Wikipedia:Update/1/Enforcement policy changes during February 2009
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- Wikipedia:Arbitration policy
- Policy on accepting cases changed to "The request must have four net votes to accept, or have an absolute majority of arbitrators voting to accept."
- Wikipedia:Banning policy
- Linked "threats" to Wikipedia:No legal threats; it's unclear whether this changes the meaning.
- Wikipedia:Blocking policy
- Added to WP:BLOCK#Block reviews: "If a user claims they wish to contribute constructively but there are doubts as to their sincerity, the {{2nd chance}} template can be used to allow them to demonstrate how they will contribute to the encyclopedia should their unblock request be granted."
- Wikipedia:Consensus
- Changed WP:CON#Purpose of consensus substantially
- Added See also links to the Conflict and Consensus categories on MeatBall Wiki.
- Wikipedia:Open proxies
- Added: [not a typical use of the "main" template]
- Changed "currently blocked" to "often blocked" in the Blocking of Wikipedia in mainland China link
- Wikipedia:Protection policy
- Added to "User talk pages are usually not semi-protected": "except in response to severe or continued vandalism"
- Added after "protection should not be considered an endorsement of the current name": "An obvious exception to this rule is when pages are protected due to page move vandalism."