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Placed by the Wikipedia community
User Type Sanction
(quoted verbatim)
Special enforcement details Start date Expiration date
Badmintonhist Interaction Ban Consensus is that Badmintonhist is banned from mentioning, replying to, discussing about or otherwise addressing Roscelese in any way. In addition, they may not revert or undo Roscelese's edit in any way. The usual caveats of dispute resolution on appropriate noticeboards apply. ANI Discussion Indefinite
TreasuryTag Topic ban "a full topic ban on initiating all CSDs, PRODs, and XfD discussions for any page in Wikipedia." Will take effect when/if TreasuryTag is unblocked. AN thread 2011-10-07 Indefinite
May be reviewed after 2014-02-28.
Alan Liefting Topic ban Alan Liefting may not make any category-related edits outside of mainspace until and unless this topic ban is lifted. Per community consensus at the Administrators' Noticeboard 2012-10-17 Indefinite
Wjemather Interaction Ban Wjemather is banned from interacting with Epeefleche anywhere on the Wiki. If, as part of WP:CCI, Wjemather comes across a matter involving Epeefleche he is to contact Moonriddengirl privately, who has offered to handle the matters. Link to AN/I discussion 2011-03-29 Indefinite
Radiopathy Revert restriction Radiopathy is on an indefinite 0RR restriction. He/she may make no reverts "other than reverts of edits showing straightforward bad faith harm". Radiopathy is limited to a maximum of one revert per page in any 24 hour period (excepting removal of obvious vandalism, BLP or copyright violation). Violations of this edit-restriction may lead to blocks of progressively increasing lengths. Sanction for 6 months endorsed and modified by the community to be indef, and Gwen Gale's 0rr modification Indefinite
Prioryman Interaction ban Prioryman is banned from interacting with Youreallycan (talk · contribs) Restriction imposed as a result of this discussion 2012-10-31 Indefinite
Prioryman & Delicious carbuncle Interaction Ban Mutually agreed, binding, interaction ban; they are banned from discussing each other, or interacting. Appeal to imposing admin or Arbcom. WP:AN thread 2012-03-22 Indefinite
Ottava Rima Civility restriction The user may be blocked if they make any edits which are judged by an administrator to be uncivil, personal attacks, or assumptions of bad faith. Sanction imposed at this discussion, and confirmed per this discussion. 2009-09-25 Indefinite
Rusted AutoParts and TreCoolGuy Interaction ban Rusted AutoParts and TreCoolGuy are indefinitely banned to interact with each-other under the terms of WP:IBAN. AN discussion 2014-02-16 Indefinite
Technophant Topic ban Per consensus at ANI, User:Technophant is indefinitely topic banned from all edits related to Alternative medicine, and specifically Acupuncture. Any violations of this ban will result in blocks, except where excepted by WP:BANEX. The topic ban may be appealed in 1 year. Any questions about whether an edit will constitute a topic ban violation should be directed to an administrator before the edit is made. ANI discussion, talk page discussion (modification & clarification)
Following the closure of an unblock appeal on 2019-03-08, this topic ban may only be appealed after 3 months from today, and after at least 50 non-minor mainspace edits. AN discussion`
2014-07-21 Indefinite
Rama Tag ban Rama (talk · contribs) is banned from using the {{di-replaceable fair use}} tag. Community sanction imposed from this discussion. 2010-02-10 Indefinite
Calton and JohnHistory Editing restriction Calton (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and JohnHistory (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) are prohibited from editing each other's talk or respective subpages. Community sanction imposed from this discussion 2009-10-12 Indefinite Community sanction
Calton Revert restriction Calton (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is formally subject to 0RR on CSD tagging — he is not to revert (or re-tag) declined speedy-delete requests. Community sanction imposed at this discussion – no further details given 2008-08-07 Indefinite Community sanction
Baseball Bugs Editing restriction Until further notice, Baseball Bugs (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is restricted from commenting on, about, or to ChildofMidnight (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) anywhere on Wikipedia, apart from administrative processes (in certain situations such as SPI-related matters) and ArbCom proceedings (where both are named parties). Failure to abide by this restriction will result in 24 hour blocks, escalating to lengthier blocks if the violations continue.

Community sanction imposed from this discussion and agreement of both editors. Amendment per this

2009-08-08
  • Amended 2010-09-24
Indefinite
Wikidea Probation
  1. Wikidea is subject to an editing restriction (probation). Should he make any edits which are judged by an administrator to be disruptive, he may be banned from any affected pages or set of pages.
  2. Wikidea is banned from interacting with, or, directly or indirectly, commenting on THF (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) on any page in Wikipedia.

The ban will take effect once an administrator has posted a notice on his talk page and logged it at User:Wikidea/Community sanction. If he is also banned from using affected talk pages, this must be specified in the notice and log.

Note — this remedy may be expanded in scope to include interaction of any other user if it is later deemed necessary in the opinion of 3 administrators to prevent harassment. See also User:Wikidea/Community sanction.

2009-02-15 Indefinite
NYYankees51
Now Instaurare
Topic ban NYyankees51 is indefinitely topic-banned from all LGBT-related articles, broadly construed, per discussion at AN. Failure to comply with this restriction may result in escalating blocks. AN discussion 2012-02-25 Indefinite
Stefanomione Editing restriction a.) User:Stefanomione be banned from using any gadgets or other automated tools (hotcat in particular) to modify categories in any way. This includes, but is not limited only to, creating a category page, adding pages to a category, changing a page from one category to another, etc.

This restriction may be lifted in the future IF Stefanomione has shown to be consistently following the second restriction (b, below) over a decent period of time, absolutely no less than 3 months (with at least 6 months being preferable).

b.) Also that if any (presumably manually done, per the restriction above) category creation or modification done by Stefanomione is contested, he must stop and discuss, gaining a consensus before continuing, per WP:BRD.

Violation of these restrictions may result in being blocked.

ANI discussion 2012-03-05 Indefinite
Wickwack , Ratbone, Keit, Floda, and dynamic IP Ban from reference desks. The user known by the aliases Wickwack, Ratbone, Keit, Floda, who edits from a dynamic IP address, is indefinitely banned from contributing to discussions at Wikipedia:Reference desk and Wikipedia talk:Reference desk and all subpages thereof. They are banned regardless of whichever alias they use, or even if they stop using aliases altogether, whether it be one of the above, or another, enforceable by reverting their contributions to the above discussion pages. The ban may be appealed after 6 months. AN discussion 2013-06-08 Indefinite
Ashton 29 File upload restrictions Ashton 29 is limited to one account indefinitely, prohibited from uploading any files claimed as his work, and may only upload files which are not claimed as his own work via the Files for upload process. These last two restrictions may be appealed at WP:AN no earlier than 07/08/2014. AN discussion 2014-01-07 Indefinite
Rusted AutoParts Editing restriction Rusted AutoParts is indefinitely restricted to one revert of any editor in any 24 hour period, subject to the usual exceptions listed at WP:3RR. This restriction can be appealed at WP:ANI six months from now. Per [1] and discussion at User talk:Rusted AutoParts#Reviewed. 2014-02-13 Indefinite
Renamed user 2423tgiuowf formerly Reece Leonard Topic ban and interaction ban
  1. User:Reece Leonard is indefinitely topic-banned from Artpop, Lady Gaga and related articles.
  2. User:Reece Leonard is subject to a mutual interaction ban with User:STATicVapor.

These restrictions can be appealed on AN/ANI no sooner than 6 months after their implementation.

