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2020 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: announcement
The Arbitration Committee is seeking to appoint additional editors to the Checkuser and Oversight teams. The arbitrators overseeing this will be Bradv, KrakatoaKatie, and Xeno.
The usernames of all applicants will be shared with the Functionaries team, and they will assist in the vetting process.
This year's timeline is as follows:
- 7 September to 19 September: Candidates may self-nominate by contacting the Arbitration Committee at arbcom-en-c
wikimedia.org.
- 20 September to 23 September: The Arbitration Committee and Functionaries will vet the candidates.
- 24 September to 26 September: The committee will notify candidates going forward for community consultation and create the candidate subpages containing the submitted nomination statements.
- 27 September to 7 October: Nomination statements will be published and the candidates are invited to answer questions publicly. The community is invited and encouraged to participate.
- By 14 October: Appointments will be announced.
For the Arbitration Committee, Katietalk 22:58, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47#2020 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: announcement
Proposed motion for amendment to arbitration procedures: prohibition of multiple roles
The Arbitration Committee is considering a motion to amend its procedures to prohibit sitting arbitrators from serving as members of the Ombuds Commission or the WMF Case Review Committee in accordance with a community RfC. Comments on the motion are welcome at the motion page. For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 18:19, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Proposed motion for amendment to arbitration procedures: prohibition of multiple roles
Arbitration motion regarding an amendment to arbitration procedures: prohibition of multiple roles
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:
Based on the outcome of the community discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#RFC: Multiple roles for active arbitrators, the Arbitration Committee procedures are amended by adding a new Section 1.6, providing:
To avoid any potential conflicts of interest, current arbitrators may not serve as members of either the Ombuds Commission or the WMF Case Review Committee while serving as arbitrators.
For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 16:55, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Arbitration motion regarding an amendment to arbitration procedures: prohibition of multiple roles
Proposed arbitration motion regarding Abortion 1RR
The Arbitration Committee is considering a motion to formally vacate general 1RR sanctions in the Abortion topic area, leaving the existing standard discretionary sanctions scheme in place. Community statements are welcome at the clarification request. For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 18:39, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Proposed arbitration motion regarding Abortion 1RR
Temporary change to email address for Oversight
The OTRS system is going to undergo major upgrades starting in a few hours, and lasting 2-3 days. In the interim, to ensure that Oversight is still available to the community, the email address has temporarily been changed to oversight-llists.wikimedia.org, which is usually the private, non-archiving mailing list used by oversighters to discuss requests. Additional moderators will be on duty during this time. The email address attached to User:Oversight has been changed over, and people are urged to use that method for making oversight requests. Other pages that contain the email address will also be modified.
On behalf of the Oversight team, Risker (talk) 00:28, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
- Noting that the OTRS upgrade has now been completed, and everything is now being returned to normal.
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Temporary change to email address for Oversight
Functionary applications closing soon
Applications to join the CheckUser and Oversight teams will close September 19 at 2359 UTC. Those interested should contact the Arbitration Committee by sending a request to arbcom-en-cwikimedia.org.
Katietalk 13:10, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Functionary applications closing soon
Arbitration motion regarding Abortion
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:
The one-revert restriction on all articles related to abortion, authorized by the community here and modified by the Arbitration Committee in the Abortion arbitration case, is formally taken over by the committee and vacated. Discretionary sanctions remain authorized for all pages related to abortion, broadly construed. |
For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 16:59, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Arbitration motion regarding Abortion
2020 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: Community consultation phase open
The community consultation portion of the functionary appointment process is now open. Editors may ask up to two (2) questions of each candidate (similar to RFA rules). However, since this is a consultation and not a !vote, please refrain from phrasing comments in a support/oppose/neutral fashion.
The Arbitration Committee invites editors to comment and ask questions until 23:59 UTC on October 7, 2020.
Katietalk 19:06, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § 2020 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: Community consultation phase open
Changes to functionary team
At his request by email to the committee, the CheckUser and Oversight permissions of Yunshui are removed. The Arbitration Committee sincerely thanks Yunshui for his long service as a functionary.
Katietalk 14:03, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Changes to functionary team
Arbitration motion regarding Portals
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:
Remedies 1 & 2 of the Portals case are temporarily lifted, only at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/BrownHairedGirl 2 and related pages, and only until the conclusion of the RfA process. |
For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 19:13, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Arbitration motion regarding Portals
2020 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: Candidates appointed
The Arbitration Committee is pleased to appoint the following users to the functionary team:
- Anarchyte (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as an Oversighter.
- EdJohnston (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 a CheckUser.
- Yamla (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as a CheckUser.
The Committee thanks the community and all of the candidates for helping to bring this process to a successful conclusion.
