Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Henrygb

Case Opened on 13:20, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Case Closed on 14:34, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

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Involved parties

• David Gerard (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) (initiating party)
• Henrygb (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)

Statement by David Gerard

Henrygb has been sockpuppeting deceptively: User:Audiovideo, User:Facethefacts and User:SE16. When called on the issue, he was evasive, and proceeded with new sockpuppets Facethefacts and SE16. On User talk:SE16, he attributes this to the Cabal.

Multiple checkusers have looked over this closely and agree it's obvious. Is there a good reason this conduct should be considered appropriate to an admin?

(I asked the AC about this and an arbitrator suggested I note it here.)

Preliminary decisions

Arbitrators' opinion on hearing this matter (8/0/0/0)

• Accept. We can fast-track this, given current concerns on admin accounts. Charles Matthews 12:55, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
• Accept Fred Bauder 13:30, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
• Accept. - SimonP 13:49, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
• Accept, fast track. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 14:15, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
• Accept. I don't know what "fast-track" this means, but I see no need not to follow the normal procedures. Paul August ☎ 14:38, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
• Accept and fast track; no reason to drag this out. Kirill Lokshin 15:19, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
• Accept; and fast track. FloNight 17:39, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
• Accept. Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 20:00, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Final decision

All numbering based on /Proposed decision (vote counts and comments are there as well)

Principles

Administrators

1) Wikipedia administrators are trusted members of the community and are expected to follow Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Occasional lapses of judgment are tolerated, but consistently poor judgment may result in de-sysopping.

Passed 8 to 0, 14:33, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry

2) The use of multiple accounts to vote or comment more than once in the same discussion, or to seek to create an illusion of more support for a position than actually exists, is forbidden.

Passed 8 to 0, 14:33, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Responding to the Arbitration Committee

3) Editors are expected to respond reasonably and in good faith to questions and concerns raised by members of the Arbitration Committee acting in their official capacity.

Passed 8 to 0, 14:33, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Findings of fact

Henrygb

1) Henrygb (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) has edited Wikipedia since 2003 and has been an administrator since April 2005. As established by highly reliable checkuser evidence, and not denied by Henrygb, Audiovideo (talk · contribs) and Facethefacts (talk · contribs) are alternate accounts of Henrygb. Henrygb's use of his alternate accounts has frequently violated the sockpuppet policy, including several instances of double-voting on requests for adminship and in deletion debates.

Passed 8 to 0, 14:33, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Failure to respond to concerns

2) Beginning on April 2, 2007, several weeks before this case was initiated, members of the Arbitration Committee notified Henrygb that there were serious concerns about his use of multiple accounts; he was asked to contact the committee to address the matter. Henrygb failed to address the concerns raised, either on-wiki or by e-mail to the Arbitration Committee, and has not submitted a statement or evidence in this arbitration case.

Passed 8 to 0, 14:33, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

SE16

3) As established by checkuser, SE16 (talk · contribs) is another alternate account of Henrygb. This account was created on April 15, 2007, two weeks after Henrygb's use of sockpuppets was first raised as an issue on his talkpage, at a time when Henrygb's main account had been blocked by an arbitrator with the block summary "please contact ArbCom".

Passed 8 to 0, 14:33, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Remedies

Henrygb desysopped

1) Henrygb's administrator privileges are revoked. He may reapply at any time, either a) by appeal to the Arbitration Committee, or b) after giving notice to this committee to allow verification that no further abusive sockpuppetry has occurred, by reapplying via the usual means.

Passed 8 to 0, 14:33, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Henrygb limited to one account

2) Henrygb shall edit Wikipedia from only a single account.

Passed 8 to 0, 14:33, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Henrygb banned

3) Henrygb is banned until he responds to the Committee's concerns on this matter.

Passed 8 to 0, 14:33, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Log of blocks and bans

Log any block, ban or extension under any remedy in this decision here. Minimum information includes name of administrator, date and time, what was done and the basis for doing it.

• 14:40, 23 May 2007 (UTC), Newyorkbrad blocked Henrygb with a duration of indefinite, pending Henrygb's contacting the Arbitration Committee, to implement remedy no. 3 of this decision. Newyorkbrad 14:40, 23 May 2007 (UTC)