Decided: The calendar date (in UTC) when the case was decided. If the case did not reach a decision, it will be Closed instead. If the case involved an administrator "retiring", it will be "Deopped" instead.
Abbrev.: A shorthand abbreviation of the casename. See ArbCaseAbv for more details.
Type: The type of case it is:
Admin: A case centred around the conduct of one or more administrators.
Dispute: A case that examines an intractible dispute between two or more editors directly.
Editor: A case about the (non-administrative) misconduct of an editor.
Functionary: A case centred around misuse of Suppressor or Checkuser permissions.
Omnibus: A case about misconduct in a topic area writ large.
Other: Any case that doesn't fall into one of the categories above.
Remedy name: The name of the remedy (or a description of it, for earlier cases which did not have sectioned remedies).
Remedy (in modern terms): Basically my best attempt to explain, in plain English and modern understanding, what the remedy means.
If this section has a coloured background, the colour indicates its status or origin:
Yellow (#FFFF00) is a temporary injunction issued mid-case.
Blue (#00BFFF) is a post-close amendment or motion.
Red (#CD5C5C) is a remedy that has since been rescinded or otherwise is wholly reliant on previous remedies that are themselves rescinded.
Green (#32CD32) is a remedy whose wording was amended post-close, either due to an amendment/motion or due to changes in process (such as Discretionary Sanctions to Contentious Topic).
Brown (#D2691E) is suspended or in abeyence, usually as part of a period where a remedy has been appealed.
Amended/Enacted: If a remedy was added or amended post-close, this will be the calendar date (in UTC) when the remedy was modified or took effect.
Rescinded: If a remedy was terminated, this will be the calendar date (in UTC) when the remedy was ended.
Enforceable?: Indicates whether a given remedy can be invoked at WP:AE. Any remedy that predates April 2006 and was not still in force by then predates AE entirely.
Sup/Opp/Abs/Rcs: The vote totals for a remedy (Support, Oppose, Abstain, Recused).
Any case that has been courtesy-blanked or closed without action will be given a very brief description and nothing further.
For the next year, Infinity0 is under 1RR and is required to explain any reverts he makes (excepting obvious vandalism) on the affected article's talk page. Breaches are to be met with blocks (capped at 1w for the first five and 1yr thereafter) and logged on the case page.
Yes
6
0
0
0
RJII banned
For continued recidivism after RJFB, RJII is sitebanned 1yr.
Any editor disrupting pages about the 2004 United States presidential election may be summarily topic banned from the pages they're disrupting at administrator discretion. ArbCom explicitly maintains the right to appoint mentors to the topic area to tamp down any misbehaviour. (N.B.: This remedy was seen as redundant to AP2's CT and would be rescinded.)
Oct. 30, 2015
Yes
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0
Status of current editors
The editors involved in this Arbitration proceeding may continue to edit the articles [in dispute] using the wiki process.
SPUI, JohnnyBGood, Rschen7754, and PHenry may each individually be summarily topic-banned from any article they disrupt in the United States Numbered Highway System topic area at administrator discretion. All such bans are to be logged on the case page.
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Probation ended and Further motion to lift probation
Yes
6
1
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0
Consensus encouraged
The underlying content dispute is remanded to the community for them to come up with a policy to address it.
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N/A
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1
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Controversial moves
Until a formal policy on naming state highways is achieved, all editors writ large are banned from moving any articles in the United States Numbered Highway System topic area.
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Yes
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0
Parties warned for incivility
JohnnyBGood and SPUI are warned to remain civil at all times.... All participants in this dispute are encouraged to maintain a courteous atmosphere.
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--
No
7
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0
Probation ended
Rschen7754's and PHenry's probations are rescinded with immediate effect.
March 26, 2007
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N/A
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0
Further motion to lift probation
JohnnyBGood's probation is rescinded with immediate effect. SPUI's is now time-limited to 1yr from their last breach of it and expires October 24, 2007.