For the Arbitration Committee,
Katietalk 03:15, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § 2020 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: Candidates appointed
Anti-harassment RfC closed
In a prior case, the Arbitration Committee mandated that a request for comment be held on how harassment and private complaints should be handled in the future
. This request for comment has now been closed with the following summary:
In this RFC the community was asked to weigh in on 8 topics of concern regarding Wikipedia editors ("editors"), the Arbitration Committee (ArbCom), Trust & Safety (T&S), and the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF). There were common themes presented across some of the questions, so if a related question contains similar themes that will be indicated in parentheses (e.g. "Q1"). Please note that while there may be proposals listed that arose during this discussion, any significant/policy changes to ArbCom must go through the standard processes as described in the Overview.
One of the overarching themes of responses to the questions was that ArbCom will always be under some form of scrutiny or displeasure from certain areas of the community. However, since they were elected to be trusted members of the community, they should do their best knowing that a majority of users supported their term when they were elected (Q1). However, that does not mean they should be entirely absent from ArbCom proceedings (Q6) or jump too quickly to conclusions when it comes to the presumption of innocence (Q5).
To reiterate, this close summarizes the opinions and feelings of those who participated, and are not binding; any proposals or suggestions that change policy will still need to go through the formal procedures as outlined in the Overview. Signed, |
Best, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 02:23, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Anti-harassment RfC closed
Temporary checkuser privileges for scrutineers
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:
On recommendation of the Electoral Commission, temporary English Wikipedia checkuser privileges are granted to stewards Mardetanha, Martin Urbanec, and Tks4Fish solely for the purpose of their acting as scrutineers in the 2020 Arbitration Committee election. |
For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 20:29, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Temporary checkuser privileges for scrutineers
Arbitration motion regarding Horn of Africa
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:
This case request is provisionally resolved by motion as follows:
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For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 00:05, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Arbitration motion regarding Horn of Africa
Arbitration motion regarding Antisemitism in Poland
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:
Remedy 4b of Antisemitism in Poland ("Volunteer Marek topic-banned") is rescinded. |
For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 02:36, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Arbitration motion regarding Antisemitism in Poland
2021 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 2021:
- Barkeep49 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- BDD (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Bradv (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- CaptainEek (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- L235 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Maxim (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Primefac (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 2020:
- DGG (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- GorillaWarfare (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Joe Roe (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Mkdw (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
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 2020 at their own request:
- Oversight: Joe Roe
- 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
- DGG, Joe Roe, and Mkdw will be unsubscribed from the arbitration clerks' mailing list at their request.
For the Arbitration Committee,
Katietalk 01:56, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § 2021 Arbitration Committee
Motion: The Rambling Man topic ban lifted enacted
A motion regarding The Rambling Man case at Requests for Clarification and Amendment has been enacted after it reached majority support. The motion is as follows:
The Rambling Man topic ban from the Did You Know? process (Remedy 9 in The Rambling Man case) 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, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 09:38, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Motion: The Rambling Man topic ban lifted enacted
Luxofluxo unblocked
Following a successful appeal to the Arbitration Committee, Luxofluxo (talk · contribs) is unblocked subject to a one-account restriction and a topic ban from European Schools. These restrictions may be appealed on-wiki after 6 months. For the Arbitration Committee, Maxim(talk) 00:04, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Luxofluxo unblocked
Tendering resignation (Xeno)
I have very recently accepted an upcoming role with the Foundation to help facilitate the second phase of the meta:Universal Code of Conduct consultations investigating key enforcement questions. To protect the integrity of internal committee deliberations, I am humbly tendering my resignation from the Arbitration Committee.
Strong community governance is paramount to the ongoing health and longevity of our projects. My goal will be to ensure community concerns are clearly communicated and considered by the drafting committee while working to demonstrate that community enforcement mechanisms can adequately handle the additional burdens that may be placed on the Foundation and project volunteers by public policy changes.
I enjoyed working with last year's committee and look forward to serving the community in this more focused role. I hope that you will be willing to share with me any general or specific concerns concerning the Universal Code of Conduct, especially as it relates to enforcement. I will act as a conduit for community ideas, questions, and change requests.
Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions.
–xenotalk 01:57, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Changes to functionary team
At his own request, the Oversight permission of Someguy1221 are removed.
In addition, in accordance with the policy on CheckUser and Oversighter inactivity, the CheckUser rights of Berean Hunter are removed.
The Arbitration Committee sincerely thanks Someguy1221 and Berean Hunter for their service as functionaries.
For the Arbitration Committee,
Katietalk 15:32, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Changes to functionary team
Change to the Checkuser team
Following a request to the Committee, the CheckUser permissions of Ivanvector (talk · contribs) have been restored. For the Arbitration Committee, Barkeep49 (talk) 00:23, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Change to the Checkuser team
Motion: American politics 2 (1992 cutoff) enacted
A motion regarding the American politics 2 case has been enacted after it reached majority support following a Request for Amendment. The motion is as follows:
Remedy 1.2 of the American politics 2 case ("Discretionary sanctions (1932 cutoff)") is retitled "Discretionary sanctions (1992 cutoff)" and amended by replacing the words "post-1932 politics of the United States" with "post-1992 politics of the United States". Any sanctions or other restrictions imposed under the discretionary sanctions authorization to date shall remain in force unaffected. |
For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 22:33, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Motion: American politics 2 (1992 cutoff) enacted
Flyer22 and WanderingWanda case dismissed
The Committee has received word that Flyer22 Frozen (talk · contribs) has passed away. Accordingly, the currently open case is dismissed. We would like to express our heartfelt condolences to the family of Flyer22.
