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This noticeboard is for announcements and statements made by the Arbitration Committee. Only members of the Arbitration Committee or the Committee's Clerks may post on this page, but all editors are encouraged to comment on the talk page.
Appeal to BASC: Nelsondenis248
The Ban Appeals Subcommittee has allowed the appeal of:
The text of the decision has been posted on the editor's talk page.
For the Arbitration Committee, Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs(talk) 14:40, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
2011 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: Invitation to comment on candidates
The Arbitration Committee is seeking to appoint additional users to the CheckUser and Oversight teams, and is now seeking comments from the community regarding the candidates who have volunteered for this role.
Interested parties are invited to review the appointments page containing the nomination statements supplied by the candidates and their answers to a few standard questions. Community members may also pose additional questions and submit comments about the candidates on the individual nomination subpages or privately via email to arbcom-en-b
lists.wikimedia.org.
Following the consultation phase, the committee will take into account the answers provided by the candidates to the questions and the comments offered by the community (both publicly and privately) along with all other relevant factors before making a final decision regarding appointments.
The consultation phase is scheduled to end 23:59, 4 October 2011 (UTC), and the appointments are scheduled to be announced by 10 October 2011.
For the Arbitration Committee, –xenotalk 14:00, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
An arbitration case regarding Senkaku Islands has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:
- User:Tenmei is indefinitely topic banned from the subject of Senkaku Islands, widely construed. The topic ban includes talk pages, wikipedia space and userspace.
- Tenmei is advised that his unusual style of communication has not been conducive to resolving this dispute. Accordingly, Tenmei is urged to develop a different style of communication, which is more similar to that used by experienced Wikipedia editors. Until this happens, Tenmei is advised not to engage in topics which are the subject of a dispute.
- Tenmei is banned for one year.
- User:Bobthefish2 is topic banned from the subject of Senkaku Islands, widely construed, for one year. The topic ban includes talk pages, wikipedia space and user space.
- User:STSC is warned to avoid any sexualisation of discussions, especially during disputes.
- The parties are reminded that attempts to use Wikipedia as a battleground may result in the summary imposition of additional sanctions, up to and including a ban from the project.
- The topic covered by the article currently located at Senkaku Islands, interpreted broadly, is placed under standard discretionary sanctions. Any uninvolved administrator may levy restrictions as an arbitration enforcement action on users editing in this topic area, after an initial warning.
- An uninvolved administrator may, after a warning given a month prior, place any set of pages relating to a territorial dispute of islands in East Asia, broadly interpreted, under standard discretionary sanctions for six months if the editing community is unable to reach consensus on the proper names to be used to refer to the disputed islands.
While a territorial dispute is subject to discretionary sanctions due to this remedy, any uninvolved administrator may levy restrictions as an arbitration enforcement action on users editing in these topical areas, after an initial warning.
For the Arbitration Committee, Alexandr Dmitri (talk) 21:30, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
2011 CheckUser and Oversight appointments & personnel changes
The Arbitration Committee has resolved to appoint five editors to the CheckUser team and three editors to the Oversight team pursuant to the CheckUser and Oversight appointment procedures and following the 2011 CUOS appointments process.
Subject to their providing identification satisfactory to the Wikimedia Foundation, the Arbitration Committee hereby resolves to:
(a) appoint the following editors as checkusers:
- AGK (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)†
- Courcelles (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)†
- Elockid (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)
- Keegan (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)†
- WilliamH (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)
(b) appoint the following editors as oversighters:
- Courcelles (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)†
- Fluffernutter (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)
- WilliamH (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)
- † Previously identified member of the Audit Subcommittee who will retain the specified permission(s) upon the conclusion of their terms.
The committee thanks the other candidates (28bytes, HelloAnnyong, Kww, and Mentifisto); those who applied but were not put forward as candidates; and the community in bringing this appointment process to a successful conclusion.
The committee also recognizes the departures of Dominic and Nishkid64 from their dual roles on the CheckUser and Oversight teams; along with EVula, Howcheng, & Mr.Z-man from the Oversight team; and thanks these editors for their diligent service as functionaries and their extensive contributions elsewhere on the project.
