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Red (#CD5C5C) is a remedy that has since been rescinded or otherwise is wholly reliant on previous remedies that are themselves rescinded.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Rescinded: If a remedy was terminated, this will be the calendar date (in UTC) when the remedy was ended.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.
Until such time as a consensus has been reached as to a naming convention for Ukrainian geographical locations, AndriyK is topic-banned from edits about, and page moves involving, that topic area. Note that a large chunk of the problem that led to this case was AndriyK moving pages and then editing the redirect left behind to prevent non-admins from reversing his moves.
Yes
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AndriyK banned
AndriyK is sitebanned 1mo.
Predates AE
7
0
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0
Andrew Alexander, AndriyK, and MaryMaidan warned about copyright violations
AndriyK, Andrew Alexander, and MaryMaidan are warned not to plagiarise content from elsewhere or interfere in the removal of copyright violations.
Predates AE
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0
Ghirlandajo warned
Ghirlandajo is warned to avoid incivility or personal attacks.
Predates AE
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Reversal of irreversible page moves
Administrators working at WP:Requested moves may summarily undo irreversible page moves as if they were technical move requests without any further discussion.
Assuming he's ever unblocked/unbanned, Gibraltarian may from then on be summarily blocked for up to 1w if he makes an edit judged to be a personal attack.
Yes
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Gibraltarian placed on probation
" " " "/", for the first year afterwards Gibraltarian may be summarily topic-banned from any article in what would become the GBT topic area at administrator discretion. This remedy may be reset or extended if there is a consensus to do so amongst at least three uninvolved administrators.
Yes
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Gibraltarian placed on general Probation
" " " ", Gibraltarian may be summarily banned from Wikipedia for up to 1yr or restricted/banned from any non-Gibraltar page he disrupts by consensus of at least three uninvolved administrators. Each ban issued this way is to be logged on the case page. (Gibraltarian was indefinitely sitebanned via this remedy May 04, 2007.)
Yes
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No action on indefinite block
As Gibraltarian was indefinitely blocked during and independent of the case, the remedies above will take effect only if he is unblocked. Any unblock is conditional on him accepting those sanctions.
Scope: Robert I's conduct with regards to Gregory Lauder-Frost
CT?: No
Remedy name
Remedy (in modern terms)
Enforceable?
Sup
Opp
Abs
Rcs
Robert I banned pending resolution of legal issues
Owing to an orgy of on-wiki evidence that Robert I is British right-wing figure Gregory Lauder-Frost (or at the very least is working directly under him) and has threatened legal action, he is sitebanned as long as legal action remains outstanding and/or he keeps issuing legal threats. (The diffs used to support this in the relevant finding of fact are deleted.)
Yes
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Robert I to use one account
Assuming his ban is ever lifted, Robert I must use the Robert I account and no other.
Yes
6
0
0
0
Robert I banned for one year from editing articles relating to Gregory Lauder-Frost
" " " " " ", for the first year after Robert I is topic-banned from the Gregory Lauder-Frost topic area.
Yes
6
0
0
0
Robert I placed on probation
" " " " " ", Robert I may be summarily topic-banned from any article he disrupts at administrator discretion. All such bans are to be logged on the case page.
Copperchair may be summarily topic-banned from any article he disrupts at administrator discretion, and may be given a wider topic-ban or a siteban by consensus of at least three uninvolved administrators. All bans issued under this remedy are to be logged on the case page.
Articles in the Dominion of Melchizedek topic-area are to be semi-protected, though admins are free to adjust the protection levels at their discretion. Johnski (who had been indefinitely blocked in the week before the case closed for constant edit-warring in the topic area) and sockpuppets of same (apparent or otherwise) are to be blocked on discovery.
Provided they have not breached their topic-bans, TDC and the user behind the IPv4 may appeal them after 3 months. (The remedy is written oddly, due to 1RR being offered up as a remedy against both TDC and the IPv4 and failing in both cases.)
Despite the name of the remedy, Xed is warned against citation fraud (i.e. citing a source that doesn't support the claim it's cited for).
--
Predates AE
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Viriditas commended
Viriditas is commended for continuing to work with the article substantially improving it while maintaining a courteous attitude towards the difficult user Xed.[links added]
--
Predates AE
8
0
0
0
Xed placed on indefinite personal attack parole
Xed's recently-lapsed personal attack parole is reinstated indefinitely - Xed may be summarily blocked for up to 1w if he makes an edit judged to be a personal attack.
