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Motion: Misuse of Administrator Tools

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The Arbitration Committee reminds administrators that they should generally not use administrative tools in situations where good-faith editors disagree about how a content policy should be applied and the administrator holds a strong opinion on the dispute. Future Perfect at Sunrise (talk · contribs) is admonished for edit-warring in support of their preferred version of Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity/Outreach/April 2018 ([1][2][3]). He is advised that future similar conduct may result in sanctions.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 17:01, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Motion: Misuse of Administrator Tools

Motion: Interaction Ban

Following private discussion, the Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that James J. Lambden and Volunteer Marek are now subject to an indefinite two-way interaction ban, broadly construed.

Support: BU Rob13, DGG, Doug Weller, Euryalus, KrakatoaKatie, Mkdw, Opabinia regalis, Premeditated Chaos, RickinBaltimore, Worm That Turned

Oppose: None

Abstain: None

For the Arbitration Committee, ♠PMC♠ (talk) 08:22, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Motion: Interaction Ban

Arbitration Committee seeking new clerks

The arbitration clerks are currently looking for a few dependable and mature editors willing to serve as clerks. The responsibilities of clerks include opening and closing arbitration cases and motions; notifying parties of cases, decisions, and other committee actions; maintaining the requests for arbitration pages; preserving order and proper formatting on case pages; and other administrative and related tasks they may be requested to handle by the arbitrators. Clerks are the unsung heroes of the arbitration process, keeping track of details to ensure that requests are handled in a timely and efficient manner.

Past clerks have gone on to be (or already were) successful lawyers, naval officers, and Presidents of Wikimedia Chapters. The salary and retirement packages for clerks rival that of arbitrators, to boot. Best of all, you get a cool fez!

Please email clerks-llists.wikimedia.org if you are interested in becoming a clerk, and a clerk will reply with an acknowledgement of your message and any questions we want to put to you.

For the Clerks of the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 15:27, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Arbitration Committee seeking new clerks

Civility in infobox discussions: Motion

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Remedy 1.1 of the Civility in infobox discussions case is amended to replace dot point 3: *making more than one comment in discussing the inclusion or exclusion of an infobox on a given article. with the following: * making more than one comment in a discussion, where that discussion is primarily about the inclusion or exclusion of an infobox on a given article.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 17:54, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Civility in infobox discussions: Motion

Issue with emails sent to the Arbitration Committee

Due to the large volume of spam messages the Arbitration Committee's email address receives, the Committee occasionally tweaks its spam filter. Unfortunately, a recent update to the spam filter inadvertently caused all messages sent to the Arbitration Committee through Wikipedia (e.g. Special:EmailUser/Arbitration Committee) to be discarded. This issue is now fixed, but the discarded emails were unable to be recovered.

If you attempted to send an email to the Arbitration Committee through Wikipedia between May 16 and May 31, your message was not received and you are encouraged to resend it. Messages sent outside of these dates or directly to the Arbitration Committee email address were not affected by this issue.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 03:15, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Issue with emails sent to the Arbitration Committee

The Troubles: Motion

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The Arbitration Committee clarifies the following: All sanctions placed under remedy 3.2 of The Troubles prior to its replacement with remedy 5 are considered discretionary sanctions. Specifically, the 1RR sanction affecting the topic area is considered a form of page restriction placed as a discretionary sanction, and the additional awareness requirements regarding page restrictions apply.

For the Arbitration Committee, Miniapolis 15:03, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#The Troubles: Motion

Andrevan case dismissed

Because Andrevan (talk · contribs) has resigned as an administrator and a bureaucrat, this case is dismissed. Andrevan may not regain either the administrator or bureaucrat permission without passing a new request for adminship and/or bureaucratship.

Passed 12 to 0 on 14:19, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

For the Arbitration Committee, Miniapolis 14:51, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Andrevan case dismissed

Macedonia 2: Motion

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The Arbitration Committee clarifies that Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Macedonia) may be modified by an RfC discussion. The discussion must remain open for at least one month after it is opened, and the consensus must be assessed by a panel of three uninvolved contributors. In assessing the consensus, the panel is instructed to disregard any opinion which does not provide a clear and reasonable rationale explained by reference to the principles of naming conventions and of disambiguation, or which is inconsistent with the principles of the neutral point of view policy or the reliable sources guideline.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 14:34, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Macedonia 2: Motion

Cameron11598 appointed trainee clerk

The arbitration clerks are pleased to welcome Cameron11598 (talk · contribs) to the clerk team as a trainee!

The arbitration clerk team is often in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by email to clerks-llists.wikimedia.org.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 01:21, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Cameron11598 appointed trainee clerk

Arbitration discretionary sanctions motion: community comments invited

An arbitration motion has been proposed that would clarify that editors are not permitted to use automated tools or bot accounts to issue discretionary sanctions alerts. The community is encouraged to review and comment on the motion. For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 19:32, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Motions#Motion: Discretionary Sanctions

Arbitration motion regarding discretionary sanctions alerts

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The following sentence is added to the end of the "Alerts" section of Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Discretionary sanctions: "Editors may not use automated tools or bot accounts to issue alerts."

The Arbitration Committee is aware of a discussion taking place at the Village Pump regarding issuing discretionary sanctions alerts via bot. As this discussion has a potentially large impact on how discretionary sanctions operate, the Arbitration Committee has decided to clarify existing procedures to note that alerts are expected to be manually given at this time. This is intended as a clarification of existing practices and expectations, not a change in current practice. The Arbitration Committee will fully review the advisory Village Pump discussion after completion and take community comments under consideration.

For the Arbitration Committee, GoldenRing (talk) 13:54, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Motion regarding discretionary sanctions alerts

Arbitration motion regarding Crouch, Swale

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The topic ban from discussions on geographic naming conventions imposed on Crouch, Swale as part of their unblock conditions in January 2018 is suspended for a period of six months. During the period of suspension, this restriction may be reinstated by any uninvolved administrator, as an arbitration enforcement action, should Crouch, Swale fail to adhere to any normal editorial process or expectations in the topic area. Appeal of such a reinstatement would follow the normal arbitration enforcement appeals process. After six months from the date this motion is enacted, if the restriction has not been reinstated or any reinstatements have been successfully appealed, the restriction will automatically lapse. Crouch, Swale's remaining restrictions continue in force.

For the Arbitration Committee,--Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 05:40, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Arbitration motion regarding Crouch, Swale

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/BLP issues on British politics articles closed

An arbitration case regarding BLP issues on British politics articles has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

1. Philip Cross (talk · contribs) is warned to avoid editing topics with which he has a conflict of interest. Further, he is warned that his off-wiki behavior may lead to further sanctions to the extent it adversely impacts the English Wikipedia.
2. Philip Cross (talk · contribs) is indefinitely topic banned from edits relating to post-1978 British politics, broadly construed. This restriction may be first appealed after six months have elapsed, and every six months thereafter. This sanction supersedes the community sanction applied in May 2018.
3. KalHolmann (talk · contribs) is indefinitely restricted from linking to or speculating about the off-wiki behavior or identity of other editors. This restriction may be first appealed after six months have elapsed, and every six months thereafter. All appeals must be directed toward arbcom-llists.wikimedia.org.
4. The community is reminded that publicly posting details or speculation regarding an editor’s personal information or off-wiki behavior violates the policy on outing, unless the information has been disclosed on-wiki by the editor in question. Concerns regarding off-wiki behavior are best reported through an appropriate private channel rather than on community noticeboards.

For the Arbitration Committee, --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 19:22, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/BLP issues on British politics articles closed

Arbitration motion regarding BLP issues on British politics articles

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The "Philip Cross topic banned" remedy in the BLP issues on British politics articles case is modified to read as follows:

Philip Cross (talk · contribs) is indefinitely topic banned from edits relating to post-1978 British politics, broadly construed. This restriction may be first appealed after six months have elapsed, and every six months thereafter. This sanction supersedes the community sanction applied in May 2018.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 20:02, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Arbitration motion regarding BLP issues on British politics articles

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/German war effort closed

An arbitration case regarding German war effort articles has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

1. For engaging in harassment of other users, LargelyRecyclable (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is indefinitely banned from the English Wikipedia under any account.
2. Cinderella157 is topic banned from the history of Germany from 1932 to 1945, broadly construed. This topic ban may be appealed after six months have elapsed and every six months thereafter.
3. Auntieruth55 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is reminded that project coordinators have no special roles in a content dispute, and that featured articles are not immune to sourcing problems.
4. Editors are reminded that consensus-building is key to the purpose and development of Wikipedia. The most reliable sources should be used instead of questionable sourcing whenever possible, especially when dealing with sensitive topics. Long-term disagreement over local consensus in a topic area should be resolved through soliciting comments from the wider community, instead of being re-litigated persistently at the local level.
5. While certain specific user-conduct issues have been identified in this decision, for the most part the underlying issue is a content dispute as to how, for example, the military records of World War II-era German military officers can be presented to the same extent as military records of officers from other periods, while placing their records and actions in the appropriate overall historical context. For better or worse, the Arbitration Committee is neither authorized nor qualified to resolve this content dispute, beyond enforcing general precepts such as those requiring reliable sourcing, due weighting, and avoidance of personal attacks. Nor does Wikipedia have any other editorial body authorized to dictate precisely how the articles should read outside the ordinary editing process. Knowledgeable editors who have not previously been involved in these disputes are urged to participate in helping to resolve them. Further instances of uncollegial behavior in this topic-area will not be tolerated and, if this occurs, may result in this Committee's accepting a request for clarification and amendment to consider imposition of further remedies, including topic-bans or discretionary sanctions.

For the Arbitration Committee, --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 01:31, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/German war effort closed

CheckUser and Oversight appointments 2018: Announcement

The Arbitration Committee has resolved to perform a round of Checkuser and Oversight appointments. The usernames of all applicants will be shared with the Functionaries team, and they will be requested to assist in the vetting process.

• 1 September: Request for candidates to apply (via email to arbcom-en-clists.wikimedia.org).
• 23:59 UTC, 12 September: Candidate submissions close, vetting begins.
• 13 September: The Arbitration Committee and current Functionaries will vet the candidates.
• 15 September: Vetting ends, successful candidates contacted by 18 September.
• 18 September: Candidates published on-wiki, community feedback invited.
• 23:59 UTC, 29 September: Community comments end.
• By 11 October: Appointed candidates announced.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 21:55, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight/2018 CUOS appointments

2018 Arbitration Committee pre-election RfC

A request for comment is open to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the December 2018 English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules. Mz7 (talk) 09:28, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2018

Resignation of Alex Shih

This is to inform the community that I am no longer able to serve my term as a member of the Arbitration Committee, and thereby resigning as an Arbitrator, CheckUser and Oversighter ([4]). Alex Shih (talk) 15:11, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Resignation of Alex Shih

Arbitration motion regarding Winhunter

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Because Winhunter has been desysopped for inactivity, this case is closed pursuant to the previously adopted motion. Because the automatic desysopping occurred while Winhunter was the subject of a pending arbitration case, he may regain administrator status only by passing a new request for adminship.

For the arbitration committee, --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 22:21, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Arbitration motion regarding Winhunter

Changes in oversight team

In accordance with the Committee's procedure on functionary inactivity, the Oversight permissions of Guerillero (talk · contribs) are removed.

At their own request, the Oversight permissions of NativeForeigner (talk · contribs), Snowolf (talk · contribs) and Xeno (talk · contribs) have also been removed.

The Arbitration Committee sincerely thanks all four functionaries for their service. The Committee also extends its thanks to the current CheckUser and Oversight permission holders for the invaluable contributions they make as functionaries.

For the Arbitration Committee, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:00, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Changes in oversight team

CU/OS activity standards motion proposed: Community comments invited

The Arbitration Committee is currently considering a motion to amend the standing procedure on functionary permissions and inactivity. The proposed change is given below:

Original: Accordingly, the minimum activity level for each tool (based on the preceding three months' activity) shall be five logged actions, including at least one community-requested logged action. Examples of community-requested actions include suppression requests via the oversight-en-wp OTRS queue; CheckUser requests through Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations, those stemming from account creation requests, those made in response to threads at an administrative noticeboard, or posted on a CheckUser's personal user talk page. These activity requirements do not apply to: sitting members of the Arbitration Committee; or holders who have temporarily relinquished access, including CheckUsers or Oversighters who accept appointment to the Ombudsman Commission.

and:

Holders of the permissions are also expected to:

• Remain active on the English Wikipedia unless they have previously notified the Arbitration Committee of a significant expected absence and its likely duration.
• Consider temporarily relinquishing their permission(s) for planned prolonged periods of inactivity.
• Reply within seven days to email communications from either the Audit Subcommittee or the Arbitration Committee about their use of the permissions.