ANI discussion 2014-03-12 Indefinite
STATicVapor Interaction ban User:STATicVapor is subject to a mutual interaction ban with User:Reece Leonard. This restriction can be appealed on AN/ANI no sooner than 6 months after its implementation. ANI discussion 2014-03-12 Indefinite
Gibson Flying V Topic ban Gibson Flying V is topic banned from anything height-related on any article related to association football. He is reminded that harsher sanctions were suggested in the AN discussion and it is very likely that the community will impose them if they are the cause of any further disruption. AN discussion 2014-07-09 Indefinite
Antidiskriminator Topic ban A ban on Antidiskriminator editing in topics involving 'Serbs and Serbia 1900-current' (broadly construed) ANI dicussion 2014-07-20 Indefinite
Netoholic Topic ban Topic-banned from the subject of Stefan Molyneux, broadly construed ANI dicussion 2014-09-27 Indefinite
Light show Upload ban Light show is indefinitely banned from uploading images due to long-term and ongoing copyright concerns. See close of ANI discussion 2014-11-04 Indefinite
Topic ban Light show is indefinitely topic banned from all articles related to Stanley Kubrick, broadly construed. See this AN discussion 2014-11-18 Indefinite
RichardWeiss formerly SqueakBox Topic ban Banned from editing pornography-related articles. [SqueakBox is] still welcome to engage on talk pages or project pages. [SqueakBox] may appeal this sanction to AN or ANI, though [...] a grace period of at least three months [is suggested]. ANI discussion 2015-01-01 Indefinite
Nawabmalhi , & TheSawTooth Topic ban The consensus in the WP:AN/I discussion was to impose a topic ban on both persons concerning all military pages about India and Pakistan. Consider this an indefinite ban -- that is, a ban that could last forever, or only a few days -- until either or both can convince enough people on WP:AN/I to lift it. ANI discussion 2015-01-03 Indefinite
Stevertigo WP:1RR restriction Stevertigo is subject to a community imposed edit restriction of 1 revert per article per week, with indefinite duration. Community sanction imposed from this discussion 2010-10-05 Indefinite
Rich Farmbrough Editing restriction Regardless of the editing method (i.e. manual, semi-automatic, or automatic; from any account), Rich Farmbrough is indefinitely prohibited from making cosmetic changes to wikicode that have no effect on the rendered page (excepting those changes that are built-in to stock AWB or those that have demonstrable consensus or BAG approval). This includes but is not limited to: changing templates to template redirects, changing template redirects to templates (see here for AWB stock changes on this item, with the understanding that bypassing template redirects will only be done when there is a substantive edit being done), changing the spacing around headers and ordered lists (except to make an aberration consistent with the rest of the page), and changing the capitalization of templates. Furthermore, prior to orphaning/emptying and deleting categories or templates, the appropriate processes (WP:CFD/WP:TFD) should be engaged. Sanction imposed per this AN discussion, to be enforced by escalating blocks 2010-10-26? Indefinite
Editing restriction Rich Farmbrough is not permitted to make any mass changes to articles, broadly construed, and regardless of editing method, cosmetic or not, without a demonstrable consensus from the community that he is explicitly permitted to do so. Further, he is entirely prohibited from using Auto Wiki Browser or directly making any edits to Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Template redirects or any other page related to the governance and use of automated or semi-automated tools. Any such changes desired must be proposed on the appropriate talk page, and may only be enacted by other parties. This sanction does not replace or nullify other pre-existing sanctions on this user, and may be appealed no sooner than one year from the date it was approved by the community. Sanction imposed per this ANI discussion. 2020-01-11 Indefinite
Creation restriction Regardless of the editing method (i.e. manual, semi-automatic, or automatic; from any account), Rich Farmbrough is indefinitely prohibited from mass creating pages in any namespace, unless prior community approval for the specific mass creation task is documented. The definition of "mass creation" and the spirit of the restriction follows Wikipedia:BOTPOL#Mass article creation. Sanction imposed following this ANI discussion and the prior editing restriction, to be enforced by escalating blocks 2011-01-13? Indefinite
Editing restriction Consensus in respect of Rich Farmbrough's editing restrictions shall be defined as approval at WP:BRFA or a formally closed WP:RFC with more than ten non-canvassed participants. Sanction imposed per this ANI discussion. 2020-05-28 Indefinite
Tyw7 Topic Ban Banned from uploading non-free images ANI discussion 2011-05-16 Indefinite
Wikid77 Topic ban banned from all edits relating to the Murder of Meredith Kercher "indefinitely topic-banned by the community from all edits related to the Murder of Meredith Kercher affair. This is to be broadly construed, i.e. covering all persons and institutions related to the case, and it covers both article and talk edits" [2] [3] 2011-06-04 Indefinite
Dolovis Page move ban Banned from moving any pages. Should Dolovis need a page to be moved, it is to be requested at WP:RM. If there is consensus for the move, another editor will perform the move. Proposed on 12 July 2011 at ANI, enacted per unanimous consensus on 13 July (ANI, 07:40, 13 July 2011). Dolovis has been notified of the ban. This restriction was amended on 08.10.2011 to only cover pages with titles containing diacritics. 2011-07-13 Indefinite
Circuit dreamer Topic ban 1.Circuit Dreamer is banned from editing all electronics articles, broadly construed 2. Circuit Dreamer is banned from editing talk pages associated with above. Per ANI community discussion enacted Aug 17, 2011 2011-08-17 Indefinite
Dolovis Topic ban "For obvious and repeated gaming of the system, User:Dolovis is indefinitely banned from 'moving, redirecting/making diacritic related redirects, or otherwise changing titles of articles that have diacritics in the titles', broadly construed." Per consensus at AN/I, January 5, 2012. Clarification of broadly construed provided by closing admin on request of Dolovis is here. 2012-01-05 Indefinite
Yogesh Khandke Topic ban banned from making any edits on the subjects of colonialism and Indian history, widely construed [4] [5] 2012-04-04 Indefinite
Pigsonthewing Topic Ban User:Pigsonthewing is banned by the community from the FA of the day and any articles nominated or scheduled as FA of the day. Per ANI discussion 2012-08-17 Indefinite
IjonTichyIjonTichy Topic ban Text Per ANI discussion 2012-08-23 Indefinite
Novaseminary and 2602:304:5EA1:52A9:
CC27:F942:1C73:3E49 (et alia)
Topic ban Novaseminary and IP editor 2602:304:5EA1:52A9:CC27:F942:1C73:3E49 (et alia) must refrain from editing Douglas Tait (stuntman). Per community consensus at the Administrators' Noticeboard 2012-10-19 Indefinite
Immortale and Arydberg Topic ban Immortale and Arydberg are hereby topic-banned from all material related to aspartame and artificial sweeteners, until they can convince the community that they are capable of editing constructively on these topics. ANI discussion 2013-01-26 Indefinite
Byelf2007 Topic ban Byelf2007 is indefinitely prohibited from editing any page related to economics, broadly construed (official notice). Per AN discussion 2013-04-03 Indefinite
Laurel Lodged Topic ban Laurel Lodged is placed under an editing restriction from adding, removing or altering the names or significance of Irish counties, whether historical or contemporary; administrative or traditional. This restriction applies to all namespaces but does not prevent Laurel Lodged from participating in or initiating talk-page discussions with respect to the names or significance of Irish counties. The restriction will be recorded at Wikipedia:Editing restrictions and may be removed by any administrator at Laurel Lodged's request after a period of 6 months. Per ANI decision 2013-06-20 Indefinite
Can be removed after 2013-12-20.
