Wikipedia:General sanctions/Climate change probation/Log

Community discussion
A community discussion (here) has placed Climate change and related pages on article probation - effective as of 23:30, 1 January 2010 (UTC). Please direct all discussions of this remedy to Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents.

Remedy
Pages related to Climate change (broadly construed) are subject to the following terms of article probation:


 * Any editor may be sanctioned by an uninvolved administrator for disruptive edits, including, but not limited to, edit warring, personal attacks, incivility and assumptions of bad faith.
 * Sanctions imposed may include restrictions on reverts or other specified behaviors, bans from editing the climate change pages and/or closely related topics, blocks of up to 1 year in length, or any other measures the imposing administrator believes are reasonably necessary to ensure the smooth functioning of the project.
 * For the purpose of imposing sanctions under this provision, an administrator will be considered "uninvolved" if he or she is not engaged in a current, direct, personal conflict on the topic with the user receiving sanctions (note: enforcing this provision will not be considered to be participation in a dispute).
 * Prior to any sanctions being imposed, the editor in question shall be given a warning with a link to these provisions; and, where appropriate, should be counseled on specific steps that he or she can take to improve his or her editing in accordance with relevant policies and guidelines.
 * Sanctions imposed under this provision may be appealed to the imposing administrator, the appropriate administrators' noticeboard, or the Arbitration Committee.
 * Administrators are not to reverse such sanctions without either (1) approval by the imposing administrator, or without (2) community consensus or Committee approval to do so.
 * All sanctions imposed are to be logged at General sanctions/Climate change probation/Log.

How to avoid being subject to remedies

 * Do not edit-war;
 * Interact civilly with other editors;
 * Avoid making repeated comments unrelated to bettering the article;
 * Avoid making repeated comments about the subject of the article;
 * Avoid repeatedly discussing other editors, discuss the article instead;
 * Not much leeway in pages under probation, so basically be a model Wikipedian;
 * We actually know when we cross the line; we are all intelligent people;
 * Don't get worked up when you get subjected to remedies such as a temporary block or ban. Take a break and come back refreshed.

Log of sanctions

 * Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change placed under a 1RR restriction -  Ryan Postlethwaite See the mess I've created or let's have banter 12:32, 3 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Climatic Research Unit e-mail hacking incident placed under a 1RR restriction.  Ryan Postlethwaite See the mess I've created or let's have banter 22:47, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Removed on 16 June 2013.  Ryan Postlethwaite See the mess I've created or let's have banter 22:41, 16 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Scientific opinion on climate change: see Talk:Scientific opinion on climate change - maximum 1 revert per editor 24 hour period; contested edits should not be restored until consensus is reached; editors who repeatedly make obviously controversial edits without first seeking consensus may be sanctioned. - 2/0 (cont.) 19:20, 5 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Outcome of General sanctions/Climate change probation/Requests for enforcement/Archive1:
 * is topic banned from William Connolley and related articles, broadly construed, and interaction banned from User:William M. Connolley. - 2/0 (cont.) 05:08, 8 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Outcome of General sanctions/Climate change probation/Requests for enforcement/Archive1:
 * Jpat34721 is banned from the page s Climatic Research Unit hacking incident and Talk:Climatic Research Unit hacking incident until 2010-02-13. - 2/0 (cont.) 02:54, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I have now indef blocked per explanation on their talk page. Jehochman Brrr 04:16, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
 * has subsequently been unblocked by Jehochman. -- ChrisO (talk) 10:54, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Following discussion at User talk:2over0, Jpat34721 is unbanned from Talk:Climatic Research Unit hacking incident. - 2/0 (cont.) 22:03, 21 January 2010 (UTC)


 * indefinitely blocked by 2over0 . - 2/0 (cont.) 18:27, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Unblocked 13:12, 6 February 2010 by User:Bwilkins with conditions accepted by GoRight including civility parole and topic ban (three months each). Unblocking admin adds: " I would suggest that transgressions during that period would more likely lead to a more formal ban, rather than a simple indef.  I would also suggest that contraventions after the specified period would bring us right back to where we are now. This conditional unblock is not permission to wait a few months and then return to negative patterns of editing." --TS 13:24, 6 February 2010 (UTC)


