Template:ARBGMO alert/doc

This template calls Ds/alert with the GMO topic specified along with a message about the one revert restriction also imposed on the topic area.

Usage
All pages relating to genetically modified organisms, agricultural biotechnology, or agricultural chemicals, broadly construed have had Arbitration Discretionary Sanctions (DS) and a one revert rule imposed on them. Users editing these pages may be alerted that discretionary sanctions are in effect and that 1RR applies to them. You must use this template to do so. If you do not wish to notify the user that 1RR has been imposed you can use ds/alert (see that page for details).

Alerts ensure a user knows what is expected of them. Alerts are a neutral courtesy; never use them to intimidate, coerce, or shame another editor.

Logging
Using this template will trigger EditFilter 602. As a result, your edit containing the alert will be tagged with "discretionary sanctions alert". Edits with this tag can be searched for in user contributions, user talk page histories, Special:RecentChanges, and the log of EditFilter 602.

Therefore, an automatic system log of all alerts is maintained. You need not do anything except leave the alert.

To see whether a user has been Alerted to discretionary sanctions, load the history of their user talk page and search for  under the 'tag filter' field. You can use the Ds/log template (usually alongside user in noticeboard reports) to quickly generate links for conducting searches of issued alerts.

Additionally, current instances of the template are tracked [ here] and counted [//tools.wmflabs.org/templatecount/index.php?lang=en&name=Z33&namespace=10#bottom here]. Alerts that were subsequently deleted from the user's talk page will only appear in the EditFilter log, so this is the primary tracking mechanism.

If your alert does not log, please seek assistance at Template talk:Ds.

See Template:Ds/alert for more information.