User:Maxim/ArbCom and desysops

This page presents two tables on all ADMINCOND cases, as well as other cases where specific administrators were sanctioned, from 2010 to present. The purpose of compiling this data was to assess the likelihood of an admin "getting off" when the subject of an accepted ADMINCOND case. During the review, it became useful to additionally note other cases, typically broader in scope, that have resulted in a specific administrator being sanctioned. A full survey of Wikipedia:Arbitration/Index/Cases was performed from 2010 to present. The cut-off year of 2010, while slightly arbitrary, was used because it is when the committee could be said to have "matured". At this point, it started to take on significantly less cases per year (30 in 2009, 14 in 2010), and to not take "easier" cases that could be more easily handled by the community. A cut-off also helps compare like to like with respect to expected standards of administrator conduct, which have changed with time.

Some preliminary findings as follows:

  • The Arbitration Committee, on average, hears 3 ADMINCOND cases per year.
  • Since 2012–2013, there has been a precipitous decline in administrators being sanctioned during cases with a broader scope.
  • The chances of an administrator avoiding a loss of permissions as a central party to a case are very poor. While 5 of the 41 listed cases (~12%) did not end up in a desysoping or resignation, consideration must be made for some of these cases that weren't quite purely ADMINCOND cases (e.g. Magioladitis, Gamaliel and others) or where the final decision suggests that perhaps the case ought not have been accepted (Michael Hardy). As far as cases that most fit the mold of having a scope to "examine an administrator's conduct with regards to ADMINCOND", GiantSnowman is the only strong example of administrator not being desysoped as a result of such a case.

And some further thoughts (19 November 2021):

  • The idea to tabulate this data probably came out of some combination of an arbcom-en thread which was sort of a post-mortem on the RexxS case and an Iridescent-talk megathread. While there was a range of topics in those discussions—from case naming to RfA reform—the overall context was the aftermath of the contentious RexxS case.
  • The numbers are just that: numbers. This essay just appears to be the first time someone went and tabulated the outcome of what can be construed as "modern" ADMINCOND cases. I'm not trying to pass any value judgment on the numbers, but to give a population analysis for a given definition of a "modern" ArbCom.
  • I didn't consider declined cases, nor did I consider similar ANI threads, because that wasn't really the point of the table. To be specific, the point was to answer what happens if an administrator is involved in an accepted arbitration case, particularly an ADMINCOND one. Dear reader, you may make of these numbers what you will.

Further thoughts, 5 June 2023:

Table 1: ADMINCOND-style cases
Year Case Result
2024 Mzajac Suspend and desysop
2023 AlisonW Desysop
2023 Scottywong Desysop
2022 Stephen LEVEL2 desysop overturned[1]
2022 Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block Two admonishments, loss of CU and OS
2022 Geschichte Suspend and desysop
2022 Jonathunder Suspend and desysop
2021 Carlossuarez46 Suspend and desysop
2021 RexxS Desysop
2020 RHaworth Desysop
2020 Kudpung Desysop
2019 Fram Desysop[2]
2019 Reversion of office actions Administrator resigned[2]
2019 Rama Desysop
2019 Enigmaman Desysop
2019 Alex Shih Suspend and desysop
2019 GiantSnowman Restriction on tool usage
2018 Fred Bauder Desysop
2018 Andrevan Resignation
2017 Arthur Rubin Desysop
2017 Magioladitis 2 Desysop
2017 Magioladitis Editing restriction
2016 The Rambling Man Resignation
2016 Michael Hardy Reminder for administrator and committee
2016 Gamaliel and others Two administrators admonished
2016 Kevin Gorman Desysop
2015 Neelix Resignation
2015 Kww and The Rambling Man Desysop (Kww)
2015 Sockpuppet investigation block Desysop (Chase me)
2015 Toddst1 Inactivity removal under cloud
2015 Wifione Resignation and ban
2014 DangerousPanda Desysop
2014 Kafziel Desysop
2014 Nightscream Desysop
2013 Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds Desysop
2013 SchuminWeb Suspend and desysop
2012 Fae Resignation and ban
2012 Rich Farmbrough Desysop; another administrator admonished
2011 Cirt and Jayen466 Desysop, I-ban and editing restrictions
2011 Rodhullandemu Desysop and ban[1]
2010 MZMcBride 2 Resignation and admonition
Table 2: Broader-scope cases
Year Case Result
2024 Conflict of interest management Loss of administrator and bureaucrat permissions
2023 Industrial agriculture Administrator admonished, restricted
2020 Medicine Administrator topic-banned
2020 Portals Administrator desysoped
2018 Conduct of Mister Wiki editors Administrator desysoped/resigned
2015 Arbitration enforcement 2 Administrator admonished
2014 Media Viewer RfC Administrator resigns
2013 Ebionites 3 Administrator resigns, topic-banned, I-banned
2013 Manning naming dispute Administrator admonished
2013 Infoboxes Administrator admonished
2013 Tea Party movement Administrator admonished
2013 Doncram Administrator admonished
2012 Perth Two administrators admonished, one administrator desysoped
2012 TimidGuy ban appeal Administrator desysoped and banned
2012 Civility enforcement Administrator desysoped
2011 Racepacket Administrator admonished
2011 AE sanction handling Administrator advised
2010 Climate change Multiple administrators sanctioned

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Case was largely off-wiki
  2. ^ a b Fram-related, may be useful to disregard as gross outlier

See also

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