 * blocked for 31 hours for personal attacks and disruptive editing on Talk:Lawrence Solomon. I then noticed the article probation notice on that talk page, so thought it best to record the block here. Vsmith (talk) 19:39, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * , and  blocked 12 hours for edit warring per General sanctions/Climate change probation/Requests for enforcement. LessHeard vanU (talk) 23:55, 23 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Outcome of General sanctions/Climate change probation/Requests for enforcement:
 * User:William M. Connolley is required to refrain until 2010-07-27 from editing others' talkpage posts in pages subject to this probation even in cases where the talk page guidelines would otherwise indicate that it could or should be done. Exceptions are made for archiving discussions that have received no comments for at least one week, and for whole removal of comments from his own talkpage. - 2/0 (cont.) 21:38, 27 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was protected (2010/01/24) due to a flare-up of edit-warring by multiple parties. Sorry for the late post. -- JForget 23:25, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * blocked 31 hours. LessHeard vanU (talk) 22:12, 3 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Outcome of General sanctions/Climate change probation/Requests for enforcement:
 * Thegoodlocust is restricted until 2010-05-03 from making more than one revert to any article in the probation area in any 24 hour period. - 2/0 (cont.) 04:01, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Thegoodlocust is banned until 2010-08-03 from reinserting any of his own text to any article in the probation area that another editor has removed from the same article for any reason. - 2/0 (cont.) 04:01, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * William M. Connolley is restricted until 2010-05-03 from making more than one revert to any article in the probation area in any 24 hour period. - 2/0 (cont.) 04:01, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * William M. Connolley is required until 2010-08-03 to initiate or participate in discussion at the relevant talkpage any time he makes a revert to any article in the probation area, excepting to revert blatant, obvious vandalism. - 2/0 (cont.) 04:01, 4 February 2010 (UTC)


 * User:GoRight
 * is required to maintain civility and cautioned against disruptive and pointy behavior. Failure to adhere to this restriction will result in first a warning and then successive blocks up to and including his original (indefinite) block. All warnings and blocks will be applied by a neutral, uninvolved administrator.
 * is to refrain from posting to any article related to the general climate change probation, broadly construed. He is permitted to take part in talk page discussions provided he carefully adheres to the civility restriction above. Failure to adhere to this restriction will result in first a warning and then successive blocks up to and including his original (indefinite) block. All warnings and blocks will be applied by a neutral, uninvolved administrator.
 * These restrictions are to be reviewed by one or more administrators on or after 2010-05-06.
 * These restrictions were imposed by User:Bwilkins and User:Trusilver here.


 * User:Thegoodlocust is topic banned from all articles and discussions related to climate change until 2010-08-08. Link. - 2/0 (cont.) 18:25, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Topic ban reset following ban violation. Six months from now is 2010-11-07. Discussion. - 2/0 (cont.) 05:32, 7 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Outcome of General sanctions/Climate change probation/Requests for enforcement:
 * Macai is topic banned from any and all edits to articles and discussions related to climate change until 2010-03-07. - 2/0 (cont.) 04:52, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
 * User:William M. Connolley blocked for 24 hours on the 12th of feb for two edits that failed to assume good faith.©Geni 02:58, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
 * User:Marknutley banned from bringing further complaints against User:William M. Connolley until 12 april.©Geni 03:11, 12 February 2010 (UTC)


 * is blocked for 31 hours for edit warring and disruptive editing. Best, Mifter (talk) 15:41, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
 * blocked 24 hours re 1RR violation at Climatic Research Unit hacking incident. LessHeard vanU (talk) 01:20, 28 February 2010 (UTC)


 * User:Marknutley blocked for 48 hours for edit warring at Rajendra K. Pachauri - . - 2/0 (cont.) 08:14, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
 * User:William M. Connolley blocked for 48 hours, per Enforcement Request, for removing another editors comments in violation of restrictions. LessHeard vanU (talk) 14:15, 2 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Outcome of General sanctions/Climate change probation/Requests for enforcement:
 * Marknutley is blocked for 48 hours for incivility. Marknutley is restricted to one revert per 24 hour period to any article in the probation area until 2010-10-01. - 2/0 (cont.) 19:34, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
 * blocked for 24 hours for violation of personal 1RR limitation of content covered by probation. LessHeard vanU (talk) 21:18, 2 April 2010 (UTC)


 * blocked 48 hours for edit warring at Climatic Research Unit email controversy. - 2/0 (cont.) 21:46, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
 * is topic banned from any and all edits to articles and discussions related to climate change until 2010-05-04. Concurrently, Macai is banned from editing articles covered by this probation until 2010-06-04. - 2/0 (cont.) 21:46, 3 April 2010 (UTC)


