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Contentious topics are <a href="/wiki/Template:Contentious_topics/list" title="Template:Contentious topics/list">specially designated topics</a> that have attracted more persistent disruptive editing than the rest of the project. Administrators are allowed to impose editing restrictions on editors who do not follow project expectations within contentious topics. Administrators are also allowed to set special rules on pages within a contentious topic to prevent inappropriate editing. 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Use the above if there are no restrictions placed on the page.</li> <li>If a user who has been alerted goes on to disruptively edit the affected topic area, they can be reported to the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement">arbitration enforcement (AE) noticeboard</a>, where an administrator will investigate their conduct and issue a sanction if appropriate. <span class="nowrap">&#123;&#123;</span><a href="/wiki/Template:AE_sanction" title="Template:AE sanction">AE sanction</a><span class="nowrap">&#125;&#125;</span> is used by administrators to inform a user that they have been sanctioned.</li></ul> <p><b>Miscellaneous</b> </p> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">&#123;&#123;</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Contentious_topics/list" title="Template:Contentious topics/list">Contentious topics/list</a><span class="nowrap">&#125;&#125;</span> and <span class="nowrap">&#123;&#123;</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Contentious_topics/table" title="Template:Contentious topics/table">Contentious topics/table</a><span class="nowrap">&#125;&#125;</span> show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. 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flex-wrap: wrap"> <div style="flex: 1 0 20em;"> <p><b>Alerting</b> </p> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">&#123;&#123;</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Alert/first" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Alert/first">alert/first</a><span class="nowrap">&#125;&#125;</span> (<span class="nowrap">&#123;&#123;</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Contentious_topics/alert/first" title="Template:Contentious topics/alert/first">Contentious topics/alert/first</a><span class="nowrap">&#125;&#125;</span>), to alert an editor to the CT system which is <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AC/CT#Awareness_of_contentious_topics" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AC/CT">mandatory</a> for the first time an editor is alerted</b> to contentious topics (except if they've previously been alerted to discretionary sanctions in any topic area)</li> <li><span class="nowrap">&#123;&#123;</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Alert" title="Template:Alert">alert</a><span class="nowrap">&#125;&#125;</span> (<span class="nowrap">&#123;&#123;</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Contentious_topics/alert" title="Template:Contentious topics/alert">Contentious topics/alert</a><span class="nowrap">&#125;&#125;</span>), to alert an editor to the CT system</li> <li><span class="nowrap">&#123;&#123;</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Alert/DS" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Alert/DS">alert/DS</a><span class="nowrap">&#125;&#125;</span> (<span class="nowrap">&#123;&#123;</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Contentious_topics/alert/DS" title="Template:Contentious topics/alert/DS">Contentious topics/alert/DS</a><span class="nowrap">&#125;&#125;</span>), to alert an editor to the CT system who had previously been alerted of DS</li> <li><span class="nowrap">&#123;&#123;</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Contentious_topics/aware" title="Template:Contentious topics/aware">Contentious topics/aware</a><span class="nowrap">&#125;&#125;</span>, to register oneself as already aware of CT</li> <li><span class="nowrap">&#123;&#123;</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Contentious_topics/talk_notice" title="Template:Contentious topics/talk notice">Contentious topics/talk notice</a><span class="nowrap">&#125;&#125;</span>, for announcing CT in a talk page messagebox</li> <li><span class="nowrap">&#123;&#123;</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Contentious_topics/editnotice" title="Template:Contentious topics/editnotice">Contentious topics/editnotice</a><span class="nowrap">&#125;&#125;</span>, for announcing CT in an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editnotice" title="Wikipedia:Editnotice">editnotice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:AbuseFilter/602" title="Special:AbuseFilter/602">EditFilter 602</a>, which automates the logging of alerts</li> <li>Log of <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:AbuseLog&amp;wpSearchFilter=602">recent alerts</a></li></ul> </div><div style="flex: 1 0 20em"> <p><b>Enforcement</b> </p> <ul><li>Individual restrictions <ul><li><span class="nowrap">&#123;&#123;</span><a href="/wiki/Template:AE_sanction" title="Template:AE sanction">AE sanction</a><span class="nowrap">&#125;&#125;</span>, for telling a user they have been sanctioned (under CT or otherwise)</li> <li><span class="nowrap">&#123;&#123;</span><a href="/wiki/Template:AE_sanction/topicban" title="Template:AE sanction/topicban">AE sanction/topicban</a><span class="nowrap">&#125;&#125;</span>, specifically for an AE topic ban</li> <li><span class="nowrap">&#123;&#123;</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Uw-aeblock" title="Template:Uw-aeblock">Uw-aeblock</a><span class="nowrap">&#125;&#125;</span>, for notifying users of arbitration enforcement blocks</li> <li><span class="nowrap">&#123;&#123;</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Uw-aepblock" title="Template:Uw-aepblock">Uw-aepblock</a><span class="nowrap">&#125;&#125;</span>, for notifying users of arbitration enforcement <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PB">partial blocks</a></li></ul></li> <li>Page restrictions <ul><li><span class="nowrap">&#123;&#123;</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Contentious_topics/page_restriction_editnotice" title="Template:Contentious topics/page restriction editnotice">Contentious topics/page restriction editnotice</a><span class="nowrap">&#125;&#125;</span>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editnotice" title="Wikipedia:Editnotice">editnotice</a> that <b>must be used</b> for announcing active page restrictions (except page protection)</li> <li><span class="nowrap">&#123;&#123;</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Contentious_topics/page_restriction_talk_notice" title="Template:Contentious topics/page restriction talk notice">Contentious topics/page restriction talk notice</a><span class="nowrap">&#125;&#125;</span>, talk page messagebox that should be used for announcing active page restrictions</li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap">&#123;&#123;</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Contentious_topics/list" title="Template:Contentious topics/list">Contentious topics/list</a><span class="nowrap">&#125;&#125;</span> &amp; 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