Subsequent enforcement tended to treat this sanction more akin to the "related to X, broadly construed" wording seen in most other sanctions.
A 2023 discussion at the administrators' noticeboard found no objection to formalizing existing de facto practice, expanding the sanctions' scope to pages related to South Asian social groups, broadly construed.
Remedies
Sanctions imposed cannot be undone by another administrator without approval of the sanctioning administrator or an appeal at the
administrators' noticeboard. Pages may be tagged with {{
Gs/talk notice|sasg}}, which can be used to indicate that articles are within the scope of these sanctions. Prior to being sanctioned, editors can be notified of these sanctions with the {{
subst:Gs/alert|sasg}} template. Use the {{
subst:Community sanction}} template when imposing sanctions. For blocks, use {{
subst:Uw-csblock}}.
The standard set of
discretionary sanctions are imposed on all pages related to social groups, broadly construed—be they castes, communities, tribes, clans, kootams, gotras, etc., and explicitly including caste associations and political parties—related to India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. This includes biographies that mention subjects' membership in such groups.
Log of administrative actions
Log blocks, topic bans or other administrative actions here. Include diff of username, action-date-time-duration etc, diffs of any evidence, administrator user name. Admins: Please move the sanction to the bottom of the expired section once it has expired.
Active sanctions
Add the following text replacing the text in all caps with the necessary info:
User sanctions
* {{User2|USERNAME}}, TYPE OF SANCTION, DURATION, DIFF ON USERPAGE. ~~~~
Pk041(
talk·contribs·count), 2014-04-09, Indefinite One revert restriction in any seven day period on any page as described in the section above,
Callanecc
Shvrs(
talk·contribs·count), 2014-04-14, Indefinite Topic ban, All edits relating to castes and ethnic/social groups across all namespaces,
Bishonen
Blocked 60 hours for quickly violating the topic ban. —
SpacemanSpiff 10:50, 22 February 2018 (UTC)reply
Bunt56(
talk·contribs·count) indefinitely blocked for continued disruptive editing, first year under discretionary sanctions. --
NeilNtalk to me 17:42, 12 March 2018 (UTC)reply
Rohitachwiki(
talk·contribs·count) was blocked for a week for violating the topic ban, violating copyright, and vandalism.
[15] Five minutes later, blocked indefinitely for edit warring against ClueBot and other users while I was writing up the first block.
WP:NOTHERE.
[16]Bishonen |
talk 16:02, 16 June 2018 (UTC).reply
Blocked for two weeks for a storm of topic ban violations.
Bishonen |
talk 14:07, 6 January 2019 (UTC).reply
Nittawinoda(
talk·contribs·count) is indefinitely banned from making any edits to pages related to caste and social groups for persistent misuse of sources. The ban may be appealed every six months.
[21]Bishonen |
talk 10:34, 9 February 2019 (UTC).reply
Nittawinoda's topic ban has been commuted to an indefinite
WP:1RR restriction for all edits related to caste and social groups per
[22] and
[23]. Self-reverts and reverts of obvious vandalism are exempted from the restriction.
Bishonen |
talk 10:07, 21 January 2020 (UTC).reply
The 1RR restriction has been withdrawn on appeal.
[24]Bishonen |
tålk 17:14, 18 June 2020 (UTC).reply
Amrapahal Pahanswan(
talk·contribs·count)Indefinitely blocked for copious and persistent violations of topic ban despite warnings, explanations, and short previous block.
Bishonen |
tålk 14:42, 11 August 2020 (UTC).reply
Periyarist is indefinitely topic banned from all pages and discussions concerning castes and social groups.
[29]Bishonen |
tålk 20:35, 5 August 2020 (UTC).reply
Rana of Bharat(
talk·contribs·count) has been topic banned for 2 weeks from making edits and engaging in discussions about social groups, be they castes, communities, tribes, clans, kootams, gotras etc., explicitly including caste associations and political parties related to India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal, for persistently
attacking other editors and
ignoring community concerns about their edits in this area.