Replaced with:

Accordingly, the minimum activity level for each tool (based on the preceding three months' activity) shall be five logged actions. Consideration will be given for activity and actions not publicly logged, such as responding to requests on the Checkuser or Oversight OTRS queues; participation on list discussions; activity at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations; responding to account creation requests; and responding to Checkuser or Oversight requests on administrative noticeboards, UTRS queue, and user talk pages. These activity requirements do not apply to: (a) sitting members of the Arbitration Committee; (b) holders using the permissions for audit purposes; or (c) holders who have temporarily relinquished access, including CheckUsers or Oversighters who accept appointment to the Ombudsman Commission.

and:

Holders of the permissions are also expected to:

• Remain active on the English Wikipedia unless they have previously notified the Arbitration Committee of a significant expected absence and its likely duration.
• Consider temporarily relinquishing their permission(s) for planned prolonged periods of inactivity.
• Reply within seven days to email communications from the Arbitration Committee about their use of the permissions.

Community comments on the change are welcome at the motion page. For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 05:15, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Motions#Motion: CU/OS activity standards

Motion: CU/OS activity standards

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The standing procedure on functionary permissions and inactivity is amended as follows:

Original: Accordingly, the minimum activity level for each tool (based on the preceding three months' activity) shall be five logged actions, including at least one community-requested logged action. Examples of community-requested actions include suppression requests via the oversight-en-wp OTRS queue; CheckUser requests through Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations, those stemming from account creation requests, those made in response to threads at an administrative noticeboard, or posted on a CheckUser's personal user talk page. These activity requirements do not apply to: sitting members of the Arbitration Committee; or holders who have temporarily relinquished access, including CheckUsers or Oversighters who accept appointment to the Ombudsman Commission.

and:

Holders of the permissions are also expected to:

• Remain active on the English Wikipedia unless they have previously notified the Arbitration Committee of a significant expected absence and its likely duration.
• Consider temporarily relinquishing their permission(s) for planned prolonged periods of inactivity.
• Reply within seven days to email communications from either the Audit Subcommittee or the Arbitration Committee about their use of the permissions.

Replaced with:

Accordingly, the minimum activity level for each tool (based on the preceding three months' activity) shall be five logged actions. Consideration will be given for activity and actions not publicly logged, such as responding to requests on the Checkuser or Oversight OTRS queues; participation on list discussions; activity at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations; responding to account creation requests; and responding to Checkuser or Oversight requests on administrative noticeboards, UTRS queue, and user talk pages. These activity requirements do not apply to: (a) sitting members of the Arbitration Committee; (b) holders using the permissions for audit purposes; or (c) holders who have temporarily relinquished access, including CheckUsers or Oversighters who accept appointment to the Ombudsman Commission.

and:

Holders of the permissions are also expected to:

• Remain active on the English Wikipedia unless they have previously notified the Arbitration Committee of a significant expected absence and its likely duration.
• Consider temporarily relinquishing their permission(s) for planned prolonged periods of inactivity.
• Reply within seven days to email communications from the Arbitration Committee about their use of the permissions.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 05:26, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Motion: CU/OS activity standards

2018 CheckUser/Oversight appointments: Candidates appointed

The Arbitration Committee is pleased to appoint the following users to the functionary team:

• Amorymeltzer (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as an Oversighter.
• Ivanvector (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as a CheckUser.
• Oshwah (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as an Oversighter.
• Stwalkerster (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as a CheckUser.
• TonyBallioni (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as a CheckUser and Oversighter.
• Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as an Oversighter.

The Committee thanks the community and all of the candidates for helping bring this process to a successful conclusion.

The Committee also welcomes back the following users to the functionary team:

• AGK (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), who voluntarily relinquished his CheckUser and Oversight permissions in December 2015, is reappointed as a CheckUser following a request to the Committee for return of the permission.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katie^talk 14:04, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#2018 Checkuser and Oversight appointments: Candidates appointed

Change in oversight team

In accordance with the Committee's procedure on functionary inactivity, the Oversight permissions of Keilana (talk · contribs) are removed. The Arbitration Committee sincerely thanks Keilana for her years of service.

For the Arbitration Committee, ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 16:32, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Change in oversight team

Change to Arbitration Committee mailing list

The Arbitration Committee has recently switched from using the Mailman software for our mailing list to Google Groups. Google Groups has been used internally by the Wikimedia Foundation for some time, and it contains several modern features that will improve the Arbitration Committee's workflow.

As part of this change, the mailing list address is now arbcom-enwikimedia.org. Please send all future mail intended for the Committee to this address. The -b and -c lists have similarly moved to arbcom-en-bwikimedia.org and arbcom-en-cwikimedia.org.

Messages sent to the previous email addresses will be forwarded to the new addresses for a time. Other lists maintained by the Arbitration Committee, including functionaries-en, clerks-l, and oversight-l, remain unchanged.

For the Arbitration Committee,

~ Rob₁₃^Talk 19:21, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Change to Arbitration Committee mailing list

Temporary checkuser permission for election scrutineers

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Temporary local Checkuser rights are granted to -revi, علاء and Mardetanha for the purpose of their acting as Scrutineers in the 2018 Arbitration Committee election.

For the Arbitration Committee, --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 22:51, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Temporary checkuser permission for election scrutineers

Additional CheckUser permissions for election scrutineers

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Temporary local Checkuser rights are granted to Linedwell (talk · contribs) for the purpose of acting as a scrutineer in the 2018 Arbitration Committee election. Any additional reserve stewards appointed to scrutineer the 2018 election may also be granted temporary local CheckUser permissions without a further motion of the Arbitration Committee. This motion may be enacted as soon as it reaches the required majority.

For the Arbitration Committee, --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 18:13, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Additional CheckUser permissions for election scrutineers

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Fred Bauder closed

An arbitration case regarding Fred Bauder has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

1. Fred Bauder is admonished for engaging in an edit war on his candidate's questions page. Future edit-warring or disruptive behavior may result in further sanctions.
2. For multiple self-unblocks, wheel-warring, and abuse of rollback, Fred Bauder is desysopped. He may regain the administrative tools at any time via a successful request for adminship.
3. Boing! said Zebedee is cautioned for blocking Fred Bauder while actively involved in an edit war with him at the time. He is further cautioned to avoid edit-warring, even in cases where the other editor is editing disruptively.
4. Editors should seek assistance from the Electoral Commission for issues that arise on pages related to the Arbitration Committee Elections that cannot be easily resolved (excluding, for example, obvious vandalism). The Arbitration Committee reaffirms that the Electoral Commission has been tasked with the independent oversight of the Arbitration Committee Elections. Matters which are of a private matter should be referred to the Arbitration Committee or functionaries team as normal.

For the Arbitration Committee, --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 08:01, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Fred Bauder closed

Waenceslaus unblocked following successful appeal

Following a successful appeal via email to the arbitration committee, Waenceslaus's indefinite block has been lifted, with an indefinite one-account restriction. His indefinite topic ban on longevity, placed on August 16, 2015 after this ANI discussion, remains in effect. Both restrictions are recorded at WP:EDR. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 21:08, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Waenceslaus unblocked following successful appeal

Return of administrative rights for Orangemike

The Arbitration Committee has verified Orangemike (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) is back in control of their account via multiple methods. The committee therefore reinstates their administrative user right, which was previously removed by motion. The committee also urges him to enable 2 factor authentication on his account.

Supporting: Euryalus, Opabinia regalis, RickinBaltimore, BU Rob13, Newyorkbrad, Mkdw, KrakatoaKatie

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katie^talk 17:43, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Return of administrative rights for Orangemike

Arbitration motion regarding Jytdog

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The request for arbitration was accepted, but the case will not be opened at this time in light of Jytdog's statement that he is retiring from Wikipedia and he disabled his access to his account. Jytdog may not resume editing, under any account name or IP, without notifying and obtaining permission from the Arbitration Committee.

Jytdog is thereby indefinitely blocked by the Arbitration Committee.

For the Arbitration Committee, Mkdw ^talk 07:20, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Arbitration motion regarding Jytdog

Level 1 desysop of Esanchez7587

Under the Level 1 desysopping procedures the administrator permissions of Esanchez7587 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) have been temporarily removed as a suspected compromised account.

Supporting: Worm That Turned, BU Rob13, Mkdw, Opabinia regalis, and KrakatoaKatie.

For the Arbitration Committee;

Worm^TT(talk) 17:52, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Level 1 desysop of Esanchez7587

Level 1 desysop of Garzo

Under the Level 1 desysopping procedures the administrator permissions of Garzo (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) have been temporarily removed as a suspected compromised account.

Supporting: Worm That Turned, Euryalus, Opabinia regalis, DeltaQuad, Mkdw, and KrakatoaKatie.

For the Arbitration Committee;

Worm^TT(talk) 20:02, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Level 1 desysop of Garzo

Level 1 desysop of Killiondude

Under the Level 1 desysopping procedures the administrator permissions of Killiondude (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) have been temporarily removed as a suspected compromised account.

Supporting: DeltaQuad, Worm that Turned, BU Rob13.

For the Arbitration Committee;

-- Amanda (aka DQ) 20:33, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Level 1 desysop of Killiondude

Return of tools

The Arbitration Committee has verified Killiondude is back in control of their account via multiple methods. Therefore the committee reinstates their administrative userright, which was previously removed by motion. The committee also urges them to enable 2 factor authentication on their account.

Supporting: KrakatoaKatie, Callanecc, Newyorkbrad, Premeditated Chaos, Worm That Turned, Opabinia Regalis, Mkdw, DeltaQuad.

For the Arbitration Committee, -- Amanda (aka DQ) 22:51, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Return of tools

Level 1 desysop of Orangemike

Under the Level 1 desysopping procedures the administrator permissions of Orangemike (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) have been temporarily removed as a suspected compromised account.

Supporting: BU Rob13, Premeditated Chaos, Opabinia regalis, Mkdw

For the Arbitration Committee;

~ Rob₁₃^Talk 04:36, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Level 1 desysop of Orangemike

Arbitration motion regarding Palestine-Israel articles

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The General 1RR prohibition of the Palestine-Israel articles arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t) is amended to read:

Each editor is limited to one revert per page per 24 hours on any page that could be reasonably construed as being related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Reverts made to enforce the General Prohibition are exempt from the provisions of this motion. Also, the normal exemptions apply. Editors who violate this restriction may be blocked by any uninvolved administrator, even on a first offense.

Further, the Palestine-Israel articles arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t) is amended to include the following remedies:

Editors cautioned

Editors are cautioned against edit warring, even if their actions are not in violation of the general 1RR prohibition active in the Arab-Israeli conflict topic area. Instead of reverting, editors are encouraged to discuss their proposed changes on the article's talk page, especially when the edit in question has already been challenged or is likely to be challenged.

Administrators encouraged

Administrators enforcing arbitration remedies in this topic area are encouraged to make use of appropriate discretionary sanctions to prevent or end prolonged or low-speed edit wars, even when the general 1RR prohibition has not been violated by any involved editor.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 06:54, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Arbitration motion regarding Palestine-Israel articles

Guerillero reappointed a full clerk

The Arbitration Committee is pleased to announce that Guerillero (talk · contribs) will be rejoining the arbitration clerk team as a full clerk. We express our thanks to the clerks for the work they do in ensuring that the arbitration process operates smoothly. If you are interested in joining the team as a trainee, please read through the information page and send an email to clerks-llists.wikimedia.org.

For the Arbitration Committee, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 07:30, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38#Guerillero reappointed a full clerk

Arbitration motion regarding The Rambling Man

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that the The Rambling Man arbitration case be amended as follows:

In remedy 4, "The Rambling Man prohibited", the first paragraph is amended to read:

The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) is prohibited from posting speculation about the motivations of editors or reflections on their general competence.

and the third paragraph is amended to read:

If however, in the opinion of an uninvolved administrator, The Rambling Man does engage in prohibited conduct, he may be blocked for up to 48 hours. If, in the opinion of the enforcing administrator, a longer block, or other sanction, is warranted a request is to be filed at WP:ARCA.

A note will be added at the top of the Enforcement section highlighting the special enforcement requirements of remedy 4.

The following is added as a remedy to the case:

9) The Rambling Man is topic banned from making any edit about, and from editing any page relating to, the Did You Know? process. This topic ban does not apply to User:The Rambling Man/ERRORS and its talk page or to articles linked from DYK hooks or captions (these may be at any stage of the DYK process).

The following provisions are added in the Enforcement section of the case:

1) Where an arbitration enforcement request to enforce a sanction imposed in this case against The Rambling Man has remained open for more than three days and there is no clear consensus among uninvolved administrators, the request is to be referred to the Arbitration Committee at WP:ARCA.

2) Appeals of any arbitration enforcement sanctions imposed on The Rambling Man that enforce a remedy in this case may only be directed to the Arbitration Committee at WP:ARCA. The Rambling Man may appeal by email to the Committee if he prefers. This provision overrides the appeals procedure in the standard provision above.

For the Arbitration Committee,--Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 21:30, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38#Arbitration motion regarding The Rambling Man

Bradv appointed trainee clerk

The arbitration clerks are pleased to welcome Bradv (talk · contribs) to the clerk team as a trainee!