KhabarNegar Topic ban KhabarNegar is restricted from editing any articles related to politics (that includes all articles about countries and religious groups), or the Talk pages of those articles. However, KhabarNegar may discuss those topics on the User Talk pages of individual editors, and KhabarNegar is also free to revert obvious vandalism. If KhabarNegar wishes to edit medical content in English, Doc James has offered to provide guidance to help avoid plagiarism and sourcing issues. Original ANI discussion resulting in indef by User:Dennis Brown here. Per unblock conditions as agreed to on KhabarNegar's User talk page. 2013-06-19 Indefinite but may apply to have restrictions lifted after 2013-12-19
Damorbel Topic ban Damorbel is indefinitely topic banned from all edits related to thermodynamics, broadly construed. Per this discussion at WP:AN 2013-07-24 Indefinite
May be reviewed after 2014-01-24.
Tumadoireacht Topic ban User:Tumadoireacht is indefinitely banned from editing circumcision-related article and their talk pages. User:Tumadoireacht is indefinitely banned from all editing or discussion relating to circumcision or any issue related to circumcision, broadly construed, on any page whatever. Closing statement at ANI & closing statement at AN. 2015-03-16 Indefinite
Zhanzhao Restricted to one account user:Zhanzhao agrees to abide by a restriction to a single account. user:DanS76 blocked per WP:BROTHER. ANI thread 2015-04-17 Indefinite
EddieSegoura Unban conditions (editing restriction) The following conditions apply indefinitely:
  • You are restricted to using only the User:EddieSegoura account.
  • You are topic banned from "railroad switches", broadly construed, which expressly includes "exicornt"
  • Violations of either of the above conditions (and only those two) will result in the community site ban being automatically reinstated.
Ban appeal at AN 2015-05-22 Indefinite
Rebelrick123 Page ban Page banned from History of WWE and its talkpage for persistent disruptive editing and edit warring. ANI thread 1, ANI thread 2 2015-07-21 Indefinite
Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) Topic ban "Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk · contribs) is hereby expressly prohibited from using the "quote =" parameter of the citation template in any edit that he makes." ANI discussion 2015-09-20 Indefinite
John sargis and Panlis Topic ban User:John sargis and User:Panlis are hereby topic-banned from all articles related to Inclusive Democracy, broadly construed. ANI discussion 2015-09-22 Indefinite
Doctor Papa Jones formerly Jonas Vinther Topic ban Indefinite topic ban on all articles concerning Nazi Germany, broadly construed. Closure of ANI discussion 2015-11-15 Indefinite
Ratel (who used Jabba the Hot for a time) Editing restriction Consensus is to unblock Ratel/Jabba the Hot, on the obvious condition that:
  • The user sticks to one account from now on;
  • He will be held to his voluntary TBAN from Aspartame, Matt Drudge, David Copperfield, and all climate change articles;
  • Also [he will be held to a] voluntary probation that allows uninvolved admins to TBAN him from any future BLP around which issues arise.
AN consensus to unblock with conditions, see also UTRS appeal #13154 2015-02-15 Indefinite
Chjoaygame Topic ban Chjoaygame has been banned per community consensus, from making any edits to quantum theory articles or their talk pages AN discussion 2016-04-13 Indefinite
Winkelvi and MaranoFan Interaction ban On balance there is consensus for a no-fault, two-way interaction ban between MaranoFan and Winkelvi. ANI close 2016-04-15 Indefinite
Hullaballoo Wolfowitz Interaction Ban Hullaballoo Wolfowitz is banned from interacting with SimonTrew. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz is also warned that further uncivil comments towards any editor will result in a block. ANI discussion 2016-05-15 Indefinite
Stefanomione Topic ban Stefanomione has been topic banned from participation at WP:CFD and from creating or changing categories. Per community consensus in this ANI discussion. 2016-05-30 indefinite
EllenCT Topic ban EllenCT (talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from the topic of economics, broadly construed. ANI discussion 2016-06-23 Indefinite
WilliamJE One way interaction ban WilliamJE may not comment on or interact with Nyttend. ANI discussion 2016-09-04 Indefinite
User:Jed Stuart Topic ban The user is topic banned from all pages and discussions related to electronic harassment and/or conspiracy theories. Per this ANI discussion. 2016-09-18 Indefinite
JasonCarswell Topic Ban JasonCarswell (talk · contribs) is hereby topic banned from all WP:FRINGE subjects, broadly construed, for a period of one year. This is to be understood to include all existing articles covering FRINGE material, as well as any attempts by the editor to start, edit, or otherwise contribute to FRINGE-related editing in the Draft and User spaces. This topic ban shall be in place for a period of one year, after which JasonCarswell may appeal the topic ban by petitioning for a review of his case at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. ANI Discussion 2016-12-15 Indefinite, may apply to have restrictions lifted after 2017-12-15
Rjensen Editing restriction Rjensen is indefinitely restricted from removing or refactoring the talk page comments of other editors, with exceptions for minor/non-controversial changes ANI discussion 2016-12-20 Indefinite
Anmccaff (now Qwirkle) Topic Ban Anmccaff is topic banned from any and all articles and talk page discussions relating to diets, broadly construed. Community consensus at this ANI discussion. 2017-01-08 Indefinite
Johnpacklambert Topic ban Johnpacklambert is indefinitely banned from nominating any articles at WP:AFD to a maximum of ONE article in any given calendar day, determined by UTC. If JPL, wants to nominate a group of articles in one discussion, they must refrain from any further AFDs for the same number of days as the count of articles nominated. This restriction does not apply to nominating articles through WP:CSD or WP:PROD. Community consensus here. 2017-03-09 Indefinite
Probrooks Topic ban Probrooks is indefinitely topic banned from alternative medicine, broadly construed. Community consensus here. 2017-03-21 Indefinite
Winkelvi Editing restrictions Winkelvi is blocked for three months, ending 16 June 2017 for edit warring. Following the expiration of their block they are on an indefinite 0RR restriction, appealable in six months if no talk page bludgeoning has occurred. After appeal discussion at AN, the indefinite 0RR restriction has been replaced with indefinite 1RR restriction, appealable in six months. Community consensus here, 0RR appeal 2017-06-16, end of 3-month block 2017-11-21 indefinite
GregJackP / Jytdog Interaction ban Users are subject to a mutual, 2-way interaction ban with one another ANI report 2017-04-26 Indefinite
