Wikipedia:Update/1/Enforcement policy changes during December 2008


 * Banning policy
 * Added to Banning policy:
 * In November 2008, the Arbitration Committee passed a motion which stated that administrators are prohibited from reversing or overturning (explicitly or in substance) any action taken by another administrator pursuant to the terms of an active arbitration remedy, and explicitly noted as being taken to enforce said remedy, except:
 * (a) with the written authorization of the Committee, or
 * (b) following a clear, substantial, and active community consensus to do so.


 * WP:Blocking policy
 * New section, WP:Blocking policy: "... except where there is an urgent situation and no reasonable administrator could disagree with an immediate block (e.g. ongoing vandalism or serious BLP violations), the appropriate response for an administrator asked on IRC to block an editor is to refer the requester to the appropriate on-wiki noticeboard."


 * WP:Protection policy
 * In WP:Protection policy, after "Administrators may apply indefinite semi-protection to pages that are": removed "User pages, but not usually user talk pages, when requested by the user after vandalism." and "Policy pages that have been persistently vandalized. Policy pages should be considered on a case-by-case basis."
 * Added new subsection, WP:Protection policy: "User pages, but not usually user talk pages, are semi-protected per user request when there is evidence of vandalism or disruption."