 * blocked 24 hours for edit warring at Climatic Research Unit email controversy. NW ( Talk ) 11:39, 5 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Outcome of General_sanctions/Climate_change_probation/Requests_for_enforcement:
 * warned about reversion without discussion.
 * warned about approach.
 * Global warming conspiracy theory placed on 1RR restriction. ++Lar: t/c 17:49, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
 * blocked 24 hours for breach of 1RR restriction. LessHeard vanU (talk) 13:18, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
 * "... is prohibited from introducing a new source, with some exceptions such as articles published in peer-reviewed journals, books published by a well-regarded academic press, or newspaper articles published in the mainstream media, to any biography of a living person or any climate change article without first clearing the source with another long-term contributor in good standing. He is also prohibited from reverting the removal of sources that he added to an article without first gathering talk page consensus. Marknutley is encouraged to find a mentor who can assist in checking the reliability of sources and with more properly educating him on the reliable sources policy." Note; has agreed to mentor Marknutley per above. LessHeard vanU (talk) 21:05, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
 * is prohibited from editing the article Fred Singer. The Wordsmith Communicate 19:01, 20 May 2010 (UTC) Ban overturned upon successful appeal. LessHeard vanU (talk) 15:51, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
 * is prohibited from introducing a new source to any biography of a living person or any climate change article without first clearing the source with another long-term contributor in good standing. The Wordsmith Communicate 19:01, 20 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Outcome of General sanctions/Climate change probation/Requests for enforcement:
 * ...is prohibited from editing the article Fred Singer, or the associated talk page, Talk:Fred Singer, for a period of 3 months. (to expire 02:00 26 August 2010 (UTC)) ++Lar: t/c 02:54, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
 * blocked 24 hours for violation of 1RR restriction, per Climate Change Probation Enforcement request. LessHeard vanU (talk) 22:26, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Outcome of General sanctions/Climate change probation/Requests for enforcement
 * and are cautioned to maintain proper decorum while editing the English Wikipedia.
 * is strongly encouraged to recuse himself as an uninvolved administrator from enforcement requests where sanctions are requested against or involving as a party, for the next 3 months.
 * is required to recuse himself as an uninvolved administrator at the Climate Change general sanctions for the next 3 months. The Wordsmith Communicate


 * and both blocked 24 hours for activities arising from a dispute at Talk:Michael E. Mann; Marknutley for edit warring and Atmoz for edit warring, personal attacks, and use of derisive terminology. LessHeard vanU (talk) 20:21, 23 June 2010 (UTC)


 * is prohibited from editing comments made by other editors, for a duration of two months. The Wordsmith Communicate 04:55, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * All editors are prohibited from adding or removing POV, neutrality or factual accuracy (or similar) tags to articles within the topic area of climate change, broadly construed, without first achieving a consensus on the talk page. Any new addition or removal without first having a consensus may be summarily reverted. The Wordsmith Communicate 04:55, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Edited by NuclearWarfare after discussion with The Wordsmith. This sanction is to expire after the closure of Arbitration/Requests/Case/Climate change. NW ( Talk ) 02:49, 18 August 2010 (UTC)


 * is blocked from editing for 48 hours, for deliberately violating his restriction of 11 August 2010. The Wordsmith Communicate 17:27, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Block duration doubled to four days, and talk page access revoked, for continuing to violate the same restriction on his own talk page. See here.  Sandstein   22:23, 18 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Watts Up With That? placed under a 1RR restriction - Selket Talk 22:20, 8 September 2010 (UTC)


 * banned from Climate change alarmism. NW ( Talk ) 12:36, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Appeal to WP:ANI declined.  Sandstein   11:16, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Log of warnings