Leprof 7272 Topic ban Leprof 7272 is banned from adding, removing, or editing any cleanup banner within any article. Community consensus at ANI 2017-04-30 Indefinite
Robertinventor Topic ban Robertinventor is banned from the topic area of Buddhism, broadly construed. Community consensus at ANI 2017-05-07 Indefinite. Appealable in six months
Light2021 Editing restriction a. User:Light2021 is to refrain from canvassing, with every single instance being a blockable offense;
b. they are on notice for their AfD participation, which is frequently deemed incompetent or otherwise disruptive, and may be blocked for that by any uninvolved administrator;
c. they are placed on a one-way interaction in relation to User:Cunard--simply put, they can't go where Cunard goes (and Cunard will, of course, not be baiting Light2021).
AN/I discussion 2017-08-08 Indefinite, appeal permitted via ANI after six months.
Light show Topic ban Light show is indefinitely topic banned from any edits relating to biographies of any kind, broadly construed. This community sanction may be appealed no earlier than six months after the date of this closure. AN/I discussion 2017-08-15 Indefinite
QuackGuru Topic ban QuackGuru is indefinitely banned from all articles and edits related to religion, broadly construed. For the avoidance of doubt, this does not restrict them from editing noticeboards (eg WP:FTN so long as their edits are not related to religion. AN/I discussion 2017-08-23 Indefinite
Hillbillyholiday Editing restriction Hillbillyholiday is restricted to one revert per article per every 72 hour period in the BLP topic area, broadly construed, except in cases of obvious vandalism. Hillbillyholiday is encouraged to take disputes to the article talk page or the BLP noticeboard. AN/I discussion 2017-08-29 Indefinite
Johnvr4 Topic ban Johnvr4 is topic banned from contributing to or discussing articles regarding either Japan or weapons, broadly construed, anywhere on the English Wikipedia. They may appeal this ban to WP:AN after six months AN/I Discussion 2017-09-18 Indefinite
TakuyaMurata Topic ban TakuyaMurata is indefinitely topic banned from any policy discussion regarding Draft namespace (broadly construed). He is further topic banned from discussing the applicability of policies and procedures regarding Draft namespace (broadly construed). He is further banned from participating in any MfD discussion for which there is a discussion of Draft namespace suitability (broadly construed). These sanctions shall be appealable in one year from enactment and a failure to successfully appeal the sanctions shall reset the one year clock. AN discussion 2017-09-26 Indefinite, appealable after 2018-09-26
DocumentError One-way interaction ban DocumentError is indefinitely banned from interacting with Legacypac. AN/I discussion 2017-10-06 Indefinite
Hijiri88 /John Carter Interaction ban John Carter and Hiijri88 are indefinitely banned from interacting with one another. They are both warned that any violation of this ban will lead to an immediate block. ANI discussion 2017-01-26 Indefinite
Let There Be Sunshine formerly Inside the Valley Account restriction "The discussion shows a clear consensus to unblock with a one-account restriction, so that is what I am implementing: you are unblocked, but you are restricted to operating only one account." AN discussion 2017-10-10 Indefinite
XIIIfromTOKYO Topic ban Launebee and XIIIfromTOKYO are each given a TBAN from direct edits to articles on French academic institutions. They may continue to advocate for article changes on talk pages, but XIIIfromTokyo is additionally cautioned against comments addressing the motive or character of other conversants. AN/I archive 2017-10-11 Indefinite
StuRat Topic ban Indefinitely topic banned from the Wikipedia:Reference desks, including talk pages and would include providing answers to or commenting on reference desk questions at other locations outside of the reference desks. AN/I discussion 2017-11-02 Indefinite
Hesselp Topic Ban Hesselp (talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from all articles on or related to mathematical series. This is understood to include all articles on mathematical series, those who developed them, theories on mathematical series, practical applications and uses for mathematical series, etc, as well as the article talk pages on or related to the mathematical series in question. Additionally, in order to affect a timely halt to any disruptive behavior arising from this topic ban administrators may at their discretion adopt a 1RR position for any mathematical article Hesselp has edited or contributed to provided that there is clear evidence of disruptive behavior from the editor. This topic ban shall be in effect until community consensus at ANI or ARBCOM rule otherwise. ANI Discussion 2017-11-07 Indefinite (or until community consensus or ARBCOM rule otherwise)
Cautious Topic ban Cautious is topic banned on all matters relating to CAGE (very broadly construed), indefinitely. Close of ANI discussion 2017-11-28 Indefinite
CAPTAIN RAJU Topic ban indefinitely banned from closing and/or relisting AFD discussions ANI discussion 2017-12-14 Indefinite
InterCity(IC) Topic ban InterCity(IC) (talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from mainspace edits attributing or categorising inventions, technical developments or similar, by nationality. InterCity(IC) is permitted to propose such changes on Talk pages or initiate an article RfC, but is cautioned to respect consensus should it go against him. This is not indefinite license to argue. Repeat proposals or RfCs for the same topic may be expected to lead to a broadening of the restriction. InterCity(IC) is cautioned against removing, refactoring or editing the comments of others. This is disruptive and may be expected to lead to blocks. AN Discussion 2018-02-16 Indefinite
Jdcomix Topic ban Jdcomix is indefinitely topic banned from closing and/or relisting any deletion discussion. AN/I discussion 2018-02-20 Indefinite
Gagibgd Topic ban Gagibgd (talk · contribs) is indefinitely topic banned from editing any sports article related to Serbian, or mentioning them in discussions, broadly construed. ANI discussion 2018-03-01 Indefinite
Jzsj Topic ban Jzsj (talk · contribs) is indefinitely topic banned from editing, discussing, or mentioning, any articles related to education or schools, broadly construed. They may participate in deletion discussions related to these topics if they created the page(s) in question. ANI discussion 2018-03-09 Indefinite
Donald Trung Editing restrictions
  1. You are indefinitely banned from using any special signatures. It must only be plain text containing only your username, and a link to your talk, formatted as "Donald Trung (talk)" or "Donald Trung". You are not required to link to both your user or talk page. One of them must be linked, however. The signature cannot link elsewhere. You are allowed to precede your signature with 2 hyphens or a long mdash, like my signature. Your timestamp cannot have special formatting.