As the main parties to this case are new editors largely unfamiliar with how Wikipedia operates, ArbCom issues a general amnesty and provides links to relevant policies, encouraging them to read those policies before they continue editing.
No
7
0
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0
Article probation
Any editor disrupting the Francis Schuckardt article or its talk page may be summarily topic-banned from it for a short time at administrator discretion. Any extensions of a ban beyond that initial point must be done by ArbCom via a case review or ARCA request. All such bans are to be logged on the case page.
Yes
7
0
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0
Continuing jurisdiction
ArbCom reserves the right to revisit the case and/or summarily ban editors if the disruption continues in defiance of the probation.
Raphael1 banned from Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
Raphael1 is banned from the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy topic area for 1yr. Breaches are to be met with blocks (capped at 1w for the first five and 1yr thereafter) and logged on the case page.
For the next year, Raphael1 may be summarily topic-banned from any page he disrupts at administrator discretion. All such bans are to be logged as above.
Yes
7
0
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0
Raphael1 placed on general probation
Raphael1 may be sitebanned for any duration by consensus of at least three administrators. Bans are to be logged as above.
Scope: To determine whether or not Saladin1970 has been legitimately community-banned
CT?: No
(Nota bene: This case arose from a unilateral unblock of a user who had been indefinitely blocked by two administrators and unblocked by a third. To quote the unblocking admin, "This is an RFAR about whether User:Saladin1970 is in fact community banned, not whether he should be[.]")
Remedy name
Remedy (in modern terms)
Enforceable?
Sup
Opp
Abs
Rcs
Saladin1970 banned for personal attacks
Saladin1970 is sitebanned 1yr. (N.B.: One of the findings of fact notes that he was posting links to Wikipedia Review, which at the time was considered less of a criticism website and more of an attack website.)
Yes
6
0
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1
Saladin1970 placed on Probation
Saladin1970 may be summarily topic-banned from any page or topic area he disrupts at administrator discretion. All such bans are to be logged on the case page.
Yes
6
0
0
1
Saladin1970 placed on general probation
Saladin1970 may be sitebanned for any duration by consensus of at least three administrators. All such bans are to be logged as above.
Yes
6
0
0
1
Saladin1970 placed on personal attack parole
Saladin1970 may be summarily blocked for making an edit judged to be a personal attack or for linking to an attack site. Blocks for personal attacks are left to administrator discretion (though presumably will follow the standard 1w for first 5 and 1yr thereafter); blocks for linking to attack sites may be up to 1yr.
(Nota Bene: Iloveminun was renamed to Minun during the case. The Arbitrators refer to them by this name in the final decision, and so will this summary.)
Remedy name
Remedy (in modern terms)
Enforceable?
Sup
Opp
Abs
Rcs
One account
Minun must edit from the Minun account and no other. Breaches are to be met with sitebans, capped at 1mo.
Yes
6
0
0
0
Minun banned for creation of harassing sockpuppets
Minun is sitebanned 2mo for creating two sockpuppets with intent to harass HighwayCello.
Yes
6
0
0
0
Minun banned for moving another user's userpage
Minun is sitebanned 1mo for moving another user's user subpage.
Yes
6
0
0
0
Minun banned for attempting to destroy evidence
Minun is sitebanned 6mo for a fraudulent G7 speedy tag on a user subpage documenting their misbehaviour.
Yes
6
0
0
0
Minun banned for personal attacks
Minun is sitebanned 3mo for their harassment campaign against HighwayCello.
Yes
6
0
0
0
Personal attack parole
Minun is under a harsher personal attack parole. They may be summarily sitebanned for making personal attacks or harassing other editors. The ban is to be capped at 1w for the first 5 and 1mo thereafter or if the target is HighwayCello.
Yes
6
0
0
0
Revert parole
Minun is under indefinite 1RR, with breaches leading to sitebans. Bans are to be capped as above.
Yes
6
0
0
0
Minun placed on probation
Minun may be summarily topic-banned from any article they disrupt at administrator discretion. All such bans are to be logged on the case page.