The arbitration clerk team is often in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by email to clerks-llists.wikimedia.org.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 22:31, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38#Bradv appointed trainee clerk

Amendment to the standard provision for appeals and modifications

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The following text is added to the "Modifications by administrators" section of the standard provision on appeals and modifications:

Administrators are free to modify sanctions placed by former administrators – that is, editors who do not have the administrator permission enabled (due to a temporary or permanent relinquishment or desysop) – without regard to the requirements of this section. If an administrator modifies a sanction placed by a former administrator, the administrator who made the modification becomes the "enforcing administrator". If a former administrator regains the tools, the provisions of this section again apply to their unmodified enforcement actions.

For clarity, this change applies to all current uses of standard provision, including in closed cases.

For the Arbitration Committee, Bradv🍁 02:12, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38#Amendment to the standard provision for appeals and modifications

2019 Arbitration Committee

The Arbitration Committee welcomes the following new and returning arbitrators following their election by the community. Their two-year terms formally begin on 01 January 2019:

• GorillaWarfare (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• AGK (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• SilkTork (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Joe Roe (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Courcelles (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Mkdw (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

All incoming arbitrators have elected to receive (or retain, where applicable) the checkuser and oversight permissions.

We also thank our outgoing colleagues whose terms end on 31 December 2018:

• DeltaQuad (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) (retaining both CheckUser & Oversight)
• Euryalus (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Doug Weller (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) (retaining both CheckUser & Oversight)
• Newyorkbrad (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• DGG (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) (retaining both CheckUser & Oversight)

Outgoing arbitrators are eligible to retain the CheckUser and Oversight permissions, remain active on cases accepted before their term ended, and to remain subscribed to the functionaries' and arbitration clerks' mailing lists following their term on the committee. To that effect:

• Stewards are requested to remove the permission(s) noted from the following outgoing arbitrators after 31 December 2018 at their own request:

  CheckUser: Euryalus, Newyorkbrad

  Oversight: Euryalus, Newyorkbrad

• Outgoing arbitrators are eligible to remain active on cases opened before their term ended if they wish. Whether or not outgoing arbitrators will remain active on any ongoing case(s) will be noted on the proposed decision talk page of affected case(s).
• All outgoing arbitrators will remain subscribed to the functionaries' mailing list.
• All outgoing arbitrators will remain subscribed from the arbitration clerks' mailing list, with the exception of Euryalus and DGG at their request.

The Arbitration Committee thanks DeltaQuad for volunteering to join the arbitration clerk team and appoints her a full clerk effective from the completion of her term as an arbitrator.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katie^talk 12:03, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38#2019 Arbitration Committee

Cameron11598 appointed full clerk

The Arbitration Committee is pleased to announce that Cameron11598 (talk · contribs) has been appointed a full clerk, effective immediately.

The arbitration clerk team is often in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by e-mail to clerks-llists.wikimedia.org.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 05:53, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38#Cameron11598 appointed full clerk

Arbitration motion regarding Lightbreather

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The interaction ban between Hell in a Bucket (talk · contribs) and Lightbreather (talk · contribs) taken over in the Lightbreather case is rescinded.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 20:05, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38#Arbitration motion regarding Lightbreather

Crouch, Swale restrictions appeal

Resolved by motion at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment:

The restriction on new article creations imposed on Crouch, Swale (talk · contribs) as part of their unban conditions in January 2018 is modified as follows:

• Crouch, Swale is permitted to create new articles only by creating them in his userspace or in the draft namespace and then submitting them to the Articles for Creation process for review. He is permitted to submit no more than one article every seven days. This restriction includes the creation of new content at a title that is a redirect or disambiguation page.
• The one-account restriction and prohibition on moving or renaming pages outside of userspace remain in force.

For the Arbitration Committee, Miniapolis 18:24, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38#Amendment request: Crouch, Swale restrictions appeal (January 2019)

Arbitration motion regarding Race and intelligence

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The editing restrictions placed on Ferahgo the Assassin (talk · contribs) as unban conditions in March 2014 and modified by motion in September 2016 are modified as follows:

• Ferahgo the Assassin's topic ban from the race and intelligence topic area, broadly construed, is rescinded.
• All restrictions on Ferahgo the Assassin's participation in dispute resolution are rescinded.
• The two-way interaction ban between Ferahgo the Assassin and Mathsci (talk · contribs) remains in force.

These modifications will be subject to a probationary period lasting six months from the date this motion is enacted. During this period, any uninvolved administrator may re-impose the former editing restrictions as an arbitration enforcement action, subject to appeal only to the Arbitration Committee. If the probationary period elapses without incident, the above modifications are to be considered permanently enacted.

For the Arbitration Committee, GoldenRing (talk) 11:05, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

Discuss this

Alex Shih: Statement from the Arbitration Committee

The Arbitration Committee feel it is appropriate to elaborate on the reasons for Alex Shih's departure. Whilst Alex Shih was a member of the Committee, he held the Checkuser right. Both his use of the tool and his disclosure on-wiki of non-public information breached the Wikipedia:Checkuser policy multiple times. In addition, arbitrators felt that he had committed other breaches of confidentiality in his use of private information received whilst on the Arbitration Committee. In August 2018, the Committee confronted Alex Shih with these concerns. Shortly afterwards, Alex resigned from the Committee and gave up the Checkuser and Oversight user rights. The Arbitration Committee considers this resignation to have been under controversial circumstances. The matter was also referred to the meta:Ombudsman Commission by a group of functionaries including several arbitrators when the extent of the actions came to light.

• Support: AGK, BU Rob13, GorillaWarfare, KrakatoaKatie, Mkdw, Opabinia regalis, Premeditated Chaos, RickinBaltimore, SilkTork, Worm That Turned
• Abstain: Joe Roe
• Not voting:
• Inactive: Callanecc, Courcelles

For the Arbitration Committee Worm^TT(talk) 19:37, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 39#Alex Shih: Statement from the Arbitration Committee

Arbitration motion regarding The Troubles, Irish nationalism, and British nationalism in relation to Ireland

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

1. Remedy 5 of The Troubles is amended to read:

   5) Standard discretionary sanctions are authorised for all pages relating to The Troubles, Irish nationalism, and British nationalism in relation to Ireland, broadly construed.

2. The section #One revert rule of the same case is superseded by the following additional remedy:

   6) As a standard discretionary sanction, a one revert restriction (1RR) is applied to all pages relating to The Troubles, Irish nationalism, and British nationalism in relation to Ireland, broadly construed. This restriction may be appealed at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Enforcement, with notifications to be posted, at a minimum, at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ireland and Talk:The Troubles.

3. All active restrictions placed under the previous remedies remain in force.
4. Remedy 1.1 of Great Irish Famine is marked as superseded. The article, now at Great Famine (Ireland), is within the scope of the discretionary sanctions authorised under The Troubles.

For the Arbitration Committee, Bradv🍁 02:42, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38#Arbitration motion regarding The Troubles, Irish nationalism, and British nationalism in relation to Ireland

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/GiantSnowman closed

An arbitration case regarding GiantSnowman has now closed, and the final decision is available at the link above. The following remedy has been enacted:

GiantSnowman is admonished for overuse of the rollback and blocking functions, and reminded to "lead by example" and "strive to model appropriate standards of courtesy"; to "respond promptly and civilly to queries about their Wikipedia-related conduct and administrative actions and to justify them when needed"; to not use admin tools in "cases in which they have been involved" including "conflicts with an editor" and "disputes on topics"; to "treat newcomers with kindness and patience"; and to apply these principles in all interactions with all editors. GiantSnowman is placed under review indefinitely; during the review, with the exception of obvious vandalism, he is subject to the following restrictions:

1. He may not revert another editor's contribution without providing an explanation in the edit summary. This includes use of MediaWiki's rollback function, any tool or script that provides a similar function, and any manual revert without an edit summary. Default edit summaries, such as those provided by the undo function or Twinkle's rollback feature, are not sufficient for the purpose of this sanction
2. He may not block an editor without first using at least three escalating messages and template warnings
3. He may not consecutively block an editor; after one block he is advised to consult with another admin or bring the matter to the attention of the community
4. He may not place a warning template on an editor's talk page without having first placed an appropriate self-composed message containing links to relevant policies and guidelines
5. He may not place more than five consecutive warning templates or messages; after which he is advised to consult with another admin
6. He may not use MassRollback.js

Violations may be reported by any editor to WP:AE. GiantSnowman may appeal any or all of these sanctions, including the review itself, directly to the Arbitration Committee at any time.

For the Arbitration Committee, Bradv🍁 18:38, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/GiantSnowman closed

Amendment request: Crouch, Swale clarification request

Resolved by motion at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment:

The restriction on page creation imposed on Crouch, Swale (talk · contribs) as part of their unban conditions in January 2018 is modified as follows:

• Crouch, Swale is permitted to create new pages outside of mainspace such as talkpages and AfD pages.
• Crouch, Swale is permitted to create new articles only by creating them in his userspace or in the draft namespace and then submitting them to the Articles for Creation process for review. He is permitted to submit no more than one article every seven days. This restriction includes the creation of new content at a title that is a redirect or disambiguation page.
• The one-account restriction and prohibition on moving or renaming pages outside of userspace remain in force.

For the Arbitration Committee, Bradv🍁 22:29, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38#Amendment request: Crouch, Swale clarification request

Arbitration motion regarding Alex Shih

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The "Alex Shih" request for arbitration is accepted. Given that Alex Shih (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) has retired from the English Wikipedia, this case will be opened but suspended for a duration not to exceed one year, during which time Alex Shih will be temporarily desysopped.

If Alex Shih should return to active editing on the English Wikipedia during this time and request that this case be resumed, the Arbitration Committee shall unsuspend the case by motion and proceed through the normal arbitration process. Such a request may be made by email to arbcom-enwikimedia.org or at the Clerks' noticeboard.

If such a request is not made within one year of the "Alex Shih" case being opened and suspended, this case shall be automatically closed, and Alex Shih shall remain desysopped. He may regain the administrative tools at any time via a successful request for adminship.

For the Arbitration Committee --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 05:54, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38#Arbitration motion regarding Alex Shih

New OTRS queues

In an early 2017 RfC, the community endorsed the view that private evidence related to abusive paid editing should be submitted privately to relevant people when there are concerns related to privacy or outing. To better allow the functionary team to investigate instances of abusive paid editing where private evidence is a factor, the Arbitration Committee has established the paid-en-wp OTRS queue to receive such private evidence. The email address associated with this queue is paid-en-wpwikipedia.org. The queue will be reviewed by a subset of arbitrators and interested local CheckUsers, who will investigate all reports and take any necessary action.

This queue is not a replacement for existing community processes to address abusive paid editing. In particular, all public evidence related to abusive paid editing should continue to be submitted at the appropriate community noticeboards, such as Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard. Private reports that do not contain private evidence or can be sufficiently handled by existing community processes will be redirected accordingly. Reports will also be redirected to the Arbitration Committee as a whole, where appropriate.

Further, the checkuser-en-wp OTRS queue has been established to allow private requests for CheckUser to be sent to the local CheckUser team. For instance, requests for IP block exemption for anonymous proxy editing should now be sent to checkuser-en-wpwikipedia.org rather than the functionaries-en list. Similar to the above, all private requests that can be sufficiently handled by existing community processes, such as WP:SPI, will be redirected accordingly.

The Arbitration Committee would like to note that the creation of these queues was endorsed by the 2018 Arbitration Committee, with the announcement delayed into the new year as the queues were organized and created.

For the Arbitration Committee, ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 16:25, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 39#New OTRS queues

Permissions restored to There'sNoTime

There'sNoTime (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) self-requested removal of their advanced permissions on 11 December 2018. By There'sNoTime's request, their checkuser and oversight permissions are restored by the committee, effective immediately.

For the Arbitration Committee, AGK ■ 22:30, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#Return of permissions to There'sNoTime

Arbitration motion regarding Eastern Europe and Macedonia

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

At Amendment II in Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe is replaced as text by Eastern Europe or the Balkans. Remedy 3 in Macedonia is superseded by this amendment.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 23:26, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38#Arbitration motion regarding Eastern Europe and Macedonia

Changes to functionary team

By motion, in accordance with the Committee's procedure on functionary permissions and inactivity, the CheckUser and Oversight permissions of Ks0stm (talk · contribs) are removed.

• Support: AGK, BU Rob13, GorillaWarfare, Joe Roe, KrakatoaKatie, Worm That Turned.
• Oppose: None.
• Not voting: Opabinia regalis, Premeditated Chaos, RickinBaltimore.
• Inactive: Callanecc, Courcelles, Mkdw, SilkTork.

At their own request, the CheckUser permission of Keegan (talk · contribs) and the Oversight permission of Sphilbrick (talk · contribs) are removed.

The Arbitration Committee sincerely thanks Keegan, Ks0stm, and Sphilbrick for their service. The Committee is also grateful to the current CheckUser and Oversight permission holders for their invaluable contributions as functionaries.