At the request of arbitrator Iridescent, checkuser and oversight permissions will be removed from their account until such time as Iridescent is able to return to active participation.
- Supporting motion: Casliber; Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry; Coren; David Fuchs; Jclemens; John Vandenberg; Kirill Lokshin; Mailer diablo; PhilKnight; Newyorkbrad; Roger Davies; Risker; SirFozzie; Xeno
- Not voting/inactive: Cool Hand Luke; Elen of the Roads; Iridescent
For the Arbitration Committee, –xenotalk 13:00, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
Arbitration motion regarding Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Climate change
Resolved by motion at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Amendment that: The Climate change case is supplemented as follows:
The topic ban imposed on William M. Connolley (talk · contribs) in the Climate change case is modified, effective immediately. William M. Connolley is permitted to edit within the topic area of Climate change, but is prohibited from editing relating to any living person associated with this topic, interpreted broadly but reasonably. William M. Connolley is reminded to abide by all applicable Wikipedia policies in editing on this topic and that he remains subject either to further action by this Committee or (like all editors in this topic-area) to discretionary sanctions should he fail to do so.
For the Arbitration Committee, Alexandr Dmitri (talk) 21:29, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
Omnibus motion amending past cases
Resolved by motion at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Motions:
To simplify enforcement of older sanctions that are, substantively, discretionary sanctions, the committee hereby amends and supersedes the remedies listed below with the following:
- Discretionary Sanctions
- The topic is placed under discretionary sanctions. Any uninvolved administrator may levy restrictions as an arbitration enforcement action on users editing in this topic area, after an initial warning.
where "The topic" is specified in the list of amended remedies below. Any extant sanctions or warnings made according to the older wording found in those decisions (as applicable) remain unaffected.
- Remedy 1.1 of Palestine-Israel articles (All Arab-Israeli conflict-related articles, broadly interpreted)
- Armenia-Azerbaijan 2 as amended. (Topics related to Armenia-Azerbaijan and related ethnic conflicts, broadly interpreted)
- Remedy 1 of Macedonia (topics related to the Balkans, broadly interpreted)
- Remedy 1.2 of Climate change (The Climate change topic, broadly interpreted)
- Remedy 1 of Abd-WMC (Cold fusion and related articles)
- Remedy 12 of Digwuren (Topics related to Eastern Europe, broadly interpreted)
- Remedy 1 of Gibraltar (Gibraltar or other articles concerning the history, people, or political status of Gibraltar)
- Remedy 1 of Homeopathy (Homeopathy and related articles)
- Remedy 4 of Martinphi-ScienceApologist and remedy 12 of Pseudoscience (Articles relating to pseudoscience, broadly interpreted)
- Remedy 1 of September 11 conspiracy theories (Articles which relate to the events of September 11, 2001, broadly interpreted)
- Remedy 3 of Transcendental Meditation movement (Transcendental meditation or other articles concerning Transcendental meditation and related biographies of living people, broadly interpreted)
- Remedy 13 of Ayn Rand (Ayn Rand or related articles or pages)
- All extant remedies of The Troubles, as amended and clarified (Articles relating to The Troubles, as well as the Ulster banner and British baronets)
For the Arbitration Committee, NW (Talk) 14:32, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
Appeal to BASC: Mìthrandir
The Ban Appeals Subcommittee has allowed the appeal of:
- Mìthrandir (talk · contribs)
The text of the decision has been posted on the editor's talk page.
For the Arbitration Committee, Mailer Diablo 19:13, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
Appeal to BASC: ChristiaandeWet
The Ban Appeals Subcommittee has allowed the appeal of:
The text of the decision has been posted on the editor's talk page.
For the Arbitration Committee, Mailer Diablo 19:26, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
Arbitration Committee/WMF Liaison
In August 2011, the Arbitration Committee and the Wikimedia Foundation jointly agreed to identify liaisons to enhance communication and co-ordination between the Committee and the Foundation. Below is the internal resolution appointing Newyorkbrad as the Arbitration Committee liaison to the WMF.