  2. You are indefinitely banned from all namespaces except for Article, Talk, User, and User talk pages. The only exceptions are discussions where you are a subject of the discussion. In 6 months you may participate in deletion discussions, and AFC, provided you have been keeping in line with all restrictions.
  3. You are indefinitely prohibited from using alternate accounts, or editing logged out, on the English Wikipedia. Accidental logouts are fine as long as they are immediately rectified by signing on and stating it was an accident. Too many "accidents" may and will be seen as gaming.
  4. If you directly violate any of these restrictions, you are to stop immediately and resume productive editing. Failing that will result in your block being reinstated, and you to be subject to an indefinite site ban, which can be imposed by any admin if they deem appropriate.
  5. If you try to game these restrictions by being disruptive elsewhere, as defined by observing admins, not you, your block will be reinstated, and you will be subject to an indefinite site ban, which can be imposed by any admin if they deem appropriate.
  • AMENDMENT TO 2: The ban on namespaces is loosened to allow participation in the template and category namespaces and their respective talk pages.
  • AMENDMENT TO 2: The ban on namespaces is loosened to allow participation in the File and respective talk namespaces.
  • AMENDMENT TO 2: The ban on namespaces is loosened to allow participation in the Draft and respective talk namespaces.
Unblock condition 2018-03-12
  • Amended 2018-05-18
  • Amended 2018-06-30
  • Amended 2018-09-14
Indefinite
Alansohn Interaction ban Alansohn (talk · contribs) is banned from interacting with Rusf10 (talk · contribs), subject to the usual exceptions, for six months indefinitely. He is, however, specifically allowed to respond to any deletion nomination by Rusf10 where he has created or significantly contributed to the nominated article. Such comments must be content-based and not directed at Rusf10 in any personal way. ANI discussion
Extended indefinitely with exception added
2018-03-22 Indefinite
Barbara (WVS) /
Bfpage
Topic ban and interaction ban Barbara (WVS) (talk · contribs), also editing as Bfpage (talk · contribs), is topic-banned (WP:TBAN) from human health and medical topics, including anatomy and sexuality, broadly construed, and is also banned from interacting with Flyer22 (talk · contribs) (WP:IBAN). ANI discussion, Review/clarification 2018-03-27 Indefinite
LoveVanPersie Topic ban LoveVanPersie is indefinitely topic banned from all edits relating to IPA, broadly construed. This specifically includes adding or removing IPA pronunciations from any pages. This editing restriction may be appealed after six months of the closure date. ANI discussion 2018-03-27 Indefinite
JogiAsad Editing restriction JogiAsad is indefinitely topic banned from all deletion discussions (known on en.wiki as "XfD"). This editing restriction may be appealed no earlier than 2019-05-27. Clarification: the topic ban includes all deletion discussions, including deletions for review and requests for deletion. ANI discussion 2018-04-09 Indefinite
Arif80s Editing restriction Arif80s is indefinitely topic banned from all deletion discussions (known on en.wiki as "XfD"). This editing restriction may be appealed after three months of the closure date. Clarification: the topic ban includes all deletion discussions, including deletions for review and requests for deletion. ANI discussion 2018-04-09 Indefinite
Spasage Editing restriction Spasage is indefinitely topic banned from all deletion discussions (known on en.wiki as "XfD"). New page reviewer right was also removed. This editing restriction/removal may be appealed after three months of the closure date. Clarification: the topic ban includes all deletion discussions, including deletions for review and requests for deletion. ANI discussion 2018-04-09 Indefinite
مھتاب احمد Editing restriction مھتاب احمد is indefinitely topic banned from all deletion discussions (known on en.wiki as "XfD"). This editing restriction may be appealed after three months of the closure date. Clarification: the topic ban includes all deletion discussions, including deletions for review and requests for deletion. ANI discussion 2018-04-09 Indefinite
Retro (formerly E to the Pi times i) Topic ban Retro (formerly E to the Pi times i) is indefinitely topic banned from policy and guideline pages and their talk pages as well as simply discussing changes to them anywhere on the English Wikipedia, can be appealed after six months. ANI discussion/clarification 2018-04-14 Indefinite
Gryffindor Page move ban Griffindor is banned indefinitely from moving pages. This includes requesting of pages at WP:RM/TR or similar, and asking other users to make moves on their behalf. Any page moves that Gryffindor wishes to carry out should be listed at WP:RM and subject to community consensus. Gryffindor may appeal these restrictions by filing at the administrators' noticeboard after a reasonable amount of time has passed, with evidence of a willingness to meet the community's expectations. Violation of this ban may be reported at the incident noticeboard and may result in a block from any uninvolved administrator. ANI discussion. 2018-04-18 Indefinite
Shiftchange Topic ban Shiftchange is topic banned from cryptocurrency topics, broadly construed. discussion 2018-04-25 Indefinite
Ujishadow Topic ban Ujishadow is indefinitely banned from uploading files. May be appealed no earlier than 06-05-2019; ANI discussion 2018-05-05 Indefinite
Baseball Bugs Topic ban Baseball Bugs banned indefinitely from AN and AN/I. AN/I discussion 2018-05-06 Indefinite
Sbelknap Topic ban Sbelknap is topic banned from all articles, pages, and discussions involving finasteride, dutasteride, or sexual health, broadly construed. AN discussion 2018-05-07 Indefinite
Philip Cross Topic ban Philip Cross is banned from editing the George Galloway article. As this is a COI-related topic ban, talk page use is still allowed for requesting changes. AN discussion 2018-05-27 Indefinite
DePiep Topic ban and editing restriction
  • DePiep is indefinitely topic-banned from all edits related to WP:DYK, broadly construed. This topic ban may be appealed in not less than six months from the enactment of these sanctions.
  • DePiep is placed indefinitely under an editing restriction, in which he is subject to immediate sanction (including blocks) if he makes any edits which are judged by an administrator to be uncivil, or personal attacks, or assumptions of bad faith. This restriction may be appealed in not less than six months from the enactment of these sanctions.
