Wikipedia:Contentious topics/2021-22 review/Phase II consultation/Contentious topics/Genetically modified organisms
Status as of 23:35 (UTC), Sunday, 9 June 2024 ()
- The final decision has been posted and announced.
- The initial implementation period has concluded and the updated procedure has come into effect.
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The revision process will be conducted in four phases:
The revision process was managed by drafting arbitrators designated by the Arbitration Committee (CaptainEek, L235, Wugapodes). |
 | Welcome to the Phase II consultation for WP:DS2022. This page contains draft language for the purposes of the consultation page. It is presented for informational purposes and should be read in conjunction with the notes at the top of the consultation page. The pages in this series are:
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| This is an example of the new administrator instructions. While feedback is welcome at this stage, these instructions will be updated and maintained by the arbitration clerks (pursuant to the "Enforcement templates and procedural documents" of the implementing motion). |
 | This page documents and supplements decisions of the Arbitration Committee concerning a contentious topic. |
The Arbitration Committee has enacted remedies that apply to all editors who edit genetically modified organisms, commercially produced agricultural chemicals and the companies that produce them (the "contentious topic"). The contentious topics procedure applies to all pages and edits related to this contentious topic.
Additionally, the following arbitration remedies apply to all pages and edits related to this contentious topic:
- Editors are prohibited from making more than one revert per page per day on any page relating to genetically modified organisms, commercially produced agricultural chemicals and the companies that produce them, subject to the usual exemptions.
Arbitration Committee decisions
Discretionary sanctions
Standard discretionary sanctions are authorised for all pages relating to genetically modified organisms, commercially produced agricultural chemicals and the companies that produce them, broadly construed.
1RR imposed
Editors are prohibited from making more than one revert per page per day on any page relating to genetically modified organisms, commercially produced agricultural chemicals and the companies that produce them, broadly construed and subject to the usual exemptions.
Guidance for administrators
The following guidance applies to enforcement in this topic area:
- [e.g.] Administrators are encouraged to take enforcement action against SPAs. [LINK TO DECISION]
Standard set of restrictions
Any uninvolved administrator may impose the standard set of restrictions in this topic area for up to one year:
[THE FOLLOWING WILL NORMALLY BE TRANSCLUDED]
- 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
- Page restrictions
- page protection,
- revert restrictions,
- the “consensus required” restriction,
- the “enforced BRD” restriction
[ONLY IF APPLICABLE]
- Specially-designated set
- [FOR EXAMPLE] moratoria on page moves (as designated by [LINK ARBCOM DECISION])
Clarifications and amendments
The Arbitration Committee has, after the Genetically modified organisms case was closed, amended the remedies that apply to this topic area on the following occasions:
- January 2016: DS topic scope expanded to include "the companies that produce" commercially produced agricultural chemicals (motion)
- August 2020: Scope of 1RR expanded to reflect 19 January 2016 motion (motion)
The Arbitration Committee resolved requests for clarification or amendment on topic-wide remedies on the following occasions:
- May 2016: The Committee declined to mandate a binding RfC on a dispute (archived request)
- June 2016: The Committee clarified that the use of discretionary sanctions to enforce a binding RfC was an allowable use of discretionary sanctions (archived request)
Templates
The following templates may be used in this contentious topic:
- {{Editnotice GMO 1RR}}
- {{ARBGMO talk notice}}
Notes
any other info can go here