Wikipedia:Update/1/Enforcement policy changes during April 2009


 * Banning policy
 * Added to WP:BAN: "indefinitely site- [banned users are not permitted to edit their user and user talk pages.]"
 * Added to WP:BAN: "An indefinitely site- [banned user loses the right to edit any page of the project, including their talkpage]."


 * Blocking policy
 * In WP:BLOCK, changed "persistently posting material contrary to the biographies of living persons policy" to "persistently posting unreferenced or potentially defamatory information about living persons;"
 * In WP:BLOCK, removed: "blatant vandalism, even if prevented by the abuse filter"


 * Consensus
 * New section WP:CON, created with material moved from WP:CON.


 * Policies and guidelines
 * Added to lead section, reiterated at WP:PG: "If process, guideline or policy pages appear to conflict, then policies should be followed before guidelines, and guidelines over processes."


 * Protection policy
 * Added to WP:PROTECT: "Users whose talk page are semi-protected for lengthy or indefinite periods of time should have an unprotected user talk subpage linked conspicuously from their main talk page to allow good faith comments from non-autoconfirmed users."
 * Removed from WP:PROTECT: "If a protected page is moved by an administrator, the page will be protected at the new location, but the redirect remaining at the original location will not be protected."
 * Added to WP:PROTECT: "[This includes images and other media] that are hosted on English Wikipedia. Files stored on Commons will not be protected by cascading protection, and need to be temporarily uploaded to English Wikipedia or protected at Commons." Also, "Cascading protection is not instantaneous, and can take hours to kick in. See 18483 for more information."