  • DePiep may regain permissions as a template editor only by way of a successful application at Wikipedia:Requests for permissions.
  • DePiep is reminded to engage in good faith discussion, and to communicate clearly, with other editors about any contentious edits he might make or consider making, and to consider other editors' concerns with respect.
ANI discussion 2018-05-29 Indefinite
FloridaArmy Article creation restriction and AFD ban FloridaArmy is prohibited from creating new articles in mainspace or participating or AFD. AFC is available for new articles they want to create and it seems reasonable to allow a single comment/opinion to be offered in AFDs created by FA. ANI discussion 2018-05-31 Indefinite
Mathsci and Francis Schonken Interaction ban Mathsci and Francis Schonken are subject to an indefinite IBAN. AN discussion 2018-06-20 Indefinite
DanielPenfield Topic ban DanielPenfield is topic-banned from any edits involving talk-page archiving, broadly construed (own talk-page exempt) ANI discussion 2018-08-16 Indefinite
Andy Dingley Interaction ban (one-way) Andy Dingley is banned from interaction with Jytdog, broadly construed, per the usual conditions. ANI discussion 2018-09-10 Indefinite
EspinosaLuisJr1791 Article creation ban EspinosaLuisJr1791 is banned from creating new Wikipedia articles, including moving pages from other namespaces to article space. They may create drafts but must submit them for WP:AFC review. Talk page notice. ANI discussion 2018-11-01 Indefinite
Koavf Topic ban Koavf is indefinitely banned from editing the article On Becoming Baby Wise and from editing with respect to this topic anywhere on Wikipedia (broadly construed). AN discussion 2018-11-15 Indefinite
Nemo bis Topic ban Nemo bis is indefinitely banned from adding any URLs to citations. ANI discussion 2018-11-17 Indefinite
Ryanoo Topic ban Ryanoo is indefinitely banned from Africa and Egypt topics, broadly construed. ANI discussion 2018-11-17 Indefinite
Ryanoo / Arboleh Interaction ban Ryanoo and Arboleh are indefinitely banned from commenting on or interacting with each other. ANI discussion 2018-11-17 Indefinite
Lurking shadow Topic ban Lurking shadow (talk · contribs) is topic banned from making any edits on any Wikipedia article with respect to copyright violations, including but not limited to blanking any article or removing any material from an article which they believe to be a copyright violation. They may report suspected copyright infringement to Wikipedia talk:Copyright problems if they can show that they have investigated their suspicions to a reasonable extent. Repeated insufficient or false reports may lead to further sanctions. Notwithstanding this topic ban, Lurking shadow is encouraged to seek mentorship from an editor experienced in copyright matters to advise them and guide their actions. AN discussion 2018-11-27 Indefinite
IQ125 Topic Ban IQ125 is topic banned from any edits relating to terriers, dog fighting, and breed-specific legislation, broadly construed. ANI discussion 2018-12-1 Indefinite
Sansonic Topic Ban Sansonic (talk · contribs) is topic banned from all articles related to Britain and Pakistan, broadly construed, and from all discussions regarding those topics anywhere on English Wikipedia. ANI discussion 2018-12-5 Indefinite
LumaNatic Topic ban LumaNatic is topic-banned from anything to do with race, racism, racial history and politics, slavery, or white supremacy, all very broadly construed. ANI discussion 2019-01-10 Indefinite
Darkknight2149 (talk · contribs) and Curly Turkey (talk · contribs) Interaction ban DarkKnight2149 and Curly Turkey are indefinitely banned from interacting with each other, subject to the usual exceptions. ANI discussion 2019-01-17 Indefinite
Darkknight2149 (talk · contribs) and Hijiri88 (talk · contribs) Interaction ban DarkKnight2149 and Hijiri88 are indefinitely banned from interacting with each other, subject to the usual exceptions. ANI discussion 2019-01-17 Indefinite
EurovisionNim (since renamed to Renamed User 47dkbz99habhxxl) Topic ban EurovisionNim is indefinitely banned from all edits and pages related to automobiles, broadly construed, subject to the usual exceptions. ANIdiscussion 2019-01-18 Indefinite, may be appealed at AN after six months
PaulGosar Topic Ban Pursuant to the request, PaulGosar (talk · contribs) is hereby topic banned from all pages on or pertaining to pseudoscience, broadly construed. This is understood to be both articles on or pertaining to pseudoscience and their talk pages as well as edits made to any editor assistance board(s) and/or edits made to relevant wikiprojects that cover pseudoscience related material. Per this edit, PaulGosar has been notified of the General Sanctions arising from Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Pseudoscience, accordingly administrators are authorized to adopt discretionary sanctions for pseudoscience related articles edited by PaulGosar if it is determined that such action is required to enforce this topic ban. This topic ban shall be in effect until such time as community consensus at WP:ANI or WP:ARBCOM supersede this thread. Original ANI discussion, Update following discovery of user's DS notification 2019-01-21 Indefinite (or until such time as community consensus at WP:ANI or WP:ARBCOM supersede this thread)
Dream Focus and Hijiri88 Interaction Ban There is clear consensus here that the long-term animosity between Dream Focus and Hijiri88 is detrimental to the community, and as a result the two editors are banned from interacting with each other, subject to the usual exceptions. Both editors are further warned that any edits giving the impression they are using the sanction to disrupt or prevent the other from editing (i.e. "staking a claim") may draw additional sanctions. ANI discussion 2019-01-25 Indefinit
Instaurare Topic ban Instaurare is topic banned by the community from all edits related to Susan B. Anthony, abortion, and post-1932 American politics, all broadly construed. The ban may be appealed no sooner than six months after this date. ANI discussion 2019-02-19 Indefinite
MetricSupporter89 Topic ban MetricSupporter89 is topic banned from directly changing any unit of measure or any English variant spelling. They may propose changes on an article's talk page. ANI discussion 2019-02-21 Indefinite
Awardmaniac topic ban, 1RR Awardmaniac is topic banned by the community from all edits related to Michael Jackson, broadly construed. This includes related articles and talk pages. Awardmaniac is additionally under a WP:1RR restriction for all other articles. This ban may be appealed no sooner than six months after this date. Additional: User repeatedly violated the topic ban. Six months after their current block would now be 2020-03-06, assuming no further topic ban violations. --Yamla (talk) 11:13, 4 September 2019 (UTC)[reply] ANI discussion 2019-03-06 Indefinite
Mountain157 Editing restriction Mountain157 is banned indefinitely from any edit which accuses an editor of sockpuppetry or casts aspersions of same. This includes Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations and its subpages, talk page posts, WP:AN or WP:ANI, etc. or in edit summaries. AN discussion 2019-03-08 Indefinite