Yes
6
0
0
0
Bans to be consecutive
All sitebans issued under this decision - both directly via the remedies and secondarily as enforcement of same - are to run consecutively, not concurrently.
Scope: Moby Dick's disruption and harassment of other users
CT?: No
(Nota Bene: A Checkuser run during the case found that Moby Dick is very likely a sockpuppet of Davenbelle both technically and behaviourally. As such, this summary will refer to them as Davenbelle.)
Remedy name
Remedy (in modern terms)
Enforceable?
Sup
Opp
Abs
Rcs
Moby Dick banned from certain articles
Davenbelle is topic-banned from the Turkiye topic area and what would later become the KURD area. Breaches are to be met with blocks (capped at 1w for the first five and 1yr thereafter) and logged on the case page.
Yes
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0
Moby Dick prohibited from harassing Cool Cat or Megaman Zero
Davenbelle may be summarily blocked if he makes an edit that breaches the interaction ban, capped at 1mo for the first five and 1yr thereafter. The interaction ban may be extended to more users by consensus of three administrators.
-Barry- is indefinitely topic-banned from Perl and is also under an indefinite one-way interaction ban from Pudgenet and Scarpia. (N.B.: -Barry- filed the case in hopes of ArbCom resolving a content dispute he was on the losing side of in his favour.)
Yes
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0
All parties warned
All parties are warned that status elsewhere does not grant status on Wikipedia and that all editors must be civil and refrain from disruption. This is in reference to Pudgenet, who claimed to be a significant figure in the Perl community and, with no authority, attempted to topic-ban -Barry- from the Perl article.
No
7
0
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0
Pudgenet placed on personal attack parole
Pudgenet may be summarily blocked if he makes an edit judged to be a personal attack. Blocks are capped at 1w for the first five and 1yr thereafter.
Yes
9
0
0
0
Pudgenet placed on probation
For the next year, Pudgenet may be summarily topic-banned from any page he disrupts at administrator discretion. All such bans are to be logged on the case page.
Scope: Irishpunktom's relentless edit-warring and Fys' misuse of administrator tools
CT?: No
Remedy name
Remedy (in modern terms)
Enacted
Rescinded
Enforceable?
Sup
Opp
Abs
Rcs
Article ban
Irishpunktom and Fys are each topic-banned from the Peter Tatchell article for 1yr.
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Article ban lifted from Peter Tatchell and replaced with probation
Yes
9
0
0
0
Irishpunktom placed on revert parole
For the next year, Irishpunktom is under 1RR and is required to explain his reverts (barring obvious vandalism). Breaches are to be met with blocks (capped at 1w for the first five and 1yr thereafter) and logged on the case page.
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--
Yes
9
0
0
0
Irishpunktom placed on probation
For the next year, Irishpunktom may be summarily topic-banned from any page he disrupts at administrator discretion. All such bans are to be logged on the case page, WP:AN/I, and Irishpunktom's user talk page.
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--
Yes
9
0
0
0
Fys desysopped
Fys' administrator rights are revoked for abuse of protection, unblocking, and rollback. They may only regain the rights through a new, successful Request for Adminship.
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N/A
6
2
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0
Karl Meier placed on Probation
For the next year, Karl Meier may be summarily topic-banned from any page he disrupts at administrator discretion. All such bans are to be logged on the case page, WP:AN/I, and Karl's user talk page.
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--
Yes
9
0
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0
Article ban lifted frtom Peter Tatchell and replaced with probation
"Article ban" is rescinded entirely. In its place, Fys is put under a probation regime similar to Irishpunktom's and Karl Meier's for the remainder of the vacated sanction. (In other words, all three users' probations should end simultaneously.)
Material from The Hunger Project may be used in the article on the organisation in an WP:ABOUTSELF fashion as if the article were a biography of a living person; anything that could be reasonably challenged by a rational person must be removed unless it is referenced to a strong third-party source that corroborates the claim.
