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Usage

Some pages and topics on Wikipedia are authorised for Arbitration Discretionary Sanctions (DS). Users editing these pages may be alerted that discretionary sanctions are in effect. You must use this template to do so.

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.

To alert a user, open a new section on their user talk page. Paste the following code into it, replacing topic code here – select from list with the corresponding code from the table below. Type an appropriate subject line, then save the page.

{{subst:alert|topic code here – select from list}} ~~~~

Special rules govern alerts. You must not give an editor an alert if they have already received one for the same area of conflict within the last twelve months. When you attempt to save the template to a user talk page, you'll be prompted to check the relevant logs and page history, with links to them.

You also should not issue alerts to editors who have posted a {{Ds/aware}} notice on their talk page for a particular topic area, thus declaring they are already aware of the topic sanctions. If that is the case, the filter will remind you that leaving an alert for this user is not necessary.

The template is flexible through the parameters |2=, which adds text to the box, and |sig=, which adds your signature.

{{subst:alert|topic code here – select from list|2=If you have questions, please contact me.|sig=yes}}

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 discretionary sanctions alert 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.

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

Codes

When leaving a user an Alert, you must replace |topic code – select from list with the relevant topic code:

Use Area of conflict Decision linked to
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{{Ds/alert|topic=9/11}} the September 11 attacks Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/September 11 conspiracy theories
{{Ds/alert|topic=a-a}} Armenia, Azerbaijan, or related conflicts Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Armenia-Azerbaijan 2
{{Ds/alert|topic=a-i}} the Arab–Israeli conflict Wikipedia:Arbitration/Index/Palestine-Israel articles
{{Ds/alert|topic=aa2}} Armenia, Azerbaijan, or related conflicts Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Armenia-Azerbaijan 2
{{Ds/alert|topic=ab}} abortion Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Abortion
{{Ds/alert|topic=acu}} Complementary and Alternative Medicine Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Acupuncture
{{Ds/alert|topic=ap}} post-1992 politics of the United States and closely related people Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/American politics 2
{{Ds/alert|topic=at}} the English Wikipedia article titles policy and Manual of Style Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Article titles and capitalisation
{{Ds/alert|topic=mos}} the English Wikipedia Manual of Style and article titles policy Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Article titles and capitalisation
{{Ds/alert|topic=b}} the Balkans or Eastern Europe Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Eastern Europe
{{Ds/alert|topic=blp}} articles about living or recently deceased people, and edits relating to the subject (living or recently deceased) of such biographical articles Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Editing of Biographies of Living Persons
{{Ds/alert|topic=cam}} complementary and alternative medicine Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Acupuncture
{{Ds/alert|topic=cc}} climate change Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Climate change
{{Ds/alert|topic=cid}} discussions about infoboxes and to edits adding, deleting, collapsing, or removing verifiable information from infoboxes Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Civility in infobox discussions
{{Ds/alert|topic=covid}} COVID-19, broadly construed Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/COVID-19
{{Ds/alert|topic=e-e}} Eastern Europe or the Balkans Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Eastern Europe
{{Ds/alert|topic=ecig}} the Electronic cigarette topic area Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Editor conduct in e-cigs articles
{{Ds/alert|topic=fg}} Falun Gong Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Falun Gong
{{Ds/alert|topic=gc}} governmental regulation of firearm ownership; the social, historical and political context of such regulation; and the people and organizations associated with these issues Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gun control
{{Ds/alert|topic=gg}} gender-related disputes or controversies or in people associated with them Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender and sexuality
{{Ds/alert|topic=ggtf}} gender-related disputes or controversies or in people associated with them Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender and sexuality
{{Ds/alert|topic=gap}} gender-related disputes or controversies or in people associated with them Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender and sexuality
{{Ds/alert|topic=gas}} gender-related disputes or controversies or in people associated with them Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender and sexuality
{{Ds/alert|topic=gmo}} genetically modified organisms, commercially produced agricultural chemicals and the companies that produce them, broadly construed Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Genetically modified organisms
{{Ds/alert|topic=horn}} the Horn of Africa (defined as including Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes) Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Horn_of_Africa#Amendment_(November_2021)
{{Ds/alert|topic=ipa}} India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/India-Pakistan
{{Ds/alert|topic=irp}} post-1978 Iranian politics Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Iranian_politics
{{Ds/alert|topic=iranpol}} post-1978 Iranian politics Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Iranian_politics
{{Ds/alert|topic=kurd}} the topics of Kurds and Kurdistan, broadly construed Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Kurds and Kurdistan
{{Ds/alert|topic=lr}} Liancourt Rocks Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Liancourt Rocks
{{Ds/alert|topic=med}} discussions about pharmaceutical drug prices and pricing and for edits adding, changing, or removing pharmaceutical drug prices or pricing from articles Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Medicine
{{Ds/alert|topic=muh-im}} Muhammad Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Muhammad images
{{Ds/alert|topic=old}} longevity Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Longevity
{{Ds/alert|topic=pa}} gender-related disputes or controversies or in people associated with them Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender and sexuality
{{Ds/alert|topic=pr}} Prem Rawat Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Prem Rawat
{{Ds/alert|topic=ps}} pseudoscience and fringe science Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Pseudoscience
{{Ds/alert|topic=r-i}} the intersection of race/ethnicity and human abilities and behaviour Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Race and intelligence
{{Ds/alert|topic=saq}} the Shakespeare authorship question Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Shakespeare authorship question
{{Ds/alert|topic=tpm}} post-1992 politics of the United States and closely related people Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/American politics 2
{{Ds/alert|topic=tt}} the Troubles Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/The Troubles

Note that the ap and tpm topic codes are interchangeable. tpm is preferred.

Advanced users' notes

  • Edits containing a substituted instance of this template will trigger AbuseFilter 602. The exact text which triggers the AbuseFilter are declared in the publicly-viewable filter conditions.
  • If the parameter |1= fails to display, |topic= or |t= can be used instead.
  • This template will return an error if:
    • |1= or an equivalent is not declared;
    • the template is not substituted; or
    • the template is used outside the user talk or user namespaces.
  • Template:Alert is a redirect to Template:Ds/alert. Instructions for this template, Ds/alert, are often given with reference to the template name Alert. This is for brevity's sake; the two template names refer to the same actual template.
  • Information on adding new topic areas to the index above is given at the bottom of Template:Ds/topics/single notice, which is displayed at the bottom of the main template page.
  • This template is included in Category:Wikipedia templates to be automatically substituted, so AnomieBOT will automatically substitute it. (As the template returns an error if used unsubstituted, AnomieBOT will not have to frequently, if ever, do this.)

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