Template:Ds/alert
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Usage
Some pages and topics on Wikipedia are authorised for Arbitration Discretionary Sanctions (DS). Users editing these pages may be alerted that discretionary 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 here – select from list
with the corresponding code from the table below. Type an appropriate subject line, then save the page.
{{subst:alert|topic code here – select from list}} ~~~~
Special rules govern alerts. You must not give an editor an alert if they have already received one for the same area of conflict within the last twelve months. When you attempt to save the template to a user talk page, you'll be prompted to check the relevant logs and page history, with links to them.
You also should not issue alerts to editors who have posted a Template:T notice on their talk page for a particular topic area, thus declaring they are already aware of the topic sanctions. If that is the case, the filter will remind you that leaving an alert for this user is not necessary.
The template is flexible through the parameters |2=
, which adds text to the box, and |sig=
, which adds your signature.
{{subst:alert|topic code here – select from list|2=If you have questions, please contact me.|sig=yes}}
Logging
Using this template will trigger EditFilter 602. As a result, your edit containing the alert will be tagged with "discretionary sanctions 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 discretionary sanctions, load the history of their user talk page and search for discretionary sanctions 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.
Additionally, current instances of the template are tracked here and counted here. Alerts that were subsequently deleted from the user's talk page will only appear in the EditFilter log, so this is the primary tracking mechanism.
If your alert does not log, please seek assistance at Template talk:Ds.
Codes
When leaving a user an Alert, you must replace |topic code – select from list
with the relevant topic code:
Advanced users' notes
- Substituted instances of this template are tracked using the Z-number template {{Z33}}. Use of this template can be tracked at Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Z33.
- Edits containing a substituted instance of this template will trigger AbuseFilter 602. The exact text which triggers the AbuseFilter are declared in the publicly-viewable filter conditions.
- If the parameter
|1=
fails to display,|topic=
or|t=
can be used instead. - This template will return an error if:
|1=
or an equivalent is not declared;- the template is not substituted; or
- the template is used outside the user talk or user namespaces.
- Template:Alert is a redirect to Template:Ds/alert. Instructions for this template, Ds/alert, are often given with reference to the template name Alert. This is for brevity's sake; the two template names refer to the same actual template.
- Information on adding new topic areas to the index above is given at the bottom of Template:Ds/topics/single notice, which is displayed at the bottom of the main template page.
- This template is included in Category:Wikipedia templates to be automatically substituted, so AnomieBOT will automatically substitute it. (As the template returns an error if used unsubstituted, AnomieBOT will not have to frequently, if ever, do this.)
Standardised Arbitration Enforcement (AE) templates
This section transcluded from: Template:Ds/topics/single notice [edit] [DS template subpages]
Alerting
- {{Ds/alert}}, to alert an editor to the DS system
- {{Ds/aware}}, to register self as already aware of DS
- {{Ds/talk notice}}, for announcing DS in a talk page messagebox
- {{Ds/editnotice}}, for announcing DS in an editnotice
- EditFilter 602, which automates the logging of alerts
- Log of recent alerts
Enforcement
- {{AE sanction}}, for telling a user they have been sanctioned (under DS or otherwise)
- {{AE sanction/topicban}}, specifically for an AE topic ban
- {{Uw-aeblock}}, for notifying users of arbitration enforcement blocks
- {{Uw-aepblock}}, for notifying users of arbitration enforcement partial blocks
- {{Ds/topics}} & {{Ds/topics/table}}, the lists of topics currently under DS
- Discretionary sanctions enforcement templates, the category for all enforcement-related templates created for the current discretionary sanctions template
- Case/decision specific enforcement templates
- {{Ds/log}}, to display links for searching whether a user has ever been alerted; use like/alongside {{user}}.
Whenever discretionary sanctions are (de)authorised for a topic, update these: {{Ds/topics}} (edit), WP:GS §3.1 (edit), and {{Ds/topics/table}} (edit).
See also
- {{Gs/alert}}, for general sanctions authorized by the community
The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Ds/alert/doc. (edit | history) Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (edit) pages. Please add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template. |