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Discretionary sanctions topic area changes

In a process that began last year with WP:DS2021, the Arbitration Committee is evaluating Discretionary Sanctions (DS) in order to improve it. A larger package of reforms is slated for sometime this year. From the work done so far, it became clear a number of areas may no longer need DS or that some DS areas may be overly broad.

The topics proposed for revocation are:

• Senkaku islands
• Waldorf education
• Ancient Egyptian race controversy
• Scientology
• Landmark worldwide

The topics proposed for a rewording of what is covered under DS are:

• India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
• Armenia/Azerbaijan

Additionally any Article probation topics not already revoked are proposed for revocation.

Community feedback is invited and welcome at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Motions. --Barkeep49 (talk) 16:59, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

Surnames

Regarding this edit: I suggest not calling explanations regarding surnames "pointless boring trivia". I feel it distracts from the rest of your argument, which doesn't depend on it. Thanks for your consideration. isaacl (talk) 21:21, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. I'll save my strong opinion on that for my talk page, heh. I revised that part and added additional clarifications. Crossroads 05:32, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

I personally don't think knowing someone's surname is trivia, but I appreciate your removing the adjectives. Thanks for your co-operation! isaacl (talk) 08:32, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

RS, facts, opinions (uncontested or otherwise), and epistemology

Something you said in this comment at WT:WTW really approaches the realm of epistemology (which kind of underlies things like WP:V, but we finesse that at Misplaced Pages, as we inevitably have to, with WP:RS—but I digress...) and immediately reminded me of a great course by Steven L. Goldman called The Science Wars which was one of the most fascinating I've encountered. (Don't be put off by the prices at the website; they have steep discounts annually, and if you have a free Kanopy account (which you should) you might have free access to it when they run occasional specials.) Probably a lot more discussions or arguments at Misplaced Pages dance around this topic without ever necessarily bringing it up directly, but it's really core, and I wish it were more widely part of our curriculum. In any case, if you haven't delved into it, whether via Goldman or some other avenue, I think you'd really enjoy it. Cheers, Mathglot (talk) 08:03, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for the recommendation. I appreciate it. Crossroads 03:52, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

Your reversion on sexual intercourse

Oops! I seriously didn't properly consider what implications the word actually had. How stupid. Well thank you for your quick reversion. Pabsoluterince (talk) 05:39, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

Edit warring on Biology of Sexual behavior

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