A1Cafel (formerly B dash) Editing restriction B dash is prohibited from editing from more than one account. This restriction is over and above the limitations discussed at Wikipedia:ALTACCN. If in the future B dash feels they have a compelling reason for creating an alternate account then they are required to either request this at the Administrator's noticeboard, or contact the Arbitration Committee privately. [6] {2019-03-11} Indefinite
Thewolfchild Topic ban Thewolfchild is indefinitely topic banned from making edits to RfAs and RfBs, with the exceptions of casting singular !votes, and submitting up to two questions to candidates. AN/I discussion 2019-03-17 Indefinite
[email protected] Topic ban [email protected] is banned from the topics of politics and all biographies of living persons, across all namespaces, both broadly construed. AN discussion 2019-03-18 Indefinite
SS49 Topic ban SS49 is banned from sorting, relisting or closing discussions at AfD. ANI discussion Declined appeal 2019-03-22 Indefinite
NicholasHui Topic ban Topic banned from updating sports statistics in articles. ANI discussion 2019-03-25 Indefinite (Appealable after 1 year)
DbivansMCMLXXXVI Topic ban DbivansMCMLXXXVI is topic banned from the history of Nazi Germany and related pages. AN discussion 2019-03-31 Indefinite
Sheldybett Topic ban User:Sheldybett is topic banned from clerking at all admin-related areas, including (but not limited to) WP:CSD, WP:PROD, WP:AFD, WP:AIV, WP:UAA, and WP:RFPP. The topic ban is indefinite and can be appealed after a minimum of six months. ANI discussion 2019-04-06 Indefinite
Oldstone James Topic ban Oldstone James is indefinitely banned from all articles and edits on the subject of creationism, broadly construed. ANI discussion 2019-04-24 Indefinite
Graywalls One-way interaction ban Graywalls is indefinitely banned from interacting with Another Believer. ANI discussion 2019-05-03 Indefinite
Davidbena Topic ban Davidbena is indefinitely banned from (a) any edits relating to post-1948 Arab-Israeli geopolitics, broadly construed, and regardless of whether an ARBPIA template is on the talk page, (b) promoting fringe theories especially those that relate to post-1948 Arab-Israeli politics, and (c) casting aspersions or questioning the motives of other editors. These restriction should not be construed as prohibiting: (i) the uploading or addition of historical photos or multimedia of or about pre-1948 Levantine subjects, (ii) verifiable and reliably sourced information regarding Levantine archaeological research, (iii) edits relating to geographical features of the Levant (but not geopolitical features such as borders, landmarks, or territories under dispute). AN appeal AN discussion 2020-08-18 Indefinite
Fergananim Page move ban Fergananim is banned without conditions from moving any page on Wikipedia. ANI 2019-05-23 Indefinite
U1Quattro and Ybsone Two-way interaction ban U1Quattro and Ybsone are indefinitely banned from interacting with each other, subject to the usual exceptions as stated in WP:BANEX. This ban is only appealable to the community after a period of one year at the earliest, and every 6 months thereafter. ANI 2019-06-17 Indefinite (appealable in one year)
Anomalapropos Topic ban Anomalapropos is indefinitely banned from all pages pertaining to WP:FRINGE and/or requiring WP:MEDRS. ANI 2019-06-19 Indefinite
Arianewiki1 One-way IBAN Arianewiki1 is indefinitely banned from interacting with Attic Salt ANI discussion 2019-07-07 Indefinite
Vauxford Topic ban Vauxford is topic banned from adding their own photographs to any article which already contains an image. Vauxford may propose adding one of their images on the talk page of any such article, and if clearcut consensus emerges, another editor can add that image to the article. Vauxford's participation in such talk page discussions will be limited to his original statement and responsive answers to direct questions asked by other editors. ANI discussion 2019-07-24 Indefinite
Paul Siebert Topic ban User: banned from editing the article Pontius Pilate or directly related articles, such as Pilate stone. Other Admins may extend this edit ban as they see fit, based on his further actions. Everyone else: get away from Wikipedia for a while. Go outside, visit a friend, etc. AN/I thread 2019-08-05 Indefinite
M.k.m2003 Topic ban By community consensus, M.k.m2003 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is banned from creating articles because of a lack of competence. WP:AN thread 2019-08-06 Indefinite
Topic ban Fæ's topic ban from human sexuality, broadly construed, has been reinstated. For the sake of clarity, this includes all articles and other pages having to do with transgender topics and issues. WP:ANI thread 2019-08-12 Indefinite
Koavf Editing restriction Koavf is banned by the community from (1) placing, removing, or modifying any edit notice on any page on English Wikipedia, excepting in their own user space; (2) placing, removing, or modifying any template on any article recommending the use of any national variety of English, any date format, or any other optional style format, without seeking prior consensus for the change on a case-by-case basis; (3) any change to multiple articles (a "mass edit"), or the mass creation of pages in any namespace, with or without the use of semi-automated tools, without seeking prior consensus for the mass changes WP:ANI thread 2019-08-23 Indefinite
Anthony22 Topic ban Anthony22 is indefinitely topic banned by the community from making stylistic and grammatical changes, broadly construed, to any article on English Wikipedia. They may add information which is supported by a citation from a reliable source, and may delete information currently in an article if they think it is incorrect, inaccurate, or not properly sourced, but must immediately follow up any such edit with an explanation for the deletion on the article talk page. This topic ban can be appealed no earlier than 6 months after it is imposed. ANI discussion 2019-09-09 Indefinite
Sir Joseph Topic ban Sir Joseph is topic-banned from the Holocaust and from anti-Semitism, both broadly construed. ANI discussion 2019-09-30 Indefinite
Interaction ban Sir Joseph is banned interacting with User:TonyBallioni. This is a one-way interaction ban. ANI discussion 2019-10-08 Indefinite
Xx236 Topic ban Xx236 is topic-banned from the topics on Poland, broadly construed. ANI Thread 2019-10-05 Indefinite
Saqiwa Topic ban Saqiwa is topic-banned from topics relating to Fiji and Fijian history, broadly construed. ANI discussion 2019-10-23 Indefinite
Toglenn Topic ban Toglenn is prohibited from reinstating any image that he has created himself if it has been removed by any editor acting in good faith. Furthermore, he is reminded that he is expected to evaluate existing imagery prior to replacing it, and any edit he makes that replaces an existing image is required to have an edit summary that briefly explains why his image is an improvement. ANI discussion 2019-11-07 Indefinite