In order to foster and enhance collaboration between the Wikimedia Foundation and the English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee, the committee resolves
- i) That the role of Committee liaison to the Wikimedia Foundation shall be a designated point of contact between the Wikimedia Foundation and the Arbitration Committee;
- ii) That the liaison shall be appointed by an absolute majority of active, non-recused arbitrators, and may be replaced or removed at any time by an absolute majority of active, non-recused arbitrators;
- iii) That the liaison shall not be authorized to make binding decisions on behalf of the Arbitration Committee except as specifically and previously authorized by committee directive.
- Support resolution: Casliber; David Fuchs; Jclemens; John Vandenberg; Mailer diablo; Newyorkbrad; PhilKnight; Risker; Roger Davies; Xeno
- Support i): Cool Hand Luke (did not vote on other sections)
- Oppose resolution: None
- Not voting/inactive: Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry; Coren; Elen of the Roads; Iridescent; Kirill Lokshin; SirFozzie
The committee further resolves that upon the passing of this resolution, Newyorkbrad is appointed as the Arbitration Committee liaison to the Wikimedia Foundation effective 18 August 2011 until December 31, 2012, or such time as the role is reassigned by the committee.
- Support resolution: Jclemens; Casliber; Cool Hand Luke; John Vandenberg; Mailer diablo; PhilKnight; Risker; Roger Davies; Xeno.
- Accept appointment: Newyorkbrad
- Oppose resolution: None
- Not voting/inactive: Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry; Coren; David Fuchs; Elen of the Roads; Iridescent; Kirill Lokshin; SirFozzie.
- Internal resolution passed.
As part of the role of the Liaison, Newyorkbrad and another member of the Committee, Coren, attended at the WMF offices on 4 November 2011 to meet with a number of staff in varying roles in order to discuss multiple issues. A teleconference was also held on the same date with other available arbitrators participating, including Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry, Kirill Lokshin, Risker, Roger Davies, and Xeno. Reports of the meetings are now being drafted for discussion amongst the committee as a whole, and the community can anticipate further announcements related to these discussions in the near future.
For the Arbitration Committee, Risker (talk) 08:00, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
Appeal to BASC: Lee Nysted
The Ban Appeals Subcommittee has allowed the appeal of:
- Lee Nysted (talk · contribs)
The text of the decision has been posted on the editor's talk page.
For the Arbitration Committee, Mailer Diablo 20:53, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
Iridescent
Iridescent (talk · contribs) has been a member of the Arbitration Committee since January 2011. During this time, their contributions to the Committee have been thoughtful and valued when they have been able to participate but they have had long periods of inactivity both as an arbitrator and editor because of unavoidable off-wiki commitments. They have had only minimal activity as an arbitrator since June 2011 and have not edited Wikipedia for more than one month.
The Arbitration Policy provides that the Arbitration Committee may remove one of its members who is unable to "participate conscientiously in the Committee's activities and deliberations." However, the Committee would prefer to implement this provision only as a last resort. Recent attempts have been made to contact Iridescent and inquire as to whether they expect soon to be able to return to regular participation as an arbitrator, or alternatively, if they would tender their resignation from the Committee on account of their present unavailability to serve (thereby creating a vacancy that can be filled by the community at the upcoming Arbitration Committee elections).
Having not had success in contacting Iridescent, the Arbitration Committee has resolved to remove Iridescent from the Committee pursuant to Section 1.3 of the Arbitration Policy, based solely on their apparent unavailability to serve and not for any other cause.
The Committee thanks Iridescent for their past service on the committee and their extensive contributions elsewhere on the project.
- Supporting resolution: Casliber; Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry; Coren; David Fuchs; Elen of the Roads; Jclemens; John Vandenberg; Kirill Lokshin; Newyorkbrad; PhilKnight; Risker; Roger Davies; SirFozzie; Xeno.
- Opposing resolution: Mailer diablo.
- Not voting/inactive: Cool Hand Luke.
For the Arbitration Committee, –xenotalk 22:30, 11 November 2011 (UTC)