Wikipedia:General sanctions/South Asian social groups

Community discussions

A 2012 community discussion at the administrators' noticeboard placed all pages about social groups, explicitly including caste associations and political parties related to India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal under community discretionary sanctions.

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

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Active sanctions

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User sanctions

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  • Pal subhojit (talk · contribs · count), 2012-03-09, Indefinite Topic ban --All edits relating to Kulin Kayastha per this, The Blade of the Northern Lights
  • Narayana Samy Nayak (talk · contribs · count), 2013-3-29, Indefinite block -- User was warned and blocked twice previously for blanking Thirumalai Nayak, Qwyrxian
  • 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
  • Premthanjavur (talk · contribs · count), 2015-06-23, Topic banned from editing anything related to social groups, explicitly including caste associations and political parties, related to India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal.per this Community Authorized Discretionary Sanctions decision. Blocked twice by —SpacemanSpiff: 1 week (1st) and 1 month (2nd) for violating the topic ban, Philg88
  • Kulazambu (talk · contribs · count), 2015-06-29, Topic Ban, indef blocked for topic ban vio [1], Proxying for a topic banned user (Premthanjavur), SpacemanSpiff (talk · contribs · count)
  • Greatcrap (talk · contribs · count), 2015-07-06, Topic Ban, indef blocked for topic ban vio [2], Proxying for a topic banned user (Premthanjavur), SpacemanSpiff
  • Merkcid (talk · contribs · count), 2015-08-11, Topic Ban [3], Proxying for a topic banned user (Premthanjavur) and disruptive editing on Vanniyar, SpacemanSpiff
  • Satendra.patial (talk · contribs · count), 2015-08-15, Block, Using multiple accounts to edit war in the Patial article. Nick-D
  • Chrishitch (talk · contribs · count), 2015-08-25, Topic ban, Any edit related to Bhumihars anywhere on wikipedia. Abecedare
  • Gobugounder (talk · contribs · count), 2015-09-12, Topic ban, Any edit related to castes or social groups anywhere on Wikipedia. SpacemanSpiff
  • Vetriselvanvetri (talk · contribs · count), 2015-11-01, Indefinite block due to repeated copyvios and edits violating NPOV after GS/Caste warning, SpacemanSpiff
  • Ranjith KonGu‎ (talk · contribs · count), 2015-11-18, Topic ban, Any edit related to castes or social groups anywhere on Wikipedia. Blocked indef for immediately violating topic ban, no attempt at any discussion. SpacemanSpiff
  • Rahulheinzyaduvanshi (talk · contribs · count), 2016-05-30, Topic ban, Any edit to castes or social groups per this notification. SpacemanSpiff
  • Rahul Baisla (talk · contribs · count), 2016-06-06, Any edit to castes or social groups per [4]. SpacemanSpiff
  • Karan Baisla Jdb (talk · contribs · count), 2016-06-08, Topic ban, Any edit to castes or social groups per [5]. SpacemanSpiff
  • 120.56.175.104 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) The editor behind this IP has been blocked for two weeks. [6] --NeilN talk to me 14:41, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Winnan Tirunallur (talk · contribs · count) indefinitely topic banned from anything related to social groups and castes of South Asia. —SpacemanSpiff 01:26, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Kannanraj1002 (talk · contribs · count) indefinitely topic banned from anything related to castes, social and ethnic groups of South Asia. —SpacemanSpiff 12:21, 26 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Nongdamba (talk · contribs · count) blocked one month. [7] --NeilN talk to me 04:31, 8 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Nayak sp (talk · contribs · count) is topic banned for six months from making any edits to caste-related pages.[8] Bishonen | talk 10:55, 12 April 2017 (UTC).[reply]
  • MEENAKACHORA (talk · contribs · count) indefinitely topic banned from anything related to castes/social groups/gotras. —SpacemanSpiff 07:48, 20 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • HParv Kumar (talk · contribs · count) Six month topic ban from anything related to castes/social groups/gotras. —SpacemanSpiff 02:15, 21 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • The Bhar Historian (talk · contribs · count) is indefinitely topic banned from editing about social or ethnic groups of South Asia. —SpacemanSpiff 05:14, 16 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Aman Kumar pratapgharhi (talk · contribs · count) topic banned from any edits and pages pertaining to castes and social groups. —SpacemanSpiff 09:21, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Mathenyovann (talk · contribs · count) topic banned from any edits and pages pertaining to castes and social groups, —SpacemanSpiff 12:24, 17 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hymavarma (talk · contribs · count) indefinitely tbanned from editing about castes, social groups, varnas etc. —SpacemanSpiff 11:43, 28 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Madgaonkar (talk · contribs · count), indefinitely tbanned from anything to do with castes/social groups. —SpacemanSpiff 00:21, 2 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Panjikar (talk · contribs · count), indefinitely tbanned from anything to do with castes/social groups. —SpacemanSpiff 00:21, 2 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Dahiya1208 (talk · contribs · count) is topic banned from anything to do with Jats and other castes/social groups. —SpacemanSpiff 13:53, 1 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Justmangalore (talk · contribs · count) blocked one week. [9] --NeilN talk to me 17:09, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sahilsingh026 (talk · contribs · count) is indefinitely topic banned from anything related to castes/social groups across all of the English Wikipedia. —SpacemanSpiff 04:00, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Blocked one month for violating topic ban. [10] --NeilN talk to me 15:55, 24 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Manoj Ranjan Yadav (talk · contribs · count) is indefinitely banned from making any edits to caste-related pages. Bishonen | talk 15:19, 9 February 2018 (UTC).[reply]
  • Justmangalore (talk · contribs · count) is indefinitely banned from making any edits to caste-related pages. [11] --NeilN talk to me 14:42, 20 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Blocked 60 hours for quickly violating the topic ban. —SpacemanSpiff 10:50, 22 February 2018 (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]
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 topic-banned from SASG subject area. [34] Abecedare (talk) 05:03, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Avinash Vats (talk · contribs · count) blocked for one week for violating the topic ban. Bishonen | tålk 17:02, 30 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 48 hours for edit warring in violation of TBAN. El_C 01:26, 13 September 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 2 months. As above. El_C 11:23, 16 October 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]
  • Jodmar (talk · contribs · count) blocked for two weeks for repeatedly violating the t-ban despite warnings. Bishonen | tålk 07:33, 4 February 2023 (UTC).[reply]
  • Kaarush (talk · contribs · count) blocked for two weeks for long-term edit-warring without discussion within topic area. Daniel Case (talk) 06:01, 8 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Article-specific sanctions and protections