Any editor disrupting pages in the neuro-linguistic programming topic area may be summarily topic-banned from those pages at administrator discretion. All such bans are to be logged on the case page and the offending user's talk page. (This remedy was rescinded as superseded by PS' DS regime.)
Oct. 30, 2015
Yes
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Adequate sourcing
The problem NLP editors are warned to thoroughly cite their sources.
--
Predates AE
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NPOV
The problem NLP editors are warned that any claims and quotes must be attributed.
--
Predates AE
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Discuss reverts
Barring obvious vandalism, each of the problem NLP editors are required to explain any reverts they perform at neuro-linguistic programming on the article's talk page. Breaches are to be met with blocks, capped at 1w for the first five aqnd 1yr thereafter.
--
Yes
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Mentorship
Neuro-linguistic programming is placed under a mentorship of three to five administrators who are authorised to summarily topic-ban users from it or from related pages. Any such bans are to be logged on the case page and the offending user's talk page. (This remedy contains a review and rescission clause that, based on when it was finally rescinded, had been forgotten about.)
For the next year, Benjamin Gatti may be summarily topic-banned from any page he disrupts at administrator discretion. All such bans are to be logged on the case page. This probation may explicitly be extended as per the remedy below.
Yes
7
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0
Benjamin Gatti placed on general probation
Benjamin Gatti may be summarily sitebanned for 1yr, may have his probation above extended 1yr, or be restricted/banned from any page he disrupts by a consensus of at least three administrators. Each ban and probation extension issued this way must be logged on the case page.
Scope: Deeceevoice's uncommunicativeness and combativeness
CT?: No
Remedy name
Remedy (in modern terms)
Enforceable?
Sup
Opp
Abs
Rcs
Non-escalating personal attack parole
Deeceevoice may be summarily blocked for up to 1w if she makes an edit judged to be a personal attack.
Yes
7
1
0
0
Reminder regarding core Wikipedia policies
Deeceevoice is warned to adhere to Wikipedia's central content/sourcing policies and guidelines.
Predates AE
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Counseling regarding offense
Deeceevoice is warned to assume good faith towards those opposing her arguments.
Predates AE
8
0
0
0
Offensive user page prohibition
Deeceevoice is banned from using subpages in her userspace to host offensive essays, polemics, and screeds. Breaches are to be met with the summary deletion of the page and (if she attempts to restore pages deleted this way) a block, capped at 1w for the first five and 1yr thereafter.
Yes
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Friday cautioned
Friday is cautioned to avoid suggesting to users who are the subject of Arbitration proceedings that they abandon Wikipedia.(Friday was one of two users who were deemed to be harassing Deeceevoice, but compared to Jim Apple their transgressions are incredibly tame.)
Predates AE
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2
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Jim Apple cautioned
Jim Apple is cautioned to avoid suggesting to users who are the subject of Arbitration proceedings that they abandon Wikipedia. In other words, ArbCom is failing to treat proven extensive harassment with the gravitas it deserves.
Predates AE
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1
0
0
Deeceevoice placed on probation
Deeceevoice may be summarily topic-banned from any page she disrupts at administrator discretion, and may be sitebanned for up to 1yr by consensus of at least three administrators. Any such sanctions issued this way are to be logged.
(This case has been courtesy-blanked for the privacy of its participants and their estates. All remedies still in force were terminated June 22, 2008 after Beckjord passed away. This case has Enforcement threads.)
EffK is indefinitely topic-banned from all articles in the Catholicism topic area. Breaches are to be met with blocks, capped at 1w for the first five and 1yr thereafter.
Yes
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EffK banned
EffK is sitebanned 1yr.
Yes
8
0
0
0
EffK to be banned from articles that he disrupts
EffK may be summarily topic-banned from editing any page he disrupts for up to 3mo at administrator discretion. Breaches of such topic-bans are to be met with blocks, capped at 1w for the first five and 1yr thereafter.
(This case was forcibly opened via deus ex Jimbo due to the situation, and lasted only 112h from start to finish. Several administrators had been wheel-warring over two paedophilia userboxes (one of which was earnest and the other more inflammatory), prompting Jimbo to emergency-desysop all of them after his attempts to block the lot of them were themselves wheel-warred by Karmafist.)
Decided: Feb. 10, 2006
Abbrev.: UWW
Type: Admin
Scope: Wheel-warring over a succession of pro-paedophilia userboxes
CT?: No
Remedy name
Remedy (in modern terms)
Enforceable?