For the Arbitration Committee, Katie^talk 00:44, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 39#Changes to functionary team

Motion: Manning naming dispute

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

To consolidate and clarify gender-related discretionary sanctions, the Arbitration Committee resolves that:

1. Remedy 15 of the Manning naming dispute case is amended to read:

   The standard discretionary sanctions adopted in Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Sexology Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/GamerGate for (among other things) "all articles dealing with transgender issues" "all edits about, and all pages related to ... any gender-related dispute or controversy" and associated persons remain in force. For the avoidance of doubt, these discretionary sanctions apply to any dispute regarding the proper article title, pronoun usage, or other manner of referring to any individual known to be or self-identifying as transgender, including but not limited to Chelsea/Bradley Manning. Any sanctions imposed should be logged at the Sexology GamerGate case, not this one.

2. Clause 2 of the February 2015 motion at the Interactions at GGTF case is struck and rescinded. Nothing in this motion provides grounds for appeal of remedies or restrictions imposed while discretionary sanctions were in force. Such appeals or requests to lift or modify such sanctions may be made under the same terms as any other appeal.
3. The following amendment is added to the Interactions at GGTF case:

   The standard discretionary sanctions adopted in Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/GamerGate for (among other things) "all edits about, and all pages related to ... any gender-related dispute or controversy" remain in force. For the avoidance of doubt, these discretionary sanctions apply to any discussion regarding systemic bias faced by female editors or article subjects on Wikipedia, including any discussion involving the Gender Gap Task Force. Any sanctions imposed should be logged at the GamerGate case, not this one.

For the Arbitration Committee, Miniapolis 17:40, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 39#Motion: Manning naming dispute

Level 1 desysop of Bogdangiusca

Under the Level 1 desysopping procedures, the administrator permissions of Bogdangiusca (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) have been temporarily removed as a suspected compromised account.

Supporting: BU Rob13, KrakatoaKatie, GorillaWarfare

For the Arbitration Committee, ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 18:16, 2 March 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 39#Level 1 desysop of Bogdangiusca

Motion: Palestine-Israel articles

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The General 1RR prohibition of the Palestine-Israel articles arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t) is amended to read:

Each editor is limited to one revert per page per 24 hours on any page that could be reasonably construed as being related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Reverts made to enforce the General Prohibition are exempt from the provisions of this motion. Also, the normal exemptions apply. Editors who violate this restriction may be blocked by any uninvolved administrator, even on a first offense. This remedy may only be enforced on pages with the {{ARBPIA 1RR editnotice}} edit notice. The community is encouraged to place the {{ARBPIA 1RR editnotice}} on any page that could be reasonably construed as being related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.

For the Arbitration Committee, Bradv🍁 02:46, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 39#Motion: Palestine-Israel articles

Motion: Conduct of Mister Wiki editors

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Remedy 2.1 of the Conduct of Mister Wiki editors arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t) (Salvidrim's prohibition from reviewing articles for creation drafts) is rescinded. He may apply for use of the AfC helper script as usual at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Articles for creation/Participants.

For the Arbitration Committee --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 06:33, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 39#Motion: Conduct of Mister Wiki editors

Level 1 desysop of Necrothesp

Under the Level 1 desysopping procedures the administrator permissions of Necrothesp (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) have been temporarily removed as a suspected compromised account.

Supporting: AGK, Courcelles, GorillaWarfare, KrakatoaKatie, Mkdw, Worm That Turned

For the Arbitration Committee; Worm^TT(talk) 16:50, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 39#Level 1 desysop of Necrothesp

Motion: India-Pakistan

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

SheriffIsInTown's topic ban from pages related to conflict between India and Pakistan is lifted, subject to a probationary period lasting six months from the date this motion is enacted. During this period, any uninvolved administrator may re-impose the topic ban as an arbitration enforcement action, subject to appeal only to the Arbitration Committee. If the probationary period elapses without incident, the topic ban is to be considered permanently lifted.

For the Arbitration Committee, -- Amanda (aka DQ) 23:04, 4 April 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 43#Motion:_India-Pakistan

Proposed amendment to the arbitration policy

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Pursuant to the arbitration policy's section on "Ratification and amendment", the Arbitration Committee resolves that the following change to the arbitration policy will be submitted for formal ratification by community referendum:

The final paragraph of the "Conduct of arbitrators" section of the arbitration policy is amended as follows:

Any arbitrator who repeatedly or grossly fails to meet the expectations outlined above may be suspended or removed by Committee resolution supported by two-thirds of all arbitrators excluding:

1. The arbitrator facing suspension or removal, and;
2. Any inactive arbitrator who does not respond within 30 days to attempts to solicit their feedback on the resolution through all known mediums of communication.

This amendment to the arbitration policy will enter into force once it receives majority support, with at least one hundred editors voting in favour of adopting it. Until this amendment is ratified, the existing arbitration policy remains in effect.

For the Arbitration Committee, Bradv🍁 23:08, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 39#Proposed amendment to the arbitration policy

Ratification

The ratification process has begun at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Policy/Proposed amendment (April 2019). ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 02:14, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Restoration of sysop privileges to Necrothesp

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

On March 14, 2019, the administrator permissions of Necrothesp (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) were temporarily removed as a suspected compromised account under the Level 1 desysopping procedures.

Following discussion concerning account security, and pursuant to the procedures for return of revoked permissions, the Arbitration Committee resolves the following:

The administrator permissions of Necrothesp (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) are restored, provided he enables two-factor authentication on his account.

For the Arbitration Committee, – bradv🍁 03:03, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 39#Restoration of sysop privileges to Necrothesp

Return of permissions for compromised administrator accounts

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Since November 2018, six accounts have been desysopped under the Level I desysopping procedures as compromised administrator accounts. The Arbitration Committee reminds administrators that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." The current policy on security of administrator accounts provides that "a compromised admin account will be blocked and its privileges removed on grounds of site security" and "in certain circumstances, the revocation of privileges may be permanent."

The Arbitration Committee resolves that the return of administrator privileges to a compromised account is not automatic. The committee's procedure at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Procedures § Removal of permissions, subsection Return of permissions, is replaced by the following:

Removal is protective, intended to prevent harm to the encyclopedia while investigations take place, and the advanced permissions will normally be reinstated once if a satisfactory explanation is provided or the issues are satisfactorily resolved. If the editor in question requests it, or if the Committee determines that a routine reinstatement of permissions is not appropriate, normal arbitration proceedings shall be opened to examine the removal of permissions and any surrounding circumstances.

In cases where an administrator account was compromised, the committee will review all available information to determine whether the administrator followed "appropriate personal security practices" before restoring permissions. Factors used to make this determination include: whether the administrator used a strong password on both their Wikipedia account and associated email account; whether the administrator had reused passwords across Wikipedia or the associated email account and other systems; whether the administrator had enabled two-factor authentication; and how the account was compromised.

If the Committee determines the administrator failed to secure their account adequately, the administrator will not be resysopped automatically. Unless otherwise provided by the committee, the administrator may regain their administrative permissions through a successful request for adminship.

For the Arbitration Committee, – bradv🍁 15:05, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 40#Return of permissions for compromised administrator accounts

Flooded with them hundreds unblocked following successful appeal

Following a successful appeal via email to the arbitration committee, Flooded with them hundreds has been unblocked, with an indefinite one-account restriction and the agreement to publicly disclose all past accounts. The account restriction has been logged at Wikipedia:Editing restrictions#Placed by the Arbitration Committee. The past accounts are:

• MagicSkyPimp (talk · contribs)
• EDMLover (talk · contribs)
• ReZawler (talk · contribs)
• CoffeeMusicGym (talk · contribs)
• PleaseLeaveMeAlone (talk · contribs)
• Zawl (talk · contribs)
• FloodedBot (talk · contribs)
• Z0 (talk · contribs)
• KingAndGod (talk · contribs)
• FWTH (talk · contribs)
• Offend (talk · contribs)

For the Arbitration Committee,
GorillaWarfare (talk) 20:19, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 40#Flooded with them hundreds unblocked following successful appeal

Arbitration Policy - Community Ratification

The community has ratified the following amendment to the Arbitration Policy.

Any arbitrator who repeatedly or grossly fails to meet the expectations outlined above may be suspended or removed by Committee resolution supported by two-thirds of arbitrators.

to

Any arbitrator who repeatedly or grossly fails to meet the expectations outlined above may be suspended or removed by Committee resolution supported by two-thirds of all arbitrators excluding:

1. The arbitrator facing suspension or removal, and;
2. Any inactive arbitrator who does not respond within 30 days to attempts to solicit their feedback on the resolution through all known methods of communication.

This provision is now reflected in the policy and is in full force. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 06:50, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 40#Arbitration Policy - Community Ratification

Motion: Amendment to the standard provision for appeals and modifications (April 2019)

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The following text is added to the "Important notes" section of the standard provision on appeals and modifications, replacing the current text of the fourth note:

All actions designated as arbitration enforcement actions, including those alleged to be out of process or against existing policy, must first be appealed following arbitration enforcement procedures to establish if such enforcement is inappropriate before the action may be reversed or formally discussed at another venue.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 00:23, 19 April 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 40#Motion: Amendment to the standard provision for appeals and modifications (April 2019)

Bradv appointed as clerk

The Arbitration Committee is pleased to appoint Bradv (talk · contribs) as an arbitration clerk. Bradv has been in training since December 2018.

The arbitration clerks often need new team members. Any editor who would like to volunteer as an arbitration clerk is welcome to apply by e-mail to clerks-llists.wikimedia.org.

For the Arbitration Committee, AGK ■ 17:22, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 40#Bradv appointed as clerk

Change to CheckUser team

The Arbitration Committee is pleased to welcome back Reaper Eternal (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) to the CheckUser team. Reaper Eternal voluntarily relinquished the CheckUser permission in June 2017. They have been reappointed as a CheckUser following a request to the Committee for return of the permission.

For the Arbitration Committee, ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 20:27, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 40#Change to CheckUser team

Administrator account security

ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our mass message sent to administrators regarding account security, in light of the response from the community.

Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.

We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.

For the Arbitration Committee,

– Joe (talk) 21:11, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 40#Administrator account security

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Enigmaman closed

An arbitration case regarding Enigmaman has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedy has been enacted:

Enigmaman (talk · contribs) is desysopped for repeated misuse of administrative tools and the administrative logs, inadequate communication, and generally failing to meet community expectations and responsibilities of administrators as outlined in WP:ADMINACCT. He may regain the administrative tools at any time via a successful request for adminship.

For the Arbitration Committee, – bradv🍁 13:19, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 40#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Enigmaman closed

Resignation of BU Rob13

After careful reflection, I have decided to step down from my position on the Arbitration Committee, effective immediately. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 05:19, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 41#Resignation of BU Rob13

Level 1 desysop of Nv8200pa

Under the Level 1 desysopping procedures the administrator permissions of Nv8200pa (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) have been temporarily removed as a suspected compromised account.

Supporting: Mkdw, AGK, Opabinia regalis, RickinBaltimore, Premeditated Chaos, SilkTork

For the Arbitration Committee; Mkdw ^talk 23:05, 22 May 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 41#Level 1 desysop of Nv8200pa

SQL appointed trainee clerk

The arbitration clerks are pleased to welcome SQL (talk · contribs) to the clerk team as a trainee!

The arbitration clerk team is often in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by email to clerks-llists.wikimedia.org.

For the Arbitration Committee, --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 20:35, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 41#SQL appointed trainee clerk

Desysopping of Od Mishehu

CheckUser evidence has been presented to the Arbitration Committee indicating that Od Mishehu (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) has disruptively edited Wikipedia while logged out.  The edits appear to be intentional and were detected over a number of occasions.  The Committee has verified that evidence and has been unable to establish a satisfactory or alternative explanation.  The administrator permissions of Od Mishehu are removed under Level II procedures, effective immediately.

• Support: AGK, GorillaWarfare, KrakatoaKatie, Mkdw, Opabinia regalis, Premeditated Chaos, RickinBaltimore, SilkTork, Worm That Turned
• Oppose: Courcelles
• Inactive: Callanecc, Joe Roe

For the Arbitration Committee, AGK ■ 16:45, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 41#Desysopping of Od Mishehu

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Rama closed

This arbitration case has been closed and the final decision is available at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

• For misuse of administrative tools and generally failing to meet community expectations and responsibilities as outlined in WP:ADMINACCT, Rama (talk · contribs) is desysopped. He may regain the administrative tools at any time via a successful request for adminship.

For the Arbitration Committee, GoldenRing (talk) 13:41, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 41#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Rama closed

Changes to Oversight team

The committee has been notified that GB fan (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) anticipates a period of inactivity. Accordingly, their Oversight permissions are removed. The committee sincerely thanks GB fan for their service.

Support: Callanecc, Courcelles, KrakatoaKatie, Mkdw, RickinBaltimore, Worm That Turned

Oppose: None

Not voting: AGK, Opabinia regalis, Premeditated Chaos

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katie^talk 13:44, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 41#Changes to Oversight team

Open letter to the WMF Board

The Arbitration Committee has sent the following open letter to the WMF Board of Trustees, regarding the WMF ban of Fram.