No
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0
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0
Negative material
Article content that is critical of The Hunger Project must be sourced (again, as if the article were a biography of a living person) and must be both contextualised and attributed in all cases.
No
6
0
0
0
Current editors
It is presumed that, using the suggested guidelines [ArbCom has] made, Jcoonrod, Smeelgova, and other involved editors can edit responsibly without sanctions which restrict their editing of this or related articles.
No
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0
0
0
Continuing jurisdiction
ArbCom reaffirms/threatens that they may revisit this issue if problems start up again.
It is recommended that Veselin Topalov be edited in accord with the guidelines at WP:Biographies of living persons as the locus of the dispute is explosive BLP-implicating claims.
No
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0
Recommendations to Dionyseus
Dionyseus is advised to not dismiss the advice and concerns of others out of hand, especially as it concerns punctuation and matters he has no familiarity with.
Añoranza is sitebanned 1w for POV-pushing by aggressively insisting articles should be titled based on their (propagandistic) operation names (i.e. Operation Iraqi Freedom).
Yes
6
0
0
0
Negotiation
ArbCom encourages the parties in this case to come to terms on a policy regarding the use of propagandistic operational codenames for which there are neutral alternative names in common use.
(Per the motion put in place after the case, Eternal Equinox will be referred to by their chosen account's name, Velten, in the summary.)
Remedy name
Remedy (in modern terms)
Enacted
Enforceable?
Sup
Opp
Abs
Rcs
Eternal Equinox placed on probation
For the next year, Velten may be summarily topic-banned from any page they disrupt at administrator discretion. All such bans are to be logged on the case page.
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Yes
6
0
0
0
Eternal Equinox placed on attack parole
" " " ", " may be summarily blocked for 1w if they make an edit judged to be a personal attack.
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Yes
6
0
0
0
Jim62sch cautioned
Jim62sch is cautioned to avoid teasing or taunting sensitive users. In other words, ArbCom is failing to treat harassment with the gravitas it deserves, and not even with a user whose role in this matter is actually significant (i.e. Giano, for which there's plenty of evidence of Velten's harassment).
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No
6
0
0
0
Subsequent motion: Eternal Equinox limited to one account
Eternal Equinox must choose a single account (in this case, Velten). Once they do, they may only edit from that account and no other.
The underlying content dispute is remanded to standard content dispute resolution channels.
N/A
6
0
0
1
Administrators admonished
Five different admins (one of whom is a sitting Arbitrator and recused from this case) are admonished for using their tools unilaterally and to further a content dispute.
No
6
0
0
1
Centralized discussion
ArbCom will create WP:Centralized discussion/Apartheid to serve as a forum to discuss the use of the term "apartheid" given it's such a loaded term.
N/A
6
0
0
1
General amnesty
With the exception of Zeq (who was banned from the article at the heart of the dispute due to an enforcement request for ZEQ) ArbCom extends an amnesty to all users involved in the dispute.
Ericsaindon2 must choose an account. Once they do, they may only edit from that account and no other. (Due to constant extensions of the ban below directly leading to a community ban this remedy is effectively moot.)
Yes
6
0
0
0
Ericsaindon2 banned
Ericsaindon2 is sitebanned 1y.
Yes
6
0
0
0
Ericsaindon2 placed on Probation
Assuming he's ever unbanned, Ericsaindon2 may be summarily topic-banned from any article or topic-area he disrupts at administrator discretion. All such bans are to be logged on the case page.
(Heqong's original username was Chiang Kai-shek, and was changed mid-case.)
Remedy name
Remedy (in modern terms)
Enforceable?
Sup
Opp
Abs
Rcs
Heqong placed on probation
Heqong may be summarily topic-banned from any article or topic area he disrupts at administrator discretion. All such bans (and any blocks arising from same) are to be logged on the case page.
Yes
6
0
0
0
Heqong banned
Heqong is sitebanned 1mo.