Sup
Opp
Abs
Rcs
Temporary injunction
Dschor is sitebanned save for his userspace and this Arbitration as long as it is active.
Predates AE
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El C
El C's emergency desysop is reversed and his administrative rights are restored. ArbCom specifically noted his overall role in the situation was minor, and he had been unjustifiably blocked by Carnildo.
N/A
10
2
0
0
BorgHunter
BorgHunter's emergency desysop is kept for two more days, after which his administrator rights will be restored. ArbCom noted his role in the case amounted to antagonising David Gerard, for which he would issue a mea culpa.
N/A
12
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0
0
Paroxysm
Paroxysm is sitebanned 72h for re-creating the original, earnest paedophilia userbox after it had been deleted by David Gerard.
Predates AE
12
0
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0
Carnildo
For his incredibly poor judgment in summarily blocking three established users on a sketchy-at-best "hate speech" claim, Carnildo's emergency desysop is made permanent. They may only regain the tools through a new, successful request for adminship, and may not file one for two weeks after the case's close.
N/A
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1
0
0
Ashibaka
Ashibaka's emergency desysop is kept for two more weeks, after which his administrator rights will be restored. ArbCom noted that Ashibaka restored the two userbox templates a total of five times between the two.
For wheel-warring against Jimbo Wales, Karmafist's emergency desysop is made permanent. They may only regain the tools through a new, successful request for adminship, and may not file one for two weeks after the case's close.
N/A
10
0
1
0
Dschor and Paroxysm enjoined from userboxes
Dschor and Paroxysm are both indefinitely topic-banned from creating or modifying userboxes. They may still put pre-made userboxen onto their userpages as long as they don't modify them.
Yes
12
0
0
0
Reprimands
Carbonite, El C, and BorgHunter are reprimanded for inappropriate use of their administrator tools, and are instructed to exercise more caution in using them in the future.
Predates AE
10
0
0
0
SPUI
SPUI is sitebanned 10d for creating yet another paedophilia-related userbox. Afterwards, he may be summarily topic-banned from any page he disrupts or summarily blocked for said disruption at administrator discretion. Provided he has not breached it, SPUI may appeal this probation after 2mo.
For the next year, Reddi is on 1RR/week and is required to explain all reverts he makes (excepting obvious vandalism) on the talk page of the affected article.
Yes
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0
0
0
Reddi placed on probation
For the next year, Reddi may be summarily topic-banned from any article he disrupts at administrator discretion. Any such bans must be logged on the case page, the affected article's talk page, and Reddi's talk page.
Yes
6
0
0
0
Extensions of parole or probation
Either or both remedies above may be extended on a year-by-year basis by consensus of three uninvolved administrators.
Carl Hewitt may be summarily topic-banned from any article outside of the Carl Hewitt topic area he disrupts at administrator discretion.
--
Apr. 19, 2016
Yes
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0
Post-case clarification
This amendment sets the scope of the Carl Hewitt topic area (Carl Hewitt, his students, any research area they are active in, theoretical computer science, logic programming, and Actor model and related articles), affirms that Carl Hewitt's topic-ban is indefinite, and explicitly allows for the use of page-level sanctions to enforce the topic-ban to limit collateral damage.
KDRGibby may be summarily blocked if he makes an edit judged to be a personal attack or if he uses his userspace to host personal attacks. Blocks are capped at 1w for the first five and 1yr thereafter.
Yes
8
0
1
0
KDRGibby placed on probation
KDRGibby may be summarily topic-banned from any page or topic-area he disrupts at administrator discretion. All such bans must be logged on the case page and his userpage.
Yes
10
0
0
0
KDRGibby placed on general probation
KDRGibby may be sitebanned for up to 1yr by consensus of at least three administrators. Any such bans must be logged on the case page.
RJII may be summarily blocked for up to a week if he makes an edit judged to be a personal attack.
Yes
6
0
0
0
RJII cautioned regarding POV editing
RJII is warned not to use Wikipedia to push original research or a POV.
Predates AE
6
0
0
0
RJII placed on probation
RJII may be summarily topic-banned for up to a year from any article he disrupts at administrator discretion. Any such bans are to be logged on the case page.
Yes
6
0
0
0
RJII placed on general probation
RJII may be sitebanned for up to 1 year by consensus of at least three administrators. All such bans must be logged on the case page.
Yes
6
0
0
0
Firebug
Firebug is reminded that Arbitration is the final step in dispute resolution, not the first, and that perfectionism makes an enemy of the good. Firebug quit Wikipedia mid-case, precluding hard sanctions.