OPEN LETTER TO THE WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES FROM THE ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA ARBITRATION COMMITTEE

30 June 2019

On 10 June 2019, the administrator Fram was banned from the English Wikipedia for one year as an office action initiated by the Wikimedia Foundation’s (WMF) Trust and Safety team (T&S). In a later statement, T&S Lead Manager Jan Eissfeldt clarified that Fram was banned for harassment, citing the passage of the WMF Terms of Use prohibiting “[e]ngaging in harassment, threats, stalking, spamming, or vandalism.” The Arbitration Committee (ArbCom) has followed with concern the English Wikipedia community’s reaction to this action. We have received three related arbitration case requests, and multiple editors have asked us to intervene on the community’s behalf. As of 30 June, two bureaucrats, 18 administrators, an ArbCom clerk, and a number of other editors have resigned their positions and/or retired from Wikipedia editing in relation to this issue.

ArbCom is a group of volunteers elected by the community to adjudicate serious conduct disputes in accordance with the English Wikipedia’s arbitration policy. This policy also delegates matters unsuitable for public discussion to ArbCom, and all members of the committee are required to meet and agree to the WMF’s access to non-public personal data policy. Over the years, ArbCom has passed responsibility for some matters, including child protection issues, legal matters, and threats of violence, to the WMF’s Legal and T&S teams. We are grateful for T&S’ assistance on these difficult cases and for their efforts to support ArbCom’s work in general. However, despite requests, we have not seen any indication that Fram’s case falls into one of the categories of issues that T&S normally handles, otherwise lies outside of our remit, or was handled by them due to a lack of trust in our ability to handle harassment cases. Rather, we must conclude that T&S’ action is an attempt to extend the use of office actions into enforcing behavioural norms in local communities, an area conventionally left to community self-governance.

Together with a large section of the community, we have been awaiting an adequate response to these concerns from the WMF since 10 June. The Board has yet to issue a statement, and sporadic comments by individual WMF employees (including the Executive Director Katherine Maher) have been non-committal with regard to the substance of the dispute. In the last public statement by Jan Eissfeldt (21 June) and in our private meetings, T&S have reiterated that they are not willing to reconsider the ban, nor will they turn the full evidence over to the community or ArbCom for review. The ban itself was actioned using a recently-introduced T&S process for local, time-limited bans, which although announced in T&S’ 2018–2019 Annual Plan, was not adequately communicated to the English Wikipedia community, and not subject to any form of community consultation.

We understand that this change in policy from T&S comes in the context of efforts to tackle harassment and hostility in the Wikimedia movement. Individually and as a committee, we fully support this initiative. We also acknowledge that ArbCom has struggled to handle civility and harassment complaints in a way that adequately balances privacy against transparency, and due process to the accused against victim protection. However, if the WMF have also been concerned about ArbCom’s ability to handle harassment complaints, they have not communicated this concern with us, nor have they provided any suggestions for changing our policies or procedures. If Fram’s ban—an unappealable sanction issued from above with no community consultation—represents the WMF’s new strategy for dealing with harassment on the English Wikipedia, it is one that is fundamentally misaligned with the Wikimedia movement’s principles of openness, consensus, and self-governance.

We ask that the WMF commits to leaving behavioural complaints pertaining solely to the English Wikipedia to established local processes. Those unsuitable for public discussion should be referred to the Arbitration Committee. We will solicit comment from the community and the WMF to develop clear procedures for dealing with confidential allegations of harassment, based on the existing provision for private hearings in the arbitration policy. Complaints that can be discussed publicly should be referred to an appropriate community dispute resolution process. If the Trust & Safety team seeks to assume responsibility for these cases, they should do so by proposing an amendment to the arbitration policy, or an equivalent process of community consensus-building. Otherwise, we would appreciate the WMF’s continued support in improving our response to harassment and hostility on the English Wikipedia.

We feel strongly that this commitment is necessary for the Arbitration Committee to continue to perform the role it is assigned by the English Wikipedia community. If we are unable to find a satisfactory resolution, at least four members of the committee have expressed the intention to resign.

Yours sincerely,

The undersigned members of the Arbitration Committee,

Molly White (GorillaWarfare)

Joe Roe

KrakatoaKatie

Mkdw

Opabinia regalis

Premeditated Chaos

RickinBaltimore

Steve Pereira (SilkTork)

Dave Craven (Worm That Turned)

For the Arbitration Committee, – Joe (talk) 08:16, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 42#Open letter to the WMF Board

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Reversion of office actions resolved by motion

The Arbitration Committee has accepted the WJBscribe case request under the title Reversion of office actions and resolved it by motion as follows:

Community advised Office actions are actions taken by Wikimedia Foundation staff, and are normally expected not to be reversed or modified by members of the community even if they have the technical ability to do so. In this case an office action was taken against Fram (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA), who was blocked and whose administrator rights were removed by the role account User:WMFOffice in implementing a Partial Foundation ban ([5]). No similar action had been taken before on the English Wikipedia, and it proved highly controversial.

In response, Floquenbeam (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) and Bishonen (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) both used their administrator user rights to unblock Fram ([6]). Floquenbeam's administrator rights were temporarily removed by WMFOffice (talk · contribs) ([7]). WJBscribe (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) used his bureaucrat rights first to restore Floquenbeam's administrator rights, and later to restore Fram's ([8]).

Although official WMF policy states that Unauthorized modifications to office actions will not only be reverted, but may lead to sanctions by the Foundation, such as revocation of the rights of the individual involved, JEissfeldt (WMF) (talk · contribs) indicated that the WMF would not implement further sanctions against the admins involved in reversing these actions ([9]). In recognition of that decision, and of the exceptional nature of the circumstances, the committee notes without comment this series of events. The community is advised that administrators and bureaucrats are normally expected not to act when they know they do not have all of the relevant facts, and that this is especially important with regard to office actions where those facts may be highly sensitive. As a general rule, wheel warring may be grounds for removal of administrative rights by the committee as well as by the WMF. Lack of sanctions under these exceptional circumstances should not set expectations around similar future actions.

For the Arbitration Committee, – bradv🍁 02:18, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 42#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Reversion of office actions resolved by motion

Update from the Arbitration Committee

The Committee have received from Trust & Safety (T&S) their detailed report on Fram, with names and identifying information redacted. The Committee are still discussing the report; however we have agreed that the report is sufficiently detailed and minimally redacted such that we can open a case on Fram. The format and scope are yet to be decided, as we are trying to find the appropriate balance between being transparent with our proceedings, and protecting any parties from harassment. We would like to invite open feedback on how best to achieve this balance. We will be accepting additional evidence about Fram's behaviour from the community, however we ask that you please refrain from sending it until we formally open the case. We will keep the community updated with our progress.

For the Arbitration Committee,
GorillaWarfare (talk) 18:45, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 43#Update from the Arbitration Committee

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Canadian politics closed

An arbitration case regarding Canadian politics has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

1. Curly Turkey is prohibited from editing SNC-Lavalin affair and its talk page for a period of six months. This restriction may be appealed at WP:ARCA after three months.
2. Curly Turkey is warned that future violations of Wikipedia's conduct policies and guidelines, including WP:BATTLEGROUND and WP:ASPERSIONS, may result in blocks or bans.
3. Curly Turkey, Darryl Kerrigan, Legacypac, Littleolive oil, PavelShk, Safrolic, and SWL36 are admonished for edit warring.
4. All editors are reminded to seek dispute resolution and to use appropriate resources, such as the dispute resolution noticeboard, for outside opinions and suggestions for resolving problems.

For the Arbitration Committee, SQL^{Query me!} 03:46, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 42#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Canadian politics closed

Motion: Discretionary Sanctions: Awareness and alerts

The following change to discretionary sanctions awareness requirements has been passed and enacted by motion:

The Awareness section of the discretionary sanctions procedure is modified to the following: No editor may be sanctioned unless they are aware that discretionary sanctions are in force for the area of conflict. An editor is aware if:

1. They were mentioned by name in the applicable Final Decision; or
2. They have ever been sanctioned within the area of conflict (and at least one of such sanctions has not been successfully appealed); or
3. In the last twelve months, the editor has given and/or received an alert for the area of conflict; or
4. In the last twelve months, the editor has participated in any process about the area of conflict at arbitration requests or arbitration enforcement; or
5. In the last twelve months, the editor has successfully appealed all their own sanctions relating to the area of conflict; or
6. They have placed a {{Ds/aware}} template for the area(s) of conflict on their own talk page.

For the arbitration committee, GoldenRing (talk) 12:25, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 43#Motion: Discretionary Sanctions: Awareness and alerts

Fram case opened

The arbitration committee have opened a case on Fram at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Fram. This case is to be held in private, with evidence and workshop proposals to be submitted by email — see the evidence and workshop case pages for instructions. For the Arbitration Committee, GoldenRing (talk) 12:09, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 43#Fram case opened

Oversight permission restored to Beeblebrox

Beeblebrox (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) requested removal of their own advanced permissions on 28 June 2019. By Beeblebrox's request to this committee, their oversight permissions are restored, effective immediately. For the Arbitration Committee, AGK ■ 10:14, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 43#Oversight permission restored to Beeblebrox

Liz reappointed full clerk

The Arbitration Committee is pleased to announce that Liz (talk · contribs) has been reappointed to the clerk team as a full clerk, effective immediately.

The arbitration clerk team is often in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by e-mail to clerks-llists.wikimedia.org.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 14:40, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 43#Liz reappointed full clerk

Resignation of RickInBaltimore

Effective immediately, RickinBaltimore (talk · contribs) has resigned from the Arbitration Committee. He has also relinquished the CheckUser and Oversight permissions. The Committee sincerely thanks Rick for his service and wishes him well.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katie^talk 19:38, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#resignation of RickInBaltimore

Arbitration motion regarding Ritchie333 and Praxidicae

After discussion with both parties, the Committee resolves that Ritchie333 (talk · contribs) be indefinitely banned from interacting with, or commenting on Praxidicae (talk · contribs) anywhere on the English Wikipedia. Praxidicae has agreed to abide by a mutual interaction ban for the same duration. This is subject to the usual exceptions.

Support

AGK, Courcelles, GorillaWarfare, KrakatoaKatie, Mkdw, Opabinia regalis, Premeditated Chaos, SilkTork, Worm That Turned

Recused

Joe Roe

Inactive

Callanecc

For the Arbitration Committee, ♠PMC♠ (talk) 03:15, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 44#Arbitration motion regarding Ritchie333 and Praxidicae

Cthomas3 appointed arbitration clerk trainee

The arbitration clerks are pleased to welcome Cthomas3 (talk · contribs) to the clerk team as a trainee!

The arbitration clerk team is often in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by email to clerks-llists.wikimedia.org.

For the arbitration clerks, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 01:22, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 43#Cthomas3 appointed arbitration clerk trainee

Arbitration motion regarding The Rambling Man

The following motion has been enacted:

In remedy 9, "The Rambling Man prohibited", the first paragraph is amended to read:

9) The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) is topic banned from making any edit about, and from editing any page relating to, the Did You Know? process. As an exception, he may review any DYK nomination at the direct request of the nominator, but may not engage in subsequent discussion of the nomination. This topic ban does not apply to User:The Rambling Man/ERRORS and its talk page or to articles linked from DYK hooks or captions (these may be at any stage of the DYK process).

For the arbitration committee - GoldenRing (talk) 13:53, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 43#Arbitration motion regarding The Rambling Man

Arbitration motion regarding the Arab–Israel conflict

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The committee opens proceedings on pages relating to the Arab–Israeli conflict, naming it Palestine-Israel articles 4. Proceedings will take place in the normal form. Evidence (and related submissions, including at the Workshop) must remain within the proceedings scope. The following matters will initially be within scope:

• Trends in disruptive editing of related pages, but not the specific conduct of any editor.
• Difficulties in Wikipedia administrative processes, particularly arbitration enforcement (AE), with regard to related pages.
• Currently-authorised remedies under any arbitration decision that affect related pages.
• Prospective amendments to, or replacements for, existing remedies.
• Other general matters relating to the ease with which Wikipedia keeps order on pages relating to the Arab–Israeli conflict.

At the direction of the Arbitration Committee, the Palestine-Israel articles 4 case will be suspended until September 19, and parties and participants will be notified by then of the timetable for the case as well as any other necessary case management information.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 07:09, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 43#Arbitration motion regarding the Arab–Israel conflict

Resignation of Callanecc

Effective immediately and per his talk page statement[10], Callanecc (talk · contribs) has resigned from the Arbitration Committee. He has also relinquished the CheckUser and Oversight permissions. The Committee sincerely thanks Callanecc for his service and wishes him well.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Worm^TT(talk) 10:52, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 44#Resignation of Callanecc

Changes to functionary team

By motion, in accordance with the Committee's procedure on functionary permissions and activity, these permissions are removed from the following users:

• Fox (talk · contribs) – Oversight
• HJ Mitchell (talk · contribs) – Oversight
• LFaraone (talk · contribs) – CheckUser and Oversight
• There'sNoTime (talk · contribs) – CheckUser and Oversight

Supporting: Courcelles, GorillaWarfare, KrakatoaKatie, Mkdw, Premeditated Chaos, Worm That Turned

The Arbitration Committee sincerely thanks Fox, HJ Mitchell, LFaraone, and There'sNoTime for their service. The Committee also extends its gratitude to the current CheckUser and Oversight permission holders for their contributions and service as functionaries.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katie^talk 17:04, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 44#Changes to functionary team

Arbitration motion regarding Antisemitism in Poland (temporary injunction)

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Volunteer Marek (talk · contribs) and Icewhiz (talk · contribs) are prohibited from interacting with or commenting about one another, except that they may submit (directly to the committee) responses to a proposed decision in these proceedings. Arbitrators supporting will desire immediate implementation under net 4 rules.