Special:Diff/989852616~ ToBeFree (
talk) 12:06, 21 November 2020 (UTC)reply
Mrvillainwolf(
talk·contribs·count), blocked for 1 week for broad-based edit-warring over South Asian social groups, sample reverts
here,
here, and
here. Was previously notified on user talk page. --
Jayron32 14:43, 2 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Resumed after block expired and blocked for a month.
Daniel Case (
talk) 04:19, 11 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Avinash Vats(
talk·contribs·count)indef. blocked for violating the topic-ban again as soon as the previous block expired.
Abecedare (
talk) 04:20, 7 April 2022 (UTC) (Regard the indef block to be a 'regular admin action' since GS blocks are limited to 1 year duration.
Abecedare (
talk) 17:29, 7 April 2022 (UTC))reply
Yash1110(
talk·contribs·count) blocked for 2 weeks for continuing to disregard TBAN. An appeal has not been attempted.
El_C 17:37, 16 September 2022 (UTC)reply
Yash1110(
talk·contribs·count) blocked for one year, which followed an additional 2-month block for block evasion, imposed by
Ponyo, which I missed due to being away.
El_C 06:33, 24 March 2023 (UTC)reply
Gopal (caste) one year ECP (ends 26 November 2022). Disruptive editing + possible sock/meat activity. --
RegentsPark (
comment) 14:03, 26 November 2021 (UTC)reply
Karkota dynasty ECP indef for repeated addition of unsourced or poorly sourced caste information.--
RegentsPark (
comment) 20:23, 6 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty's semi-protection (expiring 2026-08-30, 09:50:01 UTC) is upgraded to extended-confirmed protection because semi-protection has proven to be ineffective there.
~ ToBeFree (
talk) 23:02, 5 November 2023 (UTC)reply
Block for disruptive editing: violations of
WP:FORUM,
WP:RS, etc. Discussion at ANI ongoing; perhaps an indef block will result if copyvio allegations are proven and added to the evidence.
Vanniyar: "Any edit that has been challenged by reversion may not be reinstated, either wholly or substantially in part, without first gaining clear consensus on the talk page." Expires 25 May 2021. --
RexxS (
talk) 21:50, 25 November 2020 (UTC)reply
Subsequent enforcement tended to treat this sanction more akin to the "related to X, broadly construed" wording seen in most other sanctions.
A 2023 discussion at the administrators' noticeboard found no objection to formalizing existing de facto practice, expanding the sanctions' scope to pages related to South Asian social groups, broadly construed.
Remedies
Sanctions imposed cannot be undone by another administrator without approval of the sanctioning administrator or an appeal at the
administrators' noticeboard. Pages may be tagged with {{
Gs/talk notice|sasg}}, which can be used to indicate that articles are within the scope of these sanctions. Prior to being sanctioned, editors can be notified of these sanctions with the {{
subst:Gs/alert|sasg}} template. Use the {{
subst:Community sanction}} template when imposing sanctions. For blocks, use {{
subst:Uw-csblock}}.
The standard set of
discretionary sanctions are imposed on all pages related to social groups, broadly construed—be they castes, communities, tribes, clans, kootams, gotras, etc., and explicitly including caste associations and political parties—related to India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. This includes biographies that mention subjects' membership in such groups.
Log of administrative actions
Log blocks, topic bans or other administrative actions here. Include diff of username, action-date-time-duration etc, diffs of any evidence, administrator user name. Admins: Please move the sanction to the bottom of the expired section once it has expired.
Active sanctions
Add the following text replacing the text in all caps with the necessary info:
User sanctions
* {{User2|USERNAME}}, TYPE OF SANCTION, DURATION, DIFF ON USERPAGE. ~~~~
Pk041(
talk·contribs·count), 2014-04-09, Indefinite One revert restriction in any seven day period on any page as described in the section above,
Callanecc
Shvrs(
talk·contribs·count), 2014-04-14, Indefinite Topic ban, All edits relating to castes and ethnic/social groups across all namespaces,
Bishonen
Blocked 60 hours for quickly violating the topic ban. —
SpacemanSpiff 10:50, 22 February 2018 (UTC)reply
Bunt56(
talk·contribs·count) indefinitely blocked for continued disruptive editing, first year under discretionary sanctions. --
NeilNtalk to me 17:42, 12 March 2018 (UTC)reply
Rohitachwiki(
talk·contribs·count) was blocked for a week for violating the topic ban, violating copyright, and vandalism.