Theodore7 is sitebanned save for his userspace and this Arbitration as long as it is active.
Predates AE
5
0
0
0
Six-month ban from editing content on astrology, astronomy, and related subjects
For the next six months, Theodore7 is topic-banned from the astrology and astronomy topic areas. Breaches are to be met with blocks, the first capped at 1w and all subsequent ones having no limit. Provided it has not lapsed and he has not breached it, he may appeal this sanction every two months.
Yes
9
0
0
0
One-year personal attack parole
For the next year, Theodore7 may be summarily blocked if he makes an edit judged to be a personal attack, with the same caps as above.
Yes
9
0
0
0
Required edit summaries
For the next six months, Theodore7 is required to leave a descriptive and accurate edit summary whenever he makes an edit. Breaches are to be met with blocks, with the same caps as above.
Sortan is warned regarding stalking Jguk. He is welcome to make independent edits, but not follow Jguk around.(The softball remedy is because Sortan up and quit the project in responce to this case being accepted; he has not returned since to my knowledge.)
Tommstein is sitebanned save for his userspace and this Arbitration as long as it is active.
Predates AE
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Tommstein banned by the community
The Arbitration Committee acknowledges and endorses the community's banning of [Tommstein]. Tommstein would be community-banned during the case after the evidence showed a long-term pattern of harassment and aggression from him.
No
6
0
0
0
Central placed on personal attack parole
For the next year, Central 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
8
0
0
0
Central placed on Probation
For the next year, Central may be summarily topic-banned from any page he disrupts at administrator discretion. Any such bans are to be logged on the case page and his talk page.
Yes
8
0
0
0
Duffer1 warned regarding incivility and edit-warring
Duffer1 is warned not to edit-war or levy personal attacks.
Scope: Dispute over sexual abuse controversies about Min Zhu, his daughter, and his company WebEx
CT?: No
Remedy name
Remedy (in modern terms)
Enforceable?
Sup
Opp
Abs
Rcs
Larvatus banned
Larvatus is indefinitely topic-banned from articles in the WebEx and Min Zhu (entrepreneur) topic areas. (Two versions of this ban passed; the other one was limited to editing about the controversy involving Min Zhu and his daughter.)
Yes
7
0
0
0
Larvatus placed on probation
Larvatus may be summarily topic-banned from any article he disrupts at administrator discretion. Any such bans must be logged on the case page.
FCYTravis is warned against misusing rollback in a content dispute. (At this point in time, rollback was exclusive to the administrator toolset, so this amounted to misuse of administrative tools.)
Henryuzi may be summarily topic-banned from any article he disrupts at administrator discretion. Any such bans must be logged on the case page.
Yes
7
0
0
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Sockpuppets and meatpuppets
The remedies applied to Henryuzi shall be applied to any additional sockpuppets or meatpuppets which surface.(A finding of fact strongly implies the Arbitrators deduced that Henryuzi was a sockpuppet of Larvatus, thus this remedy exists to prevent him from evading sanctions on a different account.)
(The Ruy Lopez case was merged into this one as the issues at play in both cases were identical and the underlying situations were similar.)
Decided: Mar. 02, 2006
Abbrev.: AVV
Type: Editor
Scope: Ruy Lopez' sockpuppetry, which was noted/implicated while VeryVerily was filing an appeal
CT?: No
Remedy name
Remedy (in modern terms)
Enforceable?
Sup
Opp
Abs
Rcs
Remedies vacated
VeryVerily's 1RR from GKSV is rescinded. The revert-justification requirement remains in place. (All other remedies on VeryVerily from GKSV had since lapsed on their own terms.)
N/A
7
0
0
0
Ruy Lopez sockpuppetry
Suspected sockpuppets of Ruy Lopez may be summarily blocked indefinitely. Confirmed sockpuppets of Ruy Lopez may be summarily blocked indefinitely, and Ruy Lopez sitebanned 2mo for each one.
Nyess (apparent socks only)
7
0
0
0
Ruy Lopez placed on Probation
Ruy Lopez may be summarily topic-banned from any article he disrupts or attempts to push a POV on at administrator discretion.
Yes
7
0
0
0
VeryVerily appeal option
Provided he hasn't breached it, VeryVerily may appeal the revert-justification requirement via WP:ARCA in 4 months.
Zeq banned from articles he has disrupted and placed on Probation
The temporary injunction is retained indefinitely with respect to Zeq. In addition, he may be summarily topic-banned from any article he disrupts at administrator discretion. Any such bans must be logged on the case page.
