Wikipedia:General sanctions/Uyghurs

Community discussion

A discussion at the administrators' noticeboard has placed Uyghur genocide and articles related to it, broadly construed, under general sanctions. 10:10, 12 June 2021 (UTC)

Amendment

As the result of a discussion on the incidents noticeboard, the scope of these general sanctions has been amended to apply to edits related to Uyghurs, Uyghur genocide, and topics that are related to Uyghurs or Uyghur genocide, all broadly construed. 06:00, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Contentious topic (2025)

A November 2025 RfC converted the prior community-imposed discretionary sanctions into a community-designated contentious topic, effective 3 November 2025.

Remedies

Pre-November 2025 RfC language

• Any uninvolved administrator may, at their own discretion, impose sanctions on any editor working in the area of conflict if, despite being warned, that editor repeatedly or seriously fails to adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, any expected standards of behavior, or any normal editorial process.
• The sanctions imposed may include blocks of up to one year in length, bans from editing any page or set of pages within the area of conflict, bans on any editing related to the topic or its closely related topics, restrictions on reverts or other specified behaviors; or any other measures which the imposing administrator believes are reasonably necessary to ensure the smooth functioning of the project.
• Prior to any sanctions being imposed, the editor shall be given a warning with a link to this decision and, where appropriate, should be counseled on specific steps that he or she can take to improve their editing in accordance with relevant policies and guidelines.
• Additionally, any uninvolved administrator may impose on any page or set of pages relating to the area of conflict page protection, revert restrictions, prohibitions on the addition or removal of certain content (except when consensus for the edit exists), or any other reasonable measure that the enforcing administrator believes is necessary and proportionate for the smooth running of the project. Administrators should add an editnotice and talk page notice on restricted pages. Editors who ignore or breach page restrictions may be sanctioned by any uninvolved administrator only if the editor was warned about this decision and an editnotice describing the page restriction was placed on the restricted page.
• Sanctions imposed may be appealed to the imposing administrator or at the appropriate administrators' noticeboard.}}

The topic of Uyghurs and the Uyghur genocide, broadly construed, is a community-designated contentious topic.

Templates

Pages with discretionary sanctions in effect can be tagged with {{Gs/talk notice|uyghur}} and an editnotice with {{Uyghur genocide GS editnotice}} may be created. To alert editors of a community-authorized discretionary sanction in effect, use {{subst:Gs/alert|topic=uyghur}}. To inform editors of a community sanction, use {{subst:Community sanction|sanction=|rationale=|topic=uyghur}} and if blocks are issued, {{subst:Uw-csblock}}. All individual sanctions and page restrictions must be logged below.

Enforcement

In addition to community venues (such as WP:AN or WP:ANI as appropriate), enforcement requests and appeals arising from these remedies may be submitted to the arbitration enforcement noticeboard (WP:AE).

Log of pages

Log of actions (along with the date) under this GS below.

• Radio Free Asia one-year ECP. El_C 17:11, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
• Uyghur genocide indef ECP (AN perm link). El_C 16:08, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
• Uyghurs indef semi. El_C 13:28, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
• Xinjiang internment camps indef semi. El_C 18:39, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
• The Grayzone is semi-protected for 1 year. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:21, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
• Uyghurs in Afghanistan draftified until neutrality issues can be resolved (related to TBAN of Muhafiz-e-Pakistan below). -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 02:09, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
• Uyghurs in Pakistan indef ECP - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 21:53, 17 November 2025 (UTC)

Log of blocks and bans

• Tankpiggy18 (talk · contribs) is indefinitely topic banned from the subject area of the Uyghur genocide, broadly construed. Girth Summit _(blether) 12:35, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Blocked for one week for violating the topic ban. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 03:06, 15 September 2023 (UTC)
• Carter00000 (talk · contribs) is indefinitely topic banned from Xinjiang, broadly construed. --Guerillero ^{Parlez Moi} 09:43, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
• Muhafiz-e-Pakistan (talk · contribs) is indefinitely topic-banned from Uyghurs, Uyghur genocide, and topics that are related to Uyghurs or Uyghur genocide, all broadly construed. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 02:09, 7 October 2022 (UTC)