Wikipedia:Contentious topics/American politics

Contentious topics

 * Last amended 14 December 2022

Post-1992 politics of the United States and closely related people, broadly construed, is designated as a contentious topic.

Standard set of restrictions
Any uninvolved administrator may impose the standard set of restrictions in this topic area for up to one year:

Clarifications and amendments

 * April 2017: Whether "politics" also includes events that had a political impact. (archived request)
 * January 2021: Modification of cutoff date for the contentious topic designation from 1932 to 1992. (archived request)
 * March 2021: Whether a user alerted for the 1932 cutoff could be considered aware for the 1992 cutoff. Result: They could be considered aware. (archived request)
 * October 2022: Whether sanctions placed on articles that are from after 1932 but before 1992 still apply following the January 2021 amendment. Result was that they do. (archived request)