Yes
10
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0
0
Zeq and Heptor cautioned regarding sources
Zeq and Heptor are warned not to use obvious propaganda as a source for claims.
Predates AE
10
0
0
0
Zeq cautioned regarding removal of well sourced information
Zeq is warned not to blindly revert/remove well-sourced material just because he does not agree with it.
Predates AE
10
0
0
0
Others cautioned
Everyone else not named in the remedies above is warned to follow standard dispute resolution practices.
Assuming his mentorship fails, T-man will be sitebanned 6mo from that point.
Yes
8
0
0
0
T-man... placed on personal attack parole
For the next year, T-man 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
10
0
0
0
Dyslexic Agnostic placed on personal attack parole
For the next year, T-man may be summarily topic-banned from any page he disrupts at administrator discretion. All such bans are to be logged on the case page.
T-man is placed under the mentorship of a few administrators in good standing for one year. These mentors are primarily responsible for enforcing T-man's other sanctions and guiding him to become a better editor. As long as the mentorship is ongoing, T-man's siteban is held in abeyence. (The mentorship was deemed to have failed July 31, 2006.)
For the next year, Leyasu is under 1RR and required to clearly label their reverts as such. Breaches are to be met with blocks, capped at 1w for the first 5 and 1yr thereafter.
Instantnood's recently-lapsed probation is reinstated indefinitely. As before, any bans are to be logged on the case page.
--
Yes
8
0
0
0
Instantnood placed on general probation
Instantnood may be sitebanned for any length of time by consensus of at least three uninvolved administrators. All such bans are to be logged on the case page.
--
Yes
8
0
0
0
Huaiwei placed on Probation
Huaiwei's recently-lapsed probation is reinstated indefinitely. As before, any bans are to be logged on the case page.
Sep. 06, 2007
Yes
8
0
0
0
Huaiwei placed on general probation
Huaiwei may be sitebanned for any length of time by consensus of at least three uninvolved administrators. All such bans are to be logged on the case page.
Scope: Karmafist's inappropriate new-user welcomes pointing such users to polemics in his userspace
CT?: No
Remedy name
Remedy (in modern terms)
Enforceable?
Sup
Opp
Abs
Rcs
Karmafist's welcomes
Karmafist is banned from welcoming users with anything other than {{welcome}} and must use a neutrally-worded and civil edit summary when welcoming users. Breaches are to be met with blocks, capped at 1w for the first five and 1yr thereafter.
Yes
7
0
0
0
Karmafist placed on civility parole
For the next year, Karmafist may be summarily blocked if he makes an edit judged to be incivil or a personal attack. Blocks are capped as above.
Licorne is sitebanned 1yr. (This siteban would become an indefinite community ban the day after the case was decided, as Licorne's responce to the siteban was particularly extreme antisemitic remarks on multiple editors.)
Yes
7
0
0
0
Probation
Assuming his community ban is ever lifted, Licorne may be summarily topic-banned from any page he disrupts at administrator discretion. Any such ban must be logged on the case page.
Yes
7
0
0
0
Personal attack parole
" " " " " " ", Licorne 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.
Any editor who disrupts Shiloh Shepherd Dog may be summarily topic-banned from it at administrator discretion. Breaches of a topic-ban issued this way are to be met with blocks, capped at 1w for the first five and 1yr thereafter.
Feb. 03, 2022
Yes
7
0
0
0
Meatpuppets banned
Any user suspected to be a sock- or meatpuppet that disrupts any discussions or articles about the Shiloh dog breed may be summarily indefinitely blocked.
--
Yes
7
0
0
0
Editors warned
Every other editor participating in discussions about the dog breed are warned to stay civil during heated discussions.
CheeseDreams' currently-active siteban is reset to Mar. 28, 2007. This would be rendered moot after CheeseDreams intentionally exposed her account password again a month after this case, leading it to be indefinitely blocked as compromised.
(This case has been courtesy-blanked. Tony Sidaway was placed on an admin-tools-only version of 1RR, and another user was both banned from userboxes and placed on probation.)
^As the unregistered user uses multiple IPs in a range, they are identified with their ISP and the first two octets of their IPv4 addresses in the case proper.
^Locus of the case falls entirely into the PIA area.
^An article on a specific Palestinian exodus was not specified, but it can be assumed to be the 1948 one from context
^At the time of this Arbitration, the status of the breed was uncertain, with Tina and Shenandoah being two dog breeders who independently claimed to have created the breed.
