Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Infoboxes

Contentious topics

Last modified 14 December 2022

All discussions about infoboxes, and edits adding, deleting, collapsing, or removing verifiable information from infoboxes, are designated as a contentious topic.

Infobox probation

Any uninvolved administrator may apply infobox probation as a contentious topic restriction per remedy 2 [the Contentious topics designation]. That user will be indefinitely restricted from:

• adding, deleting or collapsing infoboxes;
• restoring an infobox that has been deleted; or
• making more than one comment in a discussion, where that discussion is primarily about the inclusion or exclusion of an infobox on a given article.

For clarity, an editor under probation is permitted to edit an already existing infobox, but should be cautious of giving the appearance that they are attempting to game their probation as this may lead to more contentious topic sanctions.

They may, if they wish, add an infobox in the same edit or series of edits when they:

• create a new article; or
• convert an article from a redirect.

The user under probation may also participate in wider policy discussions regarding infoboxes with no restriction.

Passed 10 to 0 with 1 abstention in Civility in infobox discussions at 08:45, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Amended by motion at 17:50, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Amended by motion at 21:36, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

Individual restrictions

• sitewide and partial blocks,
• topic bans and page bans (from the entire contentious topic, a subtopic, or specified pages within the topic),
• interaction bans,
• revert restrictions,
• word limits per discussion,
• Infobox probation

Page restrictions

• page protection,
• revert restrictions,
• the "consensus required" restriction,
• the "enforced BRD" restriction,
• word limits for all participants in a specific discussion