[15] Five minutes later, blocked indefinitely for edit warring against ClueBot and other users while I was writing up the first block.
WP:NOTHERE.
[16]Bishonen |
talk 16:02, 16 June 2018 (UTC).reply
Blocked for two weeks for a storm of topic ban violations.
Bishonen |
talk 14:07, 6 January 2019 (UTC).reply
Nittawinoda(
talk·contribs·count) is indefinitely banned from making any edits to pages related to caste and social groups for persistent misuse of sources. The ban may be appealed every six months.
[21]Bishonen |
talk 10:34, 9 February 2019 (UTC).reply
Nittawinoda's topic ban has been commuted to an indefinite
WP:1RR restriction for all edits related to caste and social groups per
[22] and
[23]. Self-reverts and reverts of obvious vandalism are exempted from the restriction.
Bishonen |
talk 10:07, 21 January 2020 (UTC).reply
The 1RR restriction has been withdrawn on appeal.
[24]Bishonen |
tålk 17:14, 18 June 2020 (UTC).reply
Amrapahal Pahanswan(
talk·contribs·count)Indefinitely blocked for copious and persistent violations of topic ban despite warnings, explanations, and short previous block.
Bishonen |
tålk 14:42, 11 August 2020 (UTC).reply
Periyarist is indefinitely topic banned from all pages and discussions concerning castes and social groups.
[29]Bishonen |
tålk 20:35, 5 August 2020 (UTC).reply
Rana of Bharat(
talk·contribs·count) has been topic banned for 2 weeks from making edits and engaging in discussions about social groups, be they castes, communities, tribes, clans, kootams, gotras etc., explicitly including caste associations and political parties related to India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal, for persistently
attacking other editors and
ignoring community concerns about their edits in this area.
Special:Diff/989852616~ ToBeFree (
talk) 12:06, 21 November 2020 (UTC)reply
Mrvillainwolf(
talk·contribs·count), blocked for 1 week for broad-based edit-warring over South Asian social groups, sample reverts
here,
here, and
here. Was previously notified on user talk page. --
Jayron32 14:43, 2 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Resumed after block expired and blocked for a month.
Daniel Case (
talk) 04:19, 11 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Avinash Vats(
talk·contribs·count)indef. blocked for violating the topic-ban again as soon as the previous block expired.
Abecedare (
talk) 04:20, 7 April 2022 (UTC) (Regard the indef block to be a 'regular admin action' since GS blocks are limited to 1 year duration.
Abecedare (
talk) 17:29, 7 April 2022 (UTC))reply
Yash1110(
talk·contribs·count) blocked for 2 weeks for continuing to disregard TBAN. An appeal has not been attempted.
El_C 17:37, 16 September 2022 (UTC)reply
Yash1110(
talk·contribs·count) blocked for one year, which followed an additional 2-month block for block evasion, imposed by
Ponyo, which I missed due to being away.
El_C 06:33, 24 March 2023 (UTC)reply
Gopal (caste) one year ECP (ends 26 November 2022). Disruptive editing + possible sock/meat activity. --
RegentsPark (
comment) 14:03, 26 November 2021 (UTC)reply
Karkota dynasty ECP indef for repeated addition of unsourced or poorly sourced caste information.--
RegentsPark (
comment) 20:23, 6 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty's semi-protection (expiring 2026-08-30, 09:50:01 UTC) is upgraded to extended-confirmed protection because semi-protection has proven to be ineffective there.
~ ToBeFree (
talk) 23:02, 5 November 2023 (UTC)reply
Block for disruptive editing: violations of
WP:FORUM,
WP:RS, etc. Discussion at ANI ongoing; perhaps an indef block will result if copyvio allegations are proven and added to the evidence.
Vanniyar: "Any edit that has been challenged by reversion may not be reinstated, either wholly or substantially in part, without first gaining clear consensus on the talk page." Expires 25 May 2021. --
RexxS (
talk) 21:50, 25 November 2020 (UTC)reply