Yes
6
0
0
0
Heqong placed on personal attack parole
Heqong may be summarily blocked if he makes an edit judged to be a personal attack. All such blocks are to be logged on the case page.
CoolKatt number 99999 is topic-banned from articles in the American television stations topic area for 1yr. Breaches are to be met with blocks, with length left to administrator discretion.
Yes
6
0
0
0
CoolKatt placed on Probation
CoolKatt number 99999 may be summarily topic-banned from any article or topic area he disrupts at administrator discretion. All such bans (and blocks arising from same) are to be logged on the case page.
Yes
6
0
0
0
[Deletion of subpages] that contravene WP:UP[link in original]
All of CoolKatt's subpages that do not comply with WP:User page#What about user subpages? shall be deleted.[link in original](For reference, this is what that section looked like at the time of the case's close.)
(This case, excepting its principles, has been courtesy-blanked and its preceding revisions deleted for the privacy of its participants; only administrators may see the full text of the decision. His excellency was sitebanned 6mo and placed on probation and personal attack parole; another user was placed on probation.)
Scope: Intangible's conduct in the political parties of Europe topic area
CT?: No
Remedy name
Remedy (in modern terms)
Enforceable?
Sup
Opp
Abs
Rcs
Intangible placed on Probation
Intangible may be summarily topic-banned from any article or topic area he disrupts at administrator discretion. All such bans (and blocks arising from them) are to be logged on the case page.
ParalelUni, who had been indefinitely blocked for harassment and personal attacks while Arbitrators were discussing whether to accept the case, has their indef endorsed by the Arbitration Committee turning it into an indefinite Arbitration siteban.
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Yes
7
0
0
0
Single-purpose accounts restrained
Any account whose sole purpose is editing in the St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine topic area may be summarily topic-banned from it at administrator discretion.
--
Amendment (April 2022)
Yes
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0
0
0
Amendment (April 2022)
"Single-purpose accounts restrained" is rescinded. Any still-existing sanctions levied under it remain in force and bound by the appeals process for Arbitration enforcement actions.
Kehrli is topic-banned from the mass-to-charge ratio topic area for 1yr. (More specifically, they are banned from articles which relate to m/z, which is the notation used in the context of mass spectrums. Outside of these contexts, the ratio is abbreviated as m/Q.)
Yes
6
0
0
0
Kehrli prohibited from changing notation
For the next 2y, Kehrli is banned from making edits which alter or remove references to m/z. (This would be redundant with the above under a modern interpretation, as such edits would clearly be "relate[d] to m/z".)
Scope: Arthur Ellis' sockpuppetry and importation of an off-wiki dispute
CT?: No
Remedy name
Remedy (in modern terms)
Enforceable?
Sup
Opp
Abs
Rcs
Arthur Ellis
Arthur Ellis is indefinitely topic-banned from the Canadian politics and Canadian political blogosphere topic areas, with a carveout for Talk:Mark Bourrie. Any article which mentions Warren Kinsella is considered a related article for the purposes of this remedy. (The carveout is because a finding of fact implies that Arthur Ellis is Bourrie's own Wikipedia account.)
Yes
7
0
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1
Arthur Ellis to use one account
Arthur Ellis must edit from that account and no other.
Scope: Zer0Faults' relentless reverting and conflict with Nescio, which drove the latter off Wikipedia for a time
CT?: No
(As Zer0faults changed their name to NuclearUmpf after the case and practically all sanctions levied against them are under that identity, this summary will use that name.)
Remedy name
Remedy (in modern terms)
Enforceable?
Sup
Opp
Abs
Rcs
Zer0faults placed on Probation
NuclearUmpf may be summarily topic-banned from any article or topic area he disrupts at administrator discretion. All such bans (and blocks arising from them) are to be logged on the case page.
Any user edit-warring on 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, particularly Tasc[sic], may be summarily topic-banned from it at administrator discretion. All such bans (and blocks arising from them) are to be logged on the case page.