For the Arbitration Committee --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 17:29, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 43#Arbitration motion regarding Antisemitism in Poland (temporary injunction)

Arbitration motion regarding Eric Corbett

The Arbitration Committee has been made aware of and has independently confirmed that Eric Corbett (talk · contribs), since his public retirement, has been abusively misusing multiple accounts and disruptively editing while logged out. Eric Corbett's accounts are hereby indefinitely blocked by the Arbitration Committee. Accordingly, the case request involving Eric Corbett, which has been accepted by majority vote, will be closed.

Support

• Courcelles (per mailing list)
• GorillaWarfare (per mailing list)
• Joe Roe (per mailing list)
• KrakatoaKatie (per mailing list)
• Mkdw (per mailing list)
• Opabinia regalis (per mailing list)
• Premeditated Chaos (per mailing list)

Oppose

Recuse

• Worm That Turned (per mailing list)

– Katie^talk 14:29, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 44#Arbitration motion regarding Eric Corbett

Resignation of Courcelles

Effective immediately, Courcelles (talk · contribs) has resigned from the Arbitration Committee. He has also relinquished the CheckUser and Oversight permissions. The Committee sincerely thanks Courcelles for his service and wishes him well.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Worm^TT(talk) 22:58, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 44#Resignation of Courcelles

Fram unbanned immediately (temporary injunction in Fram case)

The committee has resolved as a temporary injunction that:

Remedy 1a of this decision and its supporting principles and findings are passing, and so Fram shall be unbanned immediately, without awaiting the close of the case. The remainder of the decision remains pending. As the status of Fram's sysop rights has not been decided, Fram is not to be resysopped during this interim period.

For the Arbitration Committee Worm^TT(talk) 16:52, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 44#Fram unbanned immediately (temporary injunction in Fram case)

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Fram

An arbitration case regarding Fram has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

1. The Committee decides that Fram's ban was not required, and therefore vacates it.
2. The behaviour shown in the case materials falls below the standards expected for an administrator. Accordingly, the committee takes over the decision to remove Fram's administrator tools. They may regain the administrative tools at any time via a successful request for adminship.
3. A Request for Comment will be opened under the Arbitration space, and managed by the Arbitration Clerks. This RfC will focus on how harassment and private complaints should be handled in the future.

For the Arbitration Committee, SQL^{Query me!} 19:16, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Fram

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Antisemitism in Poland closed

This arbitration case has been closed and the final decision is available at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

1. Icewhiz and Volunteer Marek are indefinitely prohibited from interacting with, or commenting on, each other anywhere on Wikipedia (subject to the ordinary exceptions).
2. Icewhiz is topic-banned from the history of Poland during World War II, including the Holocaust in Poland. This topic ban may be appealed after one year has elapsed.
3. Volunteer Marek is topic-banned from the history of Poland during World War II, including the Holocaust in Poland. This topic ban may be appealed after one year has elapsed.
4. The sourcing expectations applied to the article Collaboration in German-occupied Poland are expanded and adapted to cover all articles on the topic of Polish history during World War II (1933-45), including the Holocaust in Poland. Only high quality sources may be used, specifically peer-reviewed scholarly journals, academically focused books by reputable publishers, and/or articles published by reputable institutions. English-language sources are preferred over non-English ones when available and of equal quality and relevance. Editors repeatedly failing to meet this standard may be topic-banned as an arbitration enforcement action.
5. The committee acknowledges the lengthy delay in preparing the proposed decision for this case. We apologize to the case participants and to other editors interested in the topic area, and thank them for their patience.

For the Arbitration Committee, CThomas³ (talk) 19:29, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 44#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Antisemitism in Poland closed

Resignation of SilkTork

Effective immediately, SilkTork (talk · contribs) has resigned from the Arbitration Committee. He has also relinquished the CheckUser and Oversight permissions. The Committee sincerely thanks SilkTork for his service and wishes him well.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Worm^TT(talk) 07:45, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 44#Resignation of SilkTork

CheckUser and Oversight appointments 2019

The Arbitration Committee is accepting applications for appointments as CheckUser and Oversight team members. GorillaWarfare and KrakatoaKatie are the arbitrators overseeing this process. The names of all applicants will be shared with the Functionaries team, who will be asked for assistance with vetting candidates.

• Applications: 23 September to 29 September
• Review period: 30 September to 2 October – the committee will review applications and ask the functionary team for their feedback
• Notification of candidates: 2 October to 3 October – notification of candidates
• Community consultation: 4 October to 23:59 UTC, 10 October – candidates' statements published, community is invited to comment
• Appointments: by 14 October

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katie^talk 17:11, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 44#CheckUser and Oversight appointments 2019

Icewhiz banned

The committee has resolved by motion that:

The Arbitration Committee has received convincing evidence that Icewhiz has engaged in off-wiki harassment of multiple editors. Consequently, he is indefinitely site banned from the English Wikipedia.

Supporting: GorillaWarfare, Joe Roe, KrakatoaKatie, Opabinia regalis, Premeditated Chaos, Worm That Turned

Opposing:

Did not vote: AGK, Mkdw

For the Arbitration Committee

Worm^TT(talk) 13:53, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 44#Icewhiz banned

Palestine-Israel articles 4 arbitration case commencing

In August 2019, the Arbitration Committee resolved to open the Palestine-Israel articles 4 arbitration case as a suspended case due to workload considerations. The Committee is now un-suspending and commencing the case.

• The primary scope of the case is: Evaluating the clarity and effectiveness of current remedies in the ARBPIA area. More information can be found here.
• Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel articles 4/Evidence. The evidence phase will be open until 18 October 2019 (subject to change).
• You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel articles 4/Workshop. The workshop phase will be open until 25 October 2019 (subject to change).
• For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration.
• To receive case updates, add your name to the notification list.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 21:15, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Palestine-Israel articles 4 arbitration case commencing

2019 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: Candidates appointed

The Arbitration Committee is pleased to welcome the following editors to the functionary team:

• L235 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as a CheckUser and Oversighter.
• Mz7 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as a CheckUser and Oversighter.
• SQL (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as a CheckUser.
• ST47 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as a CheckUser and Oversighter.
• Stwalkerster (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as an Oversighter.
• The Blade of the Northern Lights (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as an Oversighter.
• Xaosflux (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as an Oversighter.

The Committee thanks the community and all candidates for helping to bring this process to a successful conclusion.

The Committee also welcomes the following user back to the functionary team:

• Ivanvector (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), who resigned his CheckUser permission in May 2019, is reappointed as a CheckUser following a request to the committee for return of the permission.

The Committee also thanks Timotheus Canens (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) for his long history of contributions to the functionary team. Timotheus Canens voluntarily resigned his CheckUser and Oversight permissions in September 2019.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katie^talk 15:47, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#2019 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: Candidates appointed

Changes to functionary team

In accordance with the Arbitration Committee's procedures for functionary inactivity, the Oversight permissions of DGG (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) are removed.

The Committee also notes the resignation of DeltaQuad (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) from the CheckUser and Oversight teams.

The Committee sincerely thanks DGG and DeltaQuad for their long and dedicated service as functionaries.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katie^talk 00:50, 22 October 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Changes to functionary team

CodeLyoko appointed trainee clerk

The arbitration clerks are pleased to welcome CodeLyoko (talk · contribs) to the clerk team as a trainee!

The arbitration clerk team is often in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by email to clerks-llists.wikimedia.org.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 04:24, 22 October 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#CodeLyoko appointed trainee clerk

Oversight audit request, October 2019

On 16 October, the Arbitration Committee received a request from User:DeltaQuad to review her suppression of revisions of User talk:Ritchie333. The committee has investigated the matter in our audit capacity for the use of oversight on the English Wikipedia. We note that after the suppression in question was queried, DeltaQuad initiated a discussion on the oversight mailing list. A consensus was reached that the suppression should be reversed, to which DeltaQuad agreed. The committee is satisfied that this resolved the matter and that DeltaQuad acted in good faith in accordance with the oversight policy. We thank her for her diligence in self-reporting the potential misuse and seeking the opinions of other members of the oversight team.

Support

AGK, Joe Roe, KrakatoaKatie, Mkdw, Opabinia regalis

Recuse

Premeditated Chaos

For the Arbitration Committee, – Joe (talk) 05:37, 22 October 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Oversight audit request, October 2019

Palestine-Israel articles 4: workshop extended

The workshop phase of the Palestine-Israel articles 4 arbitration case will be extended to November 1, 2019. All interested editors are invited to submit comments and workshop proposals regarding and arising from the clarity and effectiveness of current remedies in the ARBPIA area. For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 07:40, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Palestine-Israel articles 4: workshop extended

Temporary checkuser permission for election scrutineers

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Temporary Checkuser rights are granted to Base, Shanmugamp7, and Einsbor for the purpose of their acting as Scrutineers in the 2019 Arbitration Committee election.

For the Arbitration Committee, CodeLyoko^talk 10:36, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Temporary checkuser permission for election scrutineers

Changes to CheckUser team

Per his request to the Arbitration Committee, the CheckUser permissions of Deskana (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) are removed. The committee sincerely thanks Deskana for his long service to the CheckUser team.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katie^talk 00:12, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Changes to CheckUser team

Sk8erPrince banned

The committee has resolved by motion that:

After receiving multiple complaints from the community about off-wiki harassment and after raising these concerns with Sk8erPrince, Sk8erPrince is hereby indefinitely site banned from the English Wikipedia by the Arbitration Committee.

Supporting: Joe Roe, KrakatoaKatie, Mkdw, Premeditated Chaos, Worm That Turned

Opposing:

Did not vote: AGK, GorillaWarfare, Opabinia regalis

For the Arbitration Committee

Mkdw ^talk 14:56, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Sk8erPrince banned

Changes to CheckUser team (Beeblebrox)

By motion, the Arbitration Committee restores the CheckUser permission to Beeblebrox (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log).

Support: GorillaWarfare, Joe Roe, KrakatoaKatie, Mkdw, Worm That Turned

Oppose: None

Not voting: AGK, Opabinia regalis, Premeditated Chaos

Katie^talk 16:10, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Changes to CheckUser team (Beeblebrox)

Arbitration motion regarding Sexology

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Remedy 2.1 of Sexology ("Jokestress topic-banned from human sexuality") is amended to read:

Jokestress (talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from the topic of human sexuality and gender, including biographies of people who are primarily notable for their work in these fields.

For the Arbitration Committee --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 06:58, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Arbitration motion regarding Sexology

Arbitration motion regarding Antisemitism in Poland

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Remedy 2 of Antisemitism in Poland ("Icewhiz and Volunteer Marek interaction-banned") is renamed Icewhiz banned from interacting with Volunteer Marek and amended to read:

Icewhiz (talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from interacting with or commenting on Volunteer Marek (talk · contribs) anywhere on Wikipedia (subject to the ordinary exceptions).

For the Arbitration Committee, CodeLyoko^talk 02:10, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Arbitration motion regarding Antisemitism in Poland

Arbitration motion regarding Portals (temporary injunction)

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

BrownHairedGirl (talk · contribs) and Northamerica1000 (talk · contribs) are prohibited from editing in the Portal: namespace or engaging in discussions about portals, with the exception of arbitration case pages, until this case is concluded.

For the Arbitration Committee, CodeLyoko^talk 03:50, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Arbitration motion regarding Portals (temporary injunction)

SQL appointed full clerk

The Arbitration Committee is pleased to announce that SQL (talk · contribs) has been appointed a full clerk, effective immediately.

The arbitration clerk team is often in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by e-mail to clerks-llists.wikimedia.org.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 18:33, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#SQL appointed full clerk

Edgar181 desysopped

Conclusive CheckUser evidence was obtained through the scrutinizing process of the 2019 Arbitration Committee election that Edgar181 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) has been engaging in extensive sockpuppetry. Edgar181, using his sockpuppets, attempted to vote in the election at least seven times.

Edgar181 has admitted to this abuse of his editing privileges in an email to the Committee. Accordingly, Edgar 181 is desysopped under level II procedures.

