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The Arbitration Committee has enacted remedies that apply to all editors who make edits related to the Balkans or Eastern Europe (the "contentious topic"). The contentious topics procedure applies to all pages and edits related to this contentious topic.
Eastern Europe and the Balkans is designated as a contentious topic.
All articles and edits in the topic area of Lithuania history during World War II (1933–1945) and the history of Jews in Lithuania are subject to a "reliable source consensus-required restriction."
5) All articles and edits in the topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933–1945) and the history of Jews in Poland are subject to a "reliable source consensus-required restriction."
7) The extended confirmed restriction is imposed on edits and pages related to the history of Jews and antisemitism in Poland during World War II (1933–45), including the Holocaust in Poland. As designated by the Eastern Europe arbitration case, the area also remains a contentious topic.
Editors are reminded that the contentious topics procedure and special sourcing restrictions remain in effect for articles relating to the Holocaust in Poland. These provisions are to be interpreted and enforced with the goal of ensuring that Wikipedia's coverage of this important and sensitive topic is fairly and accurately presented based on the most reliable sources available, while maintaining a reasonable degree of decorum and collaboration among editors.
Requests to enforce contentious topic or sourcing restrictions should be posted to the arbitration enforcement noticeboard (AE) for evaluation by uninvolved administrators. The sanctions and restrictions should be interpreted and enforced so as to promote our content-quality and user-conduct expectations. Enforcement discussions should focus on the accuracy of our articles and the well-being of our editors, not on procedural technicalities beyond those necessary to ensure fairness.
As an alternative to AE, editors may make enforcement requests directly to the Arbitration Committee at WP:ARCA. The committee will consider presented evidence and statements before deciding by motion what, if any, actions are necessary to enforce proper conduct in the topic area.
Editors are reminded that Wikipedia discussions are about forming a consensus, not convincing everyone to agree. Discussion is an important part of how consensus is reached on Wikipedia and everyone should have the opportunity to express their views, within reasonable limits. It may be taken as disruptive to attempt stalling out the consensus-building process by repeatedly stating an opinion or with repeated demands for re-explanation of that which has already been clearly explained.
Editors participating in Arbitration Committee proceedings are reminded that they are subject to high standards of behavior. Editors are required to act with appropriate decorum. While grievances must often be aired during proceedings, editors are expected to air them without being incivil or engaging in personal attacks, and to respond calmly to allegations. Accusations of misbehavior must be supported by clear evidence (and otherwise not made at all). Statements containing private or sensitive information should be submitted to the Arbitration Committee by email and are subject to the arbitration policy's provisions on admissibility of evidence.
Any uninvolved administrator may impose the standard set of restrictions in this topic area for up to one year:
The following templates may be used in this contentious topic:
{{Contentious topics/editnotice|ee}}{{Contentious topics/page restriction editnotice|ee}} – mandatory when a page has active page restrictions other than page protection{{Contentious topics/talk notice|ee}}{{Contentious topics/talk notice|apl}} – to indicate that the subject falls under the subtopic of Polish history during World War II (1933–1945) and the history of Jews in Poland{{Contentious topics/talk notice|ali}} – to indicate that the subject falls under the subtopic of Lithuanian history during World War II (1933–1945) and the history of Jews in Lithuania