. Renamed WP:PROTECT#Templates to WP:PROTECT#Available templates. Created a new WP:PROTECT#Templates section: "Templates are like all pages in regard to protection, and are not protected unless there is a special reason to do so. Highly visible templates or templates in use on many pages are usually protected. Protection may be semi-protection or full protection, based on the degree of visibility, use and other factors. In view of this, editors should not automatically add a protection template to a template they make, especially in userspace."

August 2009

Wikipedia:Administrators Substantial changes throughout from the July 31 version Wikipedia:Banning policy In the introduction, moved one sentence, and removed: "Bans are social constructs, and are not enforced by the MediaWiki software." In WP:BAN#Community ban, changed "If a user has exhausted the community's patience to the point where an administrator has indefinitely blocked the user and ..." to "If a user has been indefinitely blocked and through community discussion it is determined that ..." In WP:BAN#Evasion and enforcement, changed "As with enforcement of other Wikipedia policies, no individual editor is obligated to help enforce any ban." to "While all editors are expected to respect the enforcement of policies by not undermining or sabotaging them, no editor is personally obligated to help enforce any ban." In WP:BAN#Enforcement by reverting edits, removed "Users are generally expected to refrain from reinstating edits made by banned users in violation of the ban, and such edits may be viewed as meatpuppetry." In WP:BAN#Coercion, removed "legal, physical, or blackmail" Wikipedia:Blocking policy, selected version Renamed WP:BLOCK#Explanation on blocking to WP:BLOCK#Explanation of blocks, and some subsections were renamed, but with no changes to the text. Made minor changes to WP:BLOCK#Unblocking, and added: [Unblocking will almost never be acceptable: ...] "when the block is explicitly enforcing an active Arbitration remedy and there is not a "clear, substantial, and active community consensus to do so" (Arbcom motion)" Wikipedia:Protection policy Added to WP:PROTECT#Semi-protection: "... or confirmed." [Such users can request edits to a semi-protected page by proposing them on its talk page, using the {{editsemiprotected}} template if necessary to gain attention.] "They may also request the confirmed userright by visiting Requests for permissions" In WP:PROTECT#Creation protection, removed "Administrators should avoid using creation protection as a pre-emptive measure, as it is intended to be a response to actual events."

July 2009

Wikipedia:Administrators Added to WP:ADMIN#No big deal: "A modern clarification of this statement as of 2009 would be to say that while the correct use of the tools and appropriate conduct is considered very important, being an administrator should not be considered a big deal." New subsection, using existing text: WP:ADMIN#Administrators are accountable Added link to WP:ADMIN#Grievances by users ("Administrator abuse"): Administrators' noticeboard: Incidents Added to WP:ADMIN#See also: Wikipedia:Miniguide to requests for adminship Added Category:Wikipedia enforcement policies Wikipedia:Banning policy Substantial changes to the whole page since the June 30 version Wikipedia:Blocking policy Added subsection, WP:BLOCK#Self-requested blocks: "Sometimes people request that their account be blocked, for example to enforce a wikibreak. Typically, such requests are refused. There is a JavaScript-based "wikibreak enforcer" which may be used instead." Wikipedia:Bot policy In WP:BOTPOL#Bots with administrative rights, removed: "Adminbots running from their owners' main accounts at the time of this policy's adoption are also covered by the policy. When the policy is adopted, those admins should initiate BRFAs within about two months to move their bots to new accounts. Those adminbots may continue running from their masters' accounts until their BRFAs close." Added Category:Wikipedia enforcement policies Wikipedia:IP block exemption Added Category:Wikipedia enforcement policies Wikipedia:Protection policy In WP:PROTECT#Full protection, changed "A fully protected page can be edited only by administrators, who must limit their edits as described below." to "A fully protected page can be edited only by administrators."

• Enforcement policy changes, December 2008 to June 2009