Template:Gs/alert/doc

Usage

Community-authorised general sanctions (GS) are in effect for some topics on Wikipedia. Users editing these pages may be alerted that general sanctions are in effect. You must use this template to do so.

Alerts ensure a user knows what is expected of them. Alerts are a neutral courtesy; never use them to intimidate, coerce, or shame another editor.

To alert a user, open a new section on their user talk page. Paste the following code into it, replacing topic code – see list with the corresponding code from the table below. Type an appropriate subject line, then save the page.

{{subst:Gs/alert|topic code here – select from list}} ~~~~

Logging

Using this template will trigger EditFilter 602. As a result, your edit containing the alert will be tagged with "contentious topics alert". Edits with this tag can be searched for in user contributions, user talk page histories, Special:RecentChanges, and the log of EditFilter 602.

Therefore, an automatic system log of all alerts is maintained. You need not do anything except leave the alert.

To see whether a user has been alerted to general sanctions, load the history of their user talk page and search for contentious topics alert under the 'tag filter' field. You can use the {{Ds/log}} template (usually alongside {{user}} in noticeboard reports) to quickly generate links for conducting searches of issued alerts.

Codes

When leaving a user an Alert, you must replace |topic code – select from list with the relevant topic code:

Topic code	Area of conflict	Decision linked to
{{subst:Gs/alert|topic=aa}}	politics, ethnic relations, and conflicts involving Armenia, Azerbaijan, or both	Wikipedia:General sanctions/Armenia and Azerbaijan
{{subst:Gs/alert|topic=crypto}}	blockchain and cryptocurrencies	Wikipedia:General sanctions/Blockchain and cryptocurrencies
{{subst:Gs/alert|topic=kurd}}	Kurds and Kurdistan	Wikipedia:General sanctions/Kurds and Kurdistan
{{subst:Gs/alert|topic=mj}}	Michael Jackson	Wikipedia:General sanctions/Michael Jackson
{{subst:Gs/alert|topic=pw}}	professional wrestling	Wikipedia:General sanctions/Professional wrestling
{{subst:Gs/alert|topic=rusukr}}	the Russo-Ukrainian War	Wikipedia:General sanctions/Russo-Ukrainian War
{{subst:Gs/alert|topic=sasg}}	South Asian social groups	Wikipedia:General sanctions/South Asian social groups
{{subst:Gs/alert|topic=syria}}	the Syrian Civil War and ISIL	Wikipedia:General sanctions/Syrian Civil War and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
{{subst:Gs/alert|topic=uku}}	measurement units in the United Kingdom	Wikipedia:General sanctions/Units in the United Kingdom
{{subst:Gs/alert|topic=uyghur}}	Uyghurs, Uyghur genocide, or topics that are related to Uyghurs or Uyghur genocide	Wikipedia:General sanctions/Uyghurs

 Standardised community-authorised general sanctions templates

This section transcluded from: Template:Gs/topics/single notice [edit] [GS template subpages]

Alerting

• {{Gs/alert}}, to alert an editor to active sanctions
• {{Gs/talk notice}}, for announcing GS in a talk page messagebox
• {{Gs/editnotice}}, for topics, or individual pages, where additional restrictions apply
• EditFilter 602, which automates the logging of alerts
• Log of recent alerts

Enforcement

• {{Gs/sanction}}, for telling a user they have been sanctioned
• {{Uw-csblock}}, for notifying users of community sanctions blocks
• {{Gs/topics}} & {{Gs/topics/table}}, the lists of topics currently under community sanctions
• Discretionary sanctions enforcement templates, the category for all standardised enforcement-related GS templates
• Various GS templates
• {{Ds/log}}, to display links for searching whether a user has ever been alerted; use like/alongside {{user}}.

Whenever community sanctions are (de)authorised for a topic, update Module:Sanctions/data.

See also

• {{Contentious topics/alert}}, for contentious topics authorized by the Arbitration Committee