  • Upgraded to indef ECP. El_C 15:42, 13 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Upgrade to indef ECP. Katietalk 16:20, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Expired sanctions

Extended content
User Action date Type Scope Enforcing admin Expiration date
Vyasan 2012-05-05 Topic ban All edits relating to the Nair caste across all namespaces Salvio giuliano 2012-12-09
Robin klein 2012-06-05 Topic ban Any edits, across all namespaces, relating to the following subject: Jews or Christians in India and Saint Thomas Christians Salvio giuliano 2012-12-06
BetterIndia 2012-05-18 Topic ban All edits relating to any caste across all namespaces Salvio giuliano 2012-08-19
Ruderow 2012-06-22 Topic ban Any edits relating to the Kayastha caste across all namespaces Salvio giuliano 2012-09-23
Vettakkorumakansnehi 2012-06-25 Topic ban All edits relating to the Nair caste across all namespaces The Blade of the Northern Lights 2012-12-25
Chauhan1192 2012-05-28 Topic ban Anything pertaining to social groups, across all namespaces Salvio giuliano 2012-08-29
Kallarmagan 2012-06-28 Topic ban All edits relating to the Kallar caste across all namespaces Salvio giuliano 2012-09-29
Mariraj.s 2012-07-13 Topic ban All edits relating to castes and ethnic/social groups across all namespaces SpacemanSpiff 2012-10-13
Dcoda89 2012-09-08 Topic ban All edits relating to any caste across all namespaces Salvio giuliano 2013-03-09
Hoshigaki 2012-09-22 Topic ban All edits relating to any caste across all namespaces per ANI discussion The Blade of the Northern Lights 2013-03-22
CorrectKnowledge 2012-09-22 Topic ban All edits relating to any caste across all namespaces per ANI discussion The Blade of the Northern Lights 2013-03-22
ApostleVonColorado 2012-09-22 Topic ban All edits relating to any caste across all namespaces per ANI discussion The Blade of the Northern Lights 2013-03-22
Starrahul 2012-10-16 Topic ban Articles and discussions related to Maratha, broadly construed, per this. The Blade of the Northern Lights 2013-04-16
68.98.32.250 2013-01-31 Block, 3 days Qwyrxian 2013-02-03
68.98.32.250 2013-02-06 Block, 2 weeks, for continuing same behavior that lead to previous sanction Qwyrxian 2013-02-20
Clarkpoon 2013-02-07 3 day block for disruptive editing on Saini. If disruptive behavior continues, a topic ban may be the necessary next step. Qwyrxian 2013-02-10
Irajeevwiki 2013-04-03 3 day block Talk:Ezhava pursuant to ANI discussion Drmies 2013-04-07
Jattnijj 2013-08-16 1 month Block

Permalink to AN/I discussion

2over0 2013-09-16
Indiansociology 2014-03-16 topic ban (1 year) All edits relating to castes and ethnic/social groups across all namespaces 2over0 2015-03-16
WiseWik 2016-03-20 Block (24 hours) Violation of topic ban.[35] Bishonen 2016-03-21
Bhumihar (article) 2014-05-25 Semi-protection Bhumihar (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) Due to persistent disruptive editing and non-neutral point of view editing. Callanecc Indefinite
User:Kunal gurjar 2014-06-15 Topic Ban Topic banned [36] from editing anything related to Gurjar across all name spaces; action due to repeated BLP vios after multiple warnings. SpacemanSpiff 2014-09-15
Kunal gurjar 2014-6-22 Block User:Kunal gurjar blocked 10 days with topic ban reset until end of September, for repeated and persistent breaches of topic ban [37]. Fut.Perf. Future Perfect at Sunrise Ten days
John811jd 2014-11-21 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. Rajput and talk page Drmies 36 hours
Shvrs 2014-09-28 Block Repeated infractions of topic ban Bishonen 3 months
Gattysandhu 2015-06-28 3 day block Editor blanked DS notification and continued to add unsourced material and original research to caste articles. Ponyo 2015-07-01
WiseWik 2016-03-09 Topic ban * Any edit to Komati caste and related pages for one month anywhere on Wikipedia per this notification. Bishonen One month
Sharkslayer87 2018-05-01 Topic ban Indefinitely topic banned from making any edits to caste-related pages and discussions per this notice. Bishonen 2018-12-14
  • 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]

See also

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