These accounts have been indefinitely blocked as sockpuppets of Edgar181:

• ChemNerd (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Deli nk (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Dwndlnd (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Dwonderl (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Edgeweyes (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Gnome de plume (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• MetrosMan (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Mylucideyes (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Mwg24 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• PCock (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Slideshow Bob (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Tcg2019 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• TimBuck2 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

Support: AGK, Joe Roe, KrakatoaKatie, Mkdw, Opabinia regalis, Premeditated Chaos, Worm That Turned

Oppose: None

Not voting: GorillaWarfare

In addition,

the committee has resolved by motion that Edgar181 should be indefinitely blocked.

Support: AGK, Joe Roe, KrakatoaKatie, Mkdw, Premeditated Chaos

Oppose: None

Abstain: Opabinia regalis, Worm That Turned

Not voting: GorillaWarfare

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katie^talk 21:26, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Edgar181 desysopped

Palestine-Israel articles 4: workshop reopened

Because of the nature of the Palestine-Israel articles 4 arbitration case and the importance of the exact wording of remedies, the Arbitration Committee would like to invite further public comment and workshopping on its preliminary proposed decision, which is now posted on the workshop. Accordingly, the workshop in this case is re-opened and will remain open until Friday, December 13. For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 23:55, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Palestine-Israel articles 4: workshop reopened

2020 Arbitration Committee

The Arbitration Committee welcomes the following new and returning arbitrators following their election by the community. The two-year terms of these arbitrators formally begin on 01 January 2020:

• Beeblebrox (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Casliber (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• David Fuchs (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• KrakatoaKatie (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Newyorkbrad (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• SoWhy (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Worm That Turned (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Xeno (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

The one-year terms of these arbitrators also begin on 1 January 2020:

• Bradv (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• DGG (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Maxim (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

All incoming arbitrators have elected to receive (or retain, where applicable) the checkuser and oversight permissions. Xeno has elected not to receive administrator permissions.

We also thank our outgoing colleagues whose terms end on 31 December 2019:

• Opabinia regalis (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) will retain Oversight
• Premeditated Chaos (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) will retain Oversight

Outgoing arbitrators are eligible to retain the CheckUser and Oversight permissions, remain active on cases accepted before their term ended, and to remain subscribed to the functionaries' and arbitration clerks' mailing lists following their term on the committee. To that effect:

• Stewards are requested to remove the permission(s) noted from the following outgoing arbitrators after 31 December 2019 at their own request:

  CheckUser: Opabinia regalis, Premeditated Chaos

• Outgoing arbitrators are eligible to remain active on cases opened before their term ended if they wish. Whether or not outgoing arbitrators will remain active on any ongoing case(s) will be noted on the proposed decision talk page of affected case(s).
• Both outgoing arbitrators will remain subscribed to the functionaries' mailing list
• Both outgoing arbitrators will be unsubscribed from the arbitration clerks' mailing list at their request.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katie^talk 21:02, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#2020 Arbitration Committee

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel articles 4 closed

An arbitration case regarding Palestine-Israel articles (4) has now closed and the final decision is available at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

Condensing of remedies

1) For the sake of easy referencing, the following existing remedies are vacated (with the intention of replacing them elsewhere in this decision):

ARBPIA:

• Editors reminded
• Editors counseled
• Standard discretionary sanctions (for "All Arab-Israeli conflict-related pages")

ARBPIA2:

• Area of conflict
• Lifting of restrictions
• Suspension of restrictions

ARBPIA3:

• General Prohibition (of users not "extended confirmed")
• Sanctions available

Existing enforcement decisions relying upon these remedies are not vacated and will be appealable as if this remedy had not carried.

Editors reminded

2) Editors are reminded that when editing in subject areas of bitter and long-standing real-world conflict, it is all the more important to comply with Wikipedia policies such as assuming good faith of all editors including those on the other side of the real-world dispute, writing with a neutral point of view, remaining civil and avoiding personal attacks, utilizing reliable sources for contentious or disputed assertions, and making use of dispute resolution where necessary.

Wikipedia cannot resolve the dispute between the Israeli and Palestinian people or any other real-world conflict. What Wikipedia can do is aspire to provide neutral, encyclopedic coverage about the areas of dispute and the peoples involved in it, which may lead to a broader understanding of the issues and the positions of all real-life conflict parties. The contributions of all good-faith editors on these articles who contribute with this goal in mind are appreciated.

Editors counselled

3) Editors who find it difficult to edit a particular article or topic from a neutral point of view and adhere to other Wikipedia policies are counselled that they may sometimes need or wish to step away temporarily from that article or subject area. Sometimes, editors in this position may wish to devote some of their knowledge, interest, and effort to creating or editing other articles that may relate to the same broad subject-matter as the dispute, but are less immediately contentious. For example, an editor whose ethnicity, cultural heritage, or personal interests relate to Side X and who finds that they become caught up in edit-warring on an article about a recent war between Side X and Side Y, may wish to disengage from that article for a time and instead focus on a different aspect of the history, civilization, and cultural heritage of Side X.

Definition of the "area of conflict"

4) For the purposes of editing restrictions in the ARBPIA topic area, the "area of conflict" shall be defined as encompassing

a. the entire set of articles whose topic relates to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly interpreted ("primary articles"), and

b. edits relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict, to pages and discussions in all namespaces with the exception of userspace ("related content")

ARBPIA General Sanctions

5) The following set of sanctions will be considered the "ARBPIA General Sanctions".

A. Discretionary sanctions: Standard discretionary sanctions are activated for the area of conflict. Any uninvolved administrator may apply sanctions as an arbitration enforcement action to users editing the area of conflict whilst aware.

B. 500/30 Rule: All IP editors, users with fewer than 500 edits, and users with less than 30 days' tenure are prohibited from editing content within the area of conflict. On primary articles, this prohibition is preferably to be enforced by use of extended confirmed protection (ECP) but this is not mandatory. On pages with related content, or on primary articles where ECP is not feasible, the 500/30 Rule may be enforced by other methods, including page protection, reverts, blocks, the use of pending changes, and appropriate edit filters. Reverts made solely to enforce the 500/30 Rule are not considered edit warring.

The sole exceptions to this prohibition are:

1. Editors who are not eligible to be extended-confirmed may use the Talk: namespace to post constructive comments and make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided they are not disruptive. Talk pages where disruption occurs may be managed by any of the methods noted in paragraph b). This exception does not apply to other internal project discussions such as AfDs, WikiProjects, RfCs, noticeboard discussions, etc.

2. Editors who are not eligible to be extended-confirmed may not create new articles, but administrators may exercise discretion when deciding how to enforce this remedy on article creations. Deletion of new articles created by editors who do not meet the criteria is permitted but not required.

C. One Revert Restriction (1RR): Each editor is limited to one revert per page per 24 hours on any edits made to content within the area of conflict. Reverts made to enforce the 500/30 Rule are exempt from the provisions of this motion. Also, the normal exemptions apply. Editors who violate this restriction may be blocked by any uninvolved administrator.

Standing sanctions upon primary articles

6) All primary articles will be subject to the ARBPIA General Sanctions. {{ArbCom Arab-Israeli enforcement}} should be added to the talk page of affected pages, and {{ArbCom Arab-Israeli editnotice}} should be added as an editnotice to affected pages. The presence of the templates is required before the General Sanctions can be enforced on primary articles. The templates may be added to primary articles by any user, but may only be removed by an uninvolved administrator. Users who lack the appropriate permissions to create an editnotice should place the talk page template as normal, then make an edit request for someone with permissions to create the edit notice.

General sanctions upon related content

7) All edits made to related content (i.e. pages not otherwise related to the area of conflict) will be subject to ARBPIA General Sanctions.

When disruptive edits are being made to such content, any editor may invoke ARBPIA General Sanctions for that content. They must place {{ArbCom Arab-Israeli enforcement}} on the talk page and {{ArbCom Arab-Israeli editnotice}} in the editnotice to do so. If there is confusion about which content is considered related, the content in question may be marked in the wiki source with an invisible comment. The presence of the templates is required before the General Sanctions can be enforced on related content. Once added by any editor, any marking, template, or editnotice may be removed only by an uninvolved administrator. Users who lack the appropriate permissions to create an editnotice should place the talk page template as normal, then make an edit request for someone with permissions to create the edit notice.

Editors should apply the ARBPIA General Sanctions templates to related content only when disruption creates a need for additional administrative tools. Administrators should only utilize the ARBPIA General Sanctions to reduce disruption caused by edits related to the conflict area. Problematic edits made to unrelated content on the same page should be handled by normal administrative means.

Disputes about scope of conflict area

8) In the case of disputes regarding whether or not an article is a primary article, or whether a portion of content is related to ARBPIA, editors should use normal dispute resolution methods to come to a consensus.

Available sanctions

9) Uninvolved administrators are encouraged to monitor the articles covered by discretionary sanctions in the original Palestine-Israel case to ensure compliance. To assist in this, administrators are reminded that:

i. Accounts with a clear shared agenda may be blocked if they violate the sockpuppetry policy or any other applicable policy;

ii. Accounts whose primary purpose is disruption, violating the policy on biographies of living persons, or making personal attacks may be blocked indefinitely;

iii. There are special provisions in place to deal with editors who violate the BLP policy;

iv. Administrators may act on clear BLP violations with page protections, blocks, or warnings even if they have edited the article themselves or are otherwise involved;

v. Discretionary sanctions permit full and semi-page protections, including use of pending changes where warranted, and – once an editor has become aware of sanctions for the topic – any other appropriate remedy may be issued without further warning.

For the Arbitration Committee, CThomas³ (talk) 07:03, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel articles 4 closed

Changes to Oversight team

At his own request, the Oversight permissions of Someguy1221 (talk · contribs) are removed. The Arbitration Committee sincerely thanks Someguy1221 for his long history of service to the functionary team.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katie^talk 03:15, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Changes to Oversight team

Motion regarding Palestine-Israel articles 4

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Remedy 1 of the Palestine-Israel articles 4 case is amended by inserting, at the end of the list titled "ARBPIA", the following list item:

• General 1RR restriction

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 19:19, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Motion regarding Palestine-Israel articles 4

User:Anupam unblocked following successful appeal

Following a successful appeal via email to the Arbitration Committee, Anupam has been unblocked with an indefinite restriction from engaging in disclosed and undisclosed paid editing, including making edits on behalf of any former clients. The account restriction has been logged at Wikipedia:Editing restrictions#Placed by the Arbitration Committee.

For the Arbitration Committee,
GorillaWarfare (talk) 19:59, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#User:Anupam unblocked following successful appeal

Arbitration motion regarding The Rambling Man

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Remedy 4 (The Rambling Man prohibited) of The Rambling Man arbitration case is vacated, together with the associated special enforcement provisions.

For the Arbitration Committee, CodeLyoko^talk 06:26, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Arbitration motion regarding The Rambling Man

Arbitration motion regarding Magioladitis

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Remedy 3: AWB prohibition of the Magioladitis case is lifted subject to a probationary period lasting 1 year from the date this motion is enacted. During this period, any uninvolved administrator may re-impose the remedy as an arbitration enforcement action, subject to appeal only to the Arbitration Committee. If the probationary period elapses without incident, the restriction is to be considered permanently lifted. For clarity, Magioladitis (talk · contribs)' prohibition on making cosmetic edits will remain in force.

For the Arbitration Committee, CodeLyoko^talk 07:20, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Arbitration motion regarding Magioladitis

Money emoji appointed trainee clerk

The arbitration clerks are pleased to welcome Money emoji (talk · contribs) to the clerk team as a trainee!

The arbitration clerk team is often in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by email to clerks-llists.wikimedia.org.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 18:35, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Money emoji appointed trainee clerk

Arbitration motion regarding Crouch, Swale

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The request for modification of Crouch, Swale's restrictions is declined. Going forward, he may not request relaxation of his restrictions more frequently than once per year, with the next request not taking place prior to 1 January 2021. In addition, he should ensure that there is consensus for any future large creations of articles, prior to making the request for relaxation of his restrictions.

For the Arbitration Committee, CodeLyoko^talk 21:32, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Arbitration motion regarding Crouch, Swale

Unicornblood2018 unblocked following successful appeal

Following a successful appeal via email to the Arbitration Committee, Unicornblood2018 has been unblocked, with the condition that they are topic-banned from any pages or edits related to (1) China, or (2) new religious movements, broadly construed. This topic ban may be appealed after one year has elapsed. The account restriction has been logged at Wikipedia:Editing restrictions#Placed by the Arbitration Committee.

For the Arbitration Committee,
GorillaWarfare (talk) 01:16, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Unicornblood2018 unblocked following successful appeal

Ricky81682 unblocked

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Ricky81682 (talk · contribs) is unblocked subject to an indefinite account restriction: Ricky81682 is restricted to one account, and may not edit anonymously.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 04:24, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Ricky81682 unblocked

Dreamy Jazz appointed trainee clerk

The arbitration clerks are pleased to welcome Dreamy Jazz (talk · contribs) to the clerk team as a trainee!