 * Outcome of General sanctions/Climate change probation/Requests for enforcement/Archive1:
 * warned "further edits of a battleground-like nature will result in sanctions.". (by Jake Wartenberg, transcribed to User talk:GoRight by Tony Sidaway) ++Lar: t/c 17:51, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Outcome of General sanctions/Climate change probation/Requests for enforcement/Archive1:
 * warned "not to file any further frivolous or vexatious enforcement requests, or else " he "may be blocked without further warnings". (by Jehochman, transcribed to User talk:GoRight by me). ++Lar: t/c 17:51, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * is cautioned to discuss article improvements without debating the topic itself or imputing motive to other editors. - 2/0 (cont.) 16:32, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * is cautioned to comment on the content, not the contributor. - 2/0 (cont.) 17:27, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Outcome of General sanctions/Climate change probation/Requests for enforcement:
 * User:William M. Connolley warned to refrain from using septic and similar derogatory terms, and to promptly refactor any unintentional typos.
 * ChildofMidnight is warned to be more civil in interacting with other editors, and is reminded that Wikipedia is not a battleground.
 * Off2riorob is reminded to be especially careful to abide by the terms of the probation. - 2/0 (cont.) 21:40, 27 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Outcome of General sanctions/Climate change probation/Requests for enforcement:
 * Marknutley is warned that further participation in any edit war in the probation area will lead to a one-revert restriction or similar sanctions. - 2/0 (cont.) 04:00, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * KimDabelsteinPetersen is warned that further participation in any edit war in the probation area will lead to a one-revert restriction or similar sanctions. - 2/0 (cont.) 04:00, 4 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Outcome of General sanctions/Climate change probation/Requests for enforcement:
 * Sirwells is warned to seek and adhere to consensus at article talkpages, and to abide by the civility policy. - 2/0 (cont.) 05:03, 9 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Outcome of General sanctions/Climate change probation/Requests for enforcement:
 * User:Scjessey is warned that the Biographies of living persons policy is interpreted liberally, and discussion should occur before restoring any text about which another editor has raised concerns. - 2/0 (cont.) 05:14, 12 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Outcome of General sanctions/Climate change probation/Requests for enforcement:
 * User:Kauffner is warned not to use talkpages for further tendentious and unproductive commentary unrelated to improving the associated article. Kauffner is further warned that the Biographies of living persons policy applies on all pages, talkpages included. - 2/0 (cont.) 08:29, 13 February 2010 (UTC)


 * warned regarding repeating refuted allegations without apparent intent of proceeding to resolve the dispute. (Warned 28 February 2010 (UTC)) LessHeard vanU (talk) 21:27, 3 April 2010 (UTC)


 * is required to address other editors by either their full account name or the designation shown on screen or a varient desired by the other party, after being requested. LessHeard vanU (talk) 01:32, 28 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Outcome of General sanctions/Climate change probation/Requests for enforcement:
 * TMLutas is requested to avoid soapboxing on talk pages, and to be careful that sources are accurately summarized or paraphrased. TMLutas is admonished to be especially mindful of Civility and to be careful that full intent and context are conveyed when paraphrasing comments from others. - 2/0 (cont.) 15:04, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
 * warned for use of demeaning or derogatory phrases or words with regard to other contributors in the same area. LessHeard vanU (talk) 21:23, 2 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Outcome of General sanctions/Climate change probation/Requests for enforcement:
 * is warned to exercise basic due diligence in reviewing the content of sources before making assertions about them. He is warned to be scrupulous in his representation of sources and his use of purported quotes from them. He is further required to respond directly to the substance of future concerns about his use of sources and quotations and avoid aggressive posturing. These are final warnings and further violations may result in sanctions. - MastCell Talk 03:54, 18 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Outcome of General_sanctions/Climate_change_probation/Requests_for_enforcement:
 * may be blocked without warning if he makes any edits which are judged by an administrator to be uncivil, personal attacks, or assumptions of bad faith. —  east718  &#124;  talk  &#124; 19:27, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Notifications
Users should generally be individually notified about the article probation before any remedy is applied to them, but this does not preclude the use of emergency measures. '''Anyone who edits this page is automatically considered to be on notice. Please remove duplicates from the list.'''
 * Note: you can use three tildes to sign and five  to timestamp your entry. You can use the template:uw-probation to alert anyone to article probation and post a "diff" showing the warning. Please use that template civilly, as a simple notice rather than an accusation of probation violation.

Note that very new editors who perform provocative edits may have the notification placed on their talk pages without being logged here. This is because of Scibaby activity which generates a high number of such accounts which are effectively throwaways and are often identified as socks by checkuser and indefinitely blocked. Nevertheless they may receive notification on the assumption that a new account could prove to be a productive editor mistakenly suspected of socking. Should that prove to be the case, the notification may be logged here after a few days.

Easypaste:

The wording of the probation notice is as follows:
 * [[Image:Information.svg|25px]] Thank you for your contributions to the encyclopedia!  In case you are not already aware, an article to which you have recently contributed, PAGE NAME, is on article probation. A detailed description of the terms of article probation may be found at Wikipedia:General sanctions/Climate change probation.  Also note that the terms of some article probations extend to related articles and their associated talk pages.  The above is a templated message.  Please accept it as a routine friendly notice, not as a claim that there is any problem with your edits.  Thank you.