Andy Dingley Interaction ban Andy Dingley (talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from interacting with JzG (talk · contribs). This includes responding to the user in ANY discussion threads, making edits to articles, or other pages, that are clearly in response to JzG's edits, mentioning, or implying mention of, JzG. Exceptions to this ban are only permitted if Andy Dingley is filing an appeal, or JzG invites Andy Dingley to comment or respond to an edit or discussion JzG is involved in. JzG is under no circumstance to enforce the IBAN per WP:INVOLVED. ANI discussion 2019-12-01 Indefinite
Slugger O'Toole Topic ban Slugger O'Toole is indefinitely topic banned from edits regarding the Knights of Columbus, subject to the usual exceptions. ANI discussion 2019-12-15 Indefinite
Edit5001 Topic bans Edit5001 is topic banned from the topics of American politics, race, and abortion. Restriction imposed as a result of [7]. 2020-01-09 Indefinite
Jamez42 (now NoonIcarus) Editing restriction Jamez42 is subject to the consensus required provision for the South and Latin American topic area. ANI discussion. 2020-01-10 2021-01-10 (may appeal after 2020-04-10)
Keith Johnston Topic ban Keith Johnston is topic banned from White privilege, broadly construed ANI discussion 2020-01-19 indefinite
Dmehus Editing restriction Dmehus (talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from the Wikipedia: and Wikipedia talk: namespaces, except to participate in discussions started by other people about (a) articles he has made significant contributions to himself, or (b) about him. ANI discussion 2020-03-05 indefinite
Soumya-8974 Topic ban (creation) Indefinite topic ban on creating redirects, though requesting creation via WP:AFC/R is still (for the moment) acceptable. This restriction can be appealed after 6 months provided demonstration (via AFC/R) that there is a better knowledge of the criteria behind creating redirects. ANI discussion 2020-03-24 Indefinite
Happypillsjr Topic ban Topic ban on from nominating articles for Good Article and from initiating a Good Article Review. To allow for possible mentoring, they may participate in a Good Article review either where they have been invited by the nominator or by the reviewer. AN discussion 2020-05-04 Indefinite
JGabbard Topic ban Topic banned from the subjects of vaccination, conspiracy theorists, and COVID-19, all broadly construed. ANI discussion 2020-05-09 Indefinite
Davey2010 and Trillfendi Interaction ban Davey2010 and Trillfendi are indefinitely banned from interacting with each other. ANI discussion 2020-05-12 Indefinite
Doncram Topic ban (creation) Doncram is subject to an indefinite ban from creating new articles in mainspace or moving articles he has written to mainspace. He may submit draft articles to Articles for Creation for review by an independent editor. ANI Discussion 2020-05-13 Indefinite
Tambourine60 Topic ban Tambourine60 is topic-banned from the subject of the Shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, broadly construed. ANI discussion 2020-05-26 Indefinite
VeritasVox Topic ban VeritasVox is indefinitely banned from making any edits related to Nazism, fascism and anti-Semitism, broadly construed. ANI discussion 2020-06-03 Indefinite
SharabSalam Topic ban SharabSalam is topic banned from Saudi Arabia, broadly construed. AN discussion 2020-06-04 Indefinite
Arsi786 Topic ban Arsi786 is indefinitely topic-banned from making any edits related to India, Pakistan and religion (including atheism). ANI discussion 2020-06-18 Indefinite
FloridaArmy Topic ban The community restricts FloridaArmy to no more than 20 pending Articles for Creation submissions at any time. Their existing restriction on mainspace article creation is still in effect. ANI discussion 2020-06-23 Indefinite
FriendlyRiverOtter Topic ban FriendlyRiverOtter is topic-banned by the community from making any edits on COVID-19-related pages indefinitely. This ban is appealable to the community at WP:AN in 6 months, at the earliest. AN discussion 2020-07-01 Indefinite (earliest appeal at 2021-01-01)
Moamem Interaction ban Moamem is placed under a one-way interaction ban with Jadebenn. Jadebenn is also discouraged from interacting with Moamem. ANI discussion 2020-07-16 2021-01-16
Chris Tomic Topic ban Chris Tomic is topic-banned by the community from making any edits on race, ethnicity or nationality, indefinitely. This ban is appealable to the community at WP:AN in 6 months, at the earliest. ANI discussion 2020-07-15 Indefinite (earliest appeal at 2021-01-17)
Netoholic Topic ban Netoholic is indefinitely topic banned from American politics broadly construed, on all pages and in all discussions. This ban covers the same pages and contingencies as an AP2 topic ban under discretionary sanctions would. It can be appealed at WP:AN. Ani discussion 2020-07-17 Indefinite
Horse Eye Jack and CaradhrasAiguo Interaction ban Mutual interaction ban between Horse Eye Jack and CaradhrasAiguo, as spelled out at WP:IBAN. Note that this will be annoying to follow, because you're prolific editors in the same general topic area. You can edit articles the other person has edited, but you can't modify something they've added (WP:IBAN says you can't "undo" each other's edits, but consensus at this WP:AN discussion earlier this month is that this includes modifying each other's edits, which includes by it's very nature "undoing" a portion of the edit). If the other person's edit needs to be changed, someone else will notice and change it. Fixing things you think are wrong with the other's edits is now Someone Else's Problem. ANI discussion 2020-07-24 Indefinite
TH1980 Topic ban TH1980 is indefinitely banned from the subject of Japan, broadly construed. The ban will be appealable in six months. Reinstatement of a long-term topic ban: 2020-07-27 Indefinite
E-960 Topic ban E-960 is topic banned from Christianity and European secular politics, broadly construed. ANI discussion 2020-08-14 Indefinite
The C of E Editing restriction There are three main restrictions which are levied here against The C of E with respect to DYK:
  • A ban from proposing DYKs relating to British or Irish politics, Religion, and LGBTQ topics.
  • A ban from editing hooks he has proposed or for articles he has nominated, created, or expanded when they are in a Prep area.
  • Any independent reviewer may veto hooks nominated by The C of E. If a hook has been vetoed, The C of E must offer a substantially different alternative in place of an appeal.
AN discussion 2020-09-02 Indefinite, may be appealed in 6 months
Александр Мотин Topic ban Александр Мотин (talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from making any edits relating to Covid-19 as well as Russian politics, both topic areas to be broadly construed. AN discussion 2020-09-13 Indefinite
Chris.sherlock Interaction ban Chris.sherlock is banned from interacting with BrownHairedGirl ANI discussion 2020-09-25 Indefinite
Jtbobwaysf Topic ban Jtbobwaysf is topic-banned indefinitely from the subject of Imelda Marcos, broadly construed. ANI discussion 2020-10-26 Indefinite
Normal Op Topic ban Normal Op is indefinitely banned from participating in all topics related to dogs and canines, broadly construed. Reinstatement of topic ban: 2020-11-05 Indefinite