The arbitration clerk team is often in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by email to clerks-llists.wikimedia.org.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 04:32, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Dreamy Jazz appointed trainee clerk

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Portals Closed

An arbitration case regarding Portals has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

• BrownHairedGirl is prohibited from editing in the Portal: namespace or engaging in discussions about portals anywhere on Wikipedia. She may appeal this restriction in six months.
• BrownHairedGirl is indefinitely restricted from interacting with or commenting about Northamerica1000 anywhere on Wikipedia, subject to the ordinary exceptions. This restriction may be appealed in six months.
• For numerous violations of basic policies and generally failing to meet community expectations and responsibilities as outlined in Wikipedia:Administrators#Accountability and Wikipedia:Administrators#Administrator conduct, BrownHairedGirl is desysopped. She may regain the administrative tools at any time via a successful request for adminship.
• The Arbitration Committee recommends that a well-publicized community discussion be held to establish a guideline for portals. The committee further recommends that this RfC be kept open for at least 30 days, be closed by a panel of 3 uninvolved administrators, and at a minimum address the following questions:

• Topics: How broad or narrow should a topic area be for it to sustain a portal?
• Page views: Should there be a minimum number of page views for a portal to be considered viable? How should those page views be measured?
• WikiProjects: Should portals be required to be connected to an active WikiProject or other group of maintainers?
• Updates: How often should a portal be updated?
• Automation: Can automated tools be used in the creation or maintenance of portals?
• Links to portals: How should portals be used? Should they be linked on all relevant Wikipedia articles, or should another method be used to ensure that portals are viewed and used?

For the Arbitration Committee, SQL^{Query me!} 21:55, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Portals Closed

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/RHaworth closed

An arbitration case regarding RHaworth has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

• For failure to meet the standards expected of an administrator, including repeated misuse of the deletion tool, RHaworth's administrative user rights are removed. RHaworth may regain administrative user rights at any time via a successful request for adminship.
• Administrators are reminded that checkuser and oversight blocks must not be reversed or modified without prior consultation with the checkuser or oversighter who placed the block, the respective functionary team, or the Arbitration Committee.

For the Arbitration Committee, CodeLyoko^talk 05:45, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/RHaworth closed

RhinosF1 unblocked

Following a successful appeal to the Arbitration Committee, RhinosF1 is unblocked.

For the Arbitration Committee, Maxim_(talk) 16:18, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#RhinosF1 unblocked

DeltaQuad CheckUser and Oversight permissions restored

Following a request to the committee, the CheckUser and Oversight permissions of DeltaQuad (talk · contribs) are restored.

Support: AGK, Beeblebrox, Bradv, Casliber, GorillaWarfare, KrakatoaKatie, Maxim, Mkdw, Newyorkbrad, SoWhy, Worm That Turned, Xeno

Oppose: None

Not voting: David Fuchs, DGG, Joe Roe

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katie^talk 14:43, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#DeltaQuad CheckUser and Oversight permissions restored

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Alex Shih closed

An arbitration case regarding User:Alex Shih has now closed. The Arbitration Committee resolved by motion last year to suspend the case, which could be unsuspended if Alex Shih requested it within one year. Because Alex Shih has not requested the case be unsuspended, the case has been automatically closed. The motion which has now closed the case is Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Alex Shih#Motion to Suspend.

For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz 🎷 ^{talk to me | my contributions} 19:16, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Alex Shih closed

Cthomas3 appointed full clerk

The Arbitration Committee is pleased to announce that Cthomas3 (talk · contribs) has been confirmed as a full clerk, effective immediately.

The arbitration clerk team is often in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by e-mail to clerks-llists.wikimedia.org.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 19:20, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Cthomas3 appointed full clerk

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Kudpung closed

An arbitration case regarding Kudpung has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

• For his failure to meet the conduct standards expected of an administrator, Kudpung's administrative user rights are removed. He may regain them at any time via a successful request for adminship.
• Kudpung is admonished for failing to meet the conduct standards expected of an administrator. In future, he is urged to ensure that he remains civil in his interactions with both new and regular editors, and responds to feedback on his conduct objectively and with an assumption of good faith.
• Arbitration is supposed to be the final step in the dispute resolution process. The community is reminded that attempting to have a community-wide discussion of problematic behavior early on can prevent unnecessary escalations.

For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz 🎷 ^{talk to me | my contributions} 22:57, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Kudpung closed

Tseung kang 99 unblocked

Following a successful appeal to the Arbitration Committee, User:Tseung kang 99 is unblocked subject to a one-account restriction. For the Arbitration Committee, Maxim_(talk) 13:09, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Tseung kang 99 unblocked

Changes to functionary team

After a request to the committee, the Oversight permissions of Someguy1221 (talk · contribs) are restored.

In addition, NativeForeigner (talk · contribs) has voluntarily relinquished the CheckUser permission. The Arbitration Committee sincerely thanks NativeForeigner for his long service as a CheckUser and functionary.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katie^talk 22:25, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46#Changes to functionary team

Draft RfC posted

The Arbitration Committee is working on a Request for Comment to focus on how harassment and private complaints should be handled. A draft RfC is posted at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Anti-harassment RfC (Draft), and interested parties are invited to comment on the structure and wording on the talk page. Once the draft is finalized, the RfC will be posted for general discussion. – bradv🍁 18:43, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46#Draft RfC posted

Changes to Oversight team

Upon request to the Arbitration Committee, Daniel Case (talk · contribs) has voluntarily relinquished the Oversight permission. The committee extends its sincere thanks to Daniel for his long service as a functionary.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katie^talk 22:57, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46#Changes to Oversight team

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Motorsports closed

An arbitration case regarding Motorsports has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

• Mclarenfan17 (talk · contribs) and Tvx1 (talk · contribs) are indefinitely prohibited from interacting with, or commenting on, each other anywhere on Wikipedia (subject to the ordinary exceptions).

For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz 🎷 ^{talk to me | my contributions} 22:56, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Motorsports closed

Psl631 unblocked

Following a successful appeal to the Arbitration Committee, Psl631 is unblocked subject to a one-account restriction. Maxim_(talk) 13:24, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46#Psl631 unblocked

Changes to oversight team (II)

Following a request to the committee, the Oversight permissions of HJ Mitchell (talk · contribs) are restored.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katie^talk 18:32, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46#Changes to oversight team (II)

Resignation of member, AGK

Last month, I accepted a position on the Wikimedia Foundation ombudsman commission, a body that assists in resolving complaints across all Wikimedia Foundation projects about the privacy, checkuser, and oversight policies. I feel sure that the other members have sufficient experience, diversity of style, and time to carry on without my input. Rather than sitting on both bodies, I am today resigning as a member of the Arbitration Committee. AGK ■ 16:44, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46#Resignation of member, AGK

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Jytdog closed

This arbitration case has been closed and the final decision is available at the link above. The following remedy has been enacted:

1. Jytdog (talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from the English Wikipedia. He may request reconsideration of the ban twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.

For the Arbitration Committee, CThomas³ (talk) 00:13, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Jytdog closed

Changes to CheckUser team

After a request to the committee, the CheckUser permissions of Callanecc (talk · contribs) are restored.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katie^talk 18:13, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46#Changes to CheckUser team

Antisemitism in Poland: Motion (May 2020)

The following is added as a remedy to the Antisemitism in Poland arbitration case: 7) 500/30 restriction: All IP editors, users with fewer than 500 edits, and users with less than 30 days' tenure are prohibited from editing articles related to the history of Jews and antisemitism in Poland during World War II (1933–45), including the Holocaust in Poland. This prohibition may be enforced preemptively by use of extended confirmed protection (ECP), or by other methods such as reverts, pending changes protection, and appropriate edit filters. Reverts made solely to enforce the 500/30 rule are not considered edit warring.

• • Editors who are not eligible to be extended-confirmed may use the Talk: namespace to post constructive comments and make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided they are not disruptive. Talk pages where disruption occurs may be managed by the methods mentioned above.
  • Standard discretionary sanctions as authorized by the Eastern Europe arbitration case remain in effect for this topic area.

Passed 6 to 0 by motion at 19:57, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

For the arbitration committee, Moneytrees🌴^{Talk🌲Help out at CCI!} 20:35, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46#Antisemitism in Poland: Motion (May 2020)

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Medicine closed

An arbitration case Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Medicine has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

• Standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all discussions about pharmaceutical drug prices and pricing and for edits adding, changing, or removing pharmaceutical drug prices or pricing from articles. Any uninvolved administrator may apply sanctions as an arbitration enforcement action to users editing in this topic area, after an initial warning.
• CFCF is reminded to avoid casting aspersions and similar conduct in the future.
• Doc James is prohibited from making any edits relating to pharmaceutical drug prices or pricing in the article namespace.
• QuackGuru is indefinitely topic-banned from articles relating to medicine, broadly construed.

For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 15:08, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Medicine closed

Anti-harassment RfC open

The Arbitration Committee has opened the anti-harassment RfC, and invites discussion from interested editors. Maxim_(talk) 13:56, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46#Anti-harassment RfC open

Account restriction (User:Therapyisgood)

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Due to recent misuse of multiple accounts, Therapyisgood (talk · contribs) is indefinitely restricted to editing with one account.

Support: Joe Roe, Maxim, SoWhy, Casliber, Bradv, Beeblebrox

Oppose:

Recuse:

For the Arbitration Committee, – Joe (talk) 18:23, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46#Account restriction (User:Therapyisgood)

Revocation of CheckUser access for Bbb23

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

In April, the Arbitration Committee privately warned Bbb23 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) that his use of the CheckUser tool had been contrary to local and global policies prohibiting checking accounts where there is insufficient evidence to suspect abusive sockpuppetry ("fishing"). The committee additionally imposed specific restrictions on Bbb23's use of the CheckUser tool in ambiguous cases otherwise considered to be within the discretion of individual CheckUsers. Bbb23 has subsequently communicated to the committee that he is unwilling to comply with these restrictions, continued to run similar questionable checks, and refused to explain these checks on request. Accordingly, Bbb23's CheckUser access is revoked.

Support: Joe Roe, Bradv, Beeblebrox, Maxim, David Fuchs, xeno, Worm That Turned, SoWhy, Casliber, Newyorkbrad, DGG

Oppose:

Recuse: KrakatoaKatie

Inactive: GorillaWarfare, Mkdw

For the Arbitration Committee, – Joe (talk) 06:23, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46#Revocation of CheckUser access for Bbb23

Motion: Genetically modified organisms (July 2020)

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

David Tornheim's topic ban from glyphosate, imposed as a discretionary sanction on 28 July 2016 and amended on 23 April 2019, is rescinded.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 16:54, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46#Motion: Genetically modified organisms (July 2020)

Arbitration motion regarding Brahma Kumaris

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Remedy 3 of Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Brahma Kumaris, "article probation", is hereby terminated.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 18:25, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46#Arbitration motion regarding Brahma Kumaris

changes to functionary team

The following users have voluntarily relinquished the Oversight permission:

• Keegan (talk · contribs)
• Opabinia regalis (talk · contribs)
• Premeditated Chaos (talk · contribs)

The committee also belatedly acknowledges the resignation of SQL (talk · contribs) as a CheckUser.

The Arbitration Committee extends its sincere thanks to Keegan, Opabinia regalis, Premeditated Chaos, and SQL for their service as functionaries.

Katie^talk 14:09, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46#changes to functionary team

Changes to Oversight team

Following a request to the committee, the Oversight rights of GB fan (talk · contribs) are restored.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katie^talk 22:35, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47#Changes to Oversight team

Change to CheckUser team

Following a request to the Committee, the CheckUser permissions of SQL (talk · contribs) have been restored.

Katie^talk 19:35, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47#Change to CheckUser team

Arbitration motion regarding Climate change

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The restriction imposed on Hipocrite (talk · contribs) by Remedy 14 of the Climate change case ("Hipocrite topic-banned") is hereby lifted.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 03:37, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47#Arbitration motion regarding Climate change

Dreamy Jazz appointed full clerk

The Arbitration Committee is pleased to announce that Dreamy Jazz (talk · contribs) has been appointed a full clerk, effective immediately, concluding Dreamy Jazz's successful traineeship.

The arbitration clerk team is often in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by e-mail to clerks-llists.wikimedia.org.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 05:08, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47#Dreamy Jazz appointed full clerk

Arbitration motion regarding Genetically modified organisms

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Remedy 2 ("1RR imposed") of Genetically modified organisms is amended to read as follows:

Editors are prohibited from making more than one revert per page per day on any page relating to genetically modified organisms, commercially produced agricultural chemicals and the companies that produce them, broadly construed and subject to the usual exemptions.

The purpose of the amendment was to match the scope of the existing 1RR remedy and the discretionary sanctions remedy.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 16:44, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47#Arbitration motion regarding Genetically modified organisms

Arbitration motion regarding North8000

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

North8000 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) was restricted by motion in December 2016 (Motion regarding North80000). Recognizing North8000's productive contributions and renewed voluntary commitments, the restrictions are suspended for one year, during which time the restrictions may be re-imposed (individually or entirely) upon request to WP:ARCA if warranted. Any restrictions not reimposed will automatically expire at the end of the one year period.

For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 21:11, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47#Arbitration motion regarding North8000