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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Contentious topics/alert/first. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template should always be substituted (i.e., use {{subst:Alert|topic code}}). Any accidental transclusions will be automatically substituted by a bot.

• Template:Alert
• T:DSA

Usage

Some pages and topics on Misplaced Pages 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 – see 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}} ~~~~

{{subst:Ds/alert|topic=select from list|sig=yes appends signature within the box}}

{{subst:Ds/alert|topic=select from list|2=Additional information appended following the final sentence}} ~~~~

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.

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 mirror of (i.e. a redirect to) Template:Ds/alert. Instructions for this template, Ds/alert, are often given with reference to the template Alert. This is for brevity's sake; the two templates are identical.
• 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:Misplaced Pages 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.)