User:Awilley/Sanction log

List of articles under sanctions
Copy-pasted from Excel Methodology: check talkpage for recent discussions/disagreements, check article history for general editing volume and instances of content disputes or edit wars. Used the above to assign an activity level. (inactive, less active, semi-active, active). Noted BLPs and mostly gave them preference for keeping sanctions. Also noted which articles were about one-time past events and gave them preference to remove sanctions. Articles about ongoing events were more likely to keep sanctions.

Proposal to replace "Consensus Required" on American Politics articles
Since its conception in 2016 the "Consensus Required" rule has been applied to at least 123 pages in the American Politics topic area using the template American politics AE. The rule was originally meant to be (and is still) applied as a companion to a regular 1RR restriction. In its current form the rule reads: "Consensus required: All editors must obtain consensus on the talk page of this article before reinstating any edits that have been challenged (via reversion). This includes making edits similar to the ones that have been challenged. If in doubt, don't make the edit." I propose that it be replaced with a less restrictive rule: "Enforced BRD: If an edit you make is challenged by reversion you must discuss the issue on the article talk page and wait 24 hours (from the time of the original edit) before reinstating your edit." Rationale: The Consensus Required rule prevents some negative behaviors, but at the expense of blocking legitimate dispute resolution techniques like making new "bold" edits that address the concerns of the reverting editor. (See the "cycle" portion of BOLD, revert, discuss cycle and the paragraph titled "However, don't get stuck on the discussion".) Freezing all reinstatements of similar material and requiring a clear talkpage consensus bogs down dispute resolution and article development, and it can even reward poor behaviors like being intransigent and refusing to compromise on talk pages (paraphrasing User:Aquillion ).

The bad behavior prevented by Consensus Required (slow or tag-team edit warring) is some of the easiest behavior for admins to identify and sanction, requiring only a glance at an article's history; the tendentious talkpage behaviors rewarded by it are much harder to identify and sanction. I think the Consensus Required rule would be better used as an alternative to topic bans or blocks, to sanction individual editors who regularly engage in 1RR gaming or tag-team edit warring.

Option 2: Another option is to simply remove Consensus-Required and leave just regular 1RR. If you prefer that please indicate so in your !vote. In any case I hope to make "Enforced BRD" an optional parameter in the American politics AE template.

~Awilley (talk) 20:05, 11 December 2018 (UTC)