Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Biographies of Living Persons

The Arbitration Committee has enacted remedies that apply to all editors who make edits related to living or recently deceased subjects of biographical content on Wikipedia articles (the "contentious topic"). The contentious topics procedure applies to all pages and edits related to this contentious topic.

Arbitration Committee decisions

Contentious topics

All living or recently deceased subjects of biographical content on Wikipedia articles are designated as a contentious topic.

Passed 10 to 0 with 1 abstention by motion at 21:36, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

Guidance for administrators

Standard set of restrictions

Any uninvolved administrator may impose the standard set of restrictions in this topic area for up to one year:

Individual restrictions

Page restrictions

Clarifications and amendments

Templates

The following templates may be used in this contentious topic:

User notifications

Editnotices

Talk page notice

See also