Passed 9 to 0 on 17:35, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
For the Arbitration Committee, Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs talk 19:36, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Flyer22 and WanderingWanda case dismissed
Donald1972 unblocked
Following an appeal to the Arbitration Committee, Donald1972 (talk · contribs) has been unblocked, subject to a restriction from editing the Matthias Laurenz Gräff article. Maxim(talk) 01:47, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Donald1972 unblocked
Motion: MONGO (alt) enacted
A motion regarding the MONGO case has been enacted after it reached majority support following a Amendment request. The motion is as follows:
Remedy 1 of the MONGO case ("Links to ED") is amended to read, "Links to, and/or content from, Encyclopædia Dramatica may be removed wherever found on Wikipedia, absent explicit consensus for their inclusion." |
For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 09:26, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Motion: MONGO (alt) enacted
Proposed changes to how Workshops in cases are run and used
Several motions have been proposed on the Committee's public motions page relating to Case Workshops. These proposed motions change how Workshops are run and used, including making it optional. These motions will modify the Arbitration Committee's procedures. Editors are welcome and encouraged to make comments in the "Community discussion" sections for each motion. A running total of votes for each motion can be viewed in the implementation notes section. For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 20:07, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
- Discuss the motions at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Motions § Case Workshops. Discuss this notice at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Proposed changes to how Workshops in cases are run and used
GeneralNotability appointed trainee clerk
The Arbitration clerks are pleased to welcome GeneralNotability (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, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 00:00, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § GeneralNotability appointed trainee clerk
Gender and sexuality standard discretionary sanctions authorized
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:
In order to promote consistency and reduce confusion, the arbitration clerks are directed to create a new arbitration case page under the name Gender and sexuality, with the following sole remedy: "Standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, any gender-related dispute or controversy and associated people." For the avoidance of doubt, GamerGate is considered a gender-related dispute or controversy for the purposes of this remedy.
Clause (i) of Remedy 1.1 of the GamerGate case ("Discretionary sanctions") is rescinded. Sanctions previously issued in accordance with Remedy 1.1 of the GamerGate case will from this time on be considered Gender and sexuality sanctions. This motion does not invalidate any action previously taken under the GamerGate discretionary sanctions authorization. In order to preserve previous clarifications about the scope of these discretionary sanctions:
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For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 01:27, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Gender and sexuality standard discretionary sanctions authorized
Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Kurds and Kurdistan closed
An arbitration case regarding Kurds and Kurdistan 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 the topics of Kurds and Kurdistan, broadly construed.
- GPinkerton (talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from the English Wikipedia. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
- GPinkerton (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from articles related to Kurds and Kurdistan, broadly construed. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
- Thepharoah17 (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from articles related to Kurds and Kurdistan, broadly construed. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
- عمرو بن كلثوم (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from articles related to Kurds and Kurdistan, broadly construed. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
- Supreme Deliciousness (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from articles related to Kurds and Kurdistan, broadly construed. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
- Paradise Chronicle is warned to avoid casting aspersions and repeating similar uncollegial conduct in the future.
For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 14:32, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Kurds and Kurdistan closed
Level 1 desysop of DYKUpdateBot
Under the Level 1 desysopping procedures, the administrator permissions of DYKUpdateBot (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) have been temporarily removed as a suspected compromised account.
Supporting: Barkeep49, Bradv, CaptainEek, Maxim, Worm That Turned
For the Arbitration Committee, Barkeep49 (talk) 20:24, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Level 1 desysop of DYKUpdateBot
Restoration of privileges to DYKUpdateBot
DYKUpdateBot (talk · contribs) is granted administrative permissions on the English Wikipedia following the securing of its passwords by the operator.
For the Arbitration Committee, – bradv🍁 23:18, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Restoration of privileges to DYKUpdateBot
Motion: Timetable and case structure enacted
A motion has modified the internal procedures of the Arbitration Committee. The motion was enacted after it reached majority support on the the committee's public motions page. The Arbitration Committee intend to incorporate the analysis of evidence into the evidence phase. The committee also intends to make workshops optional, such as in cases where the conduct of one or two editors is being examined. The section which has been added to the procedures page reads:
Once a case has been accepted, the Arbitration Committee will instruct the clerks on the name, structure, and timetable for a case so they may create the applicable pages. The name is for ease of identification only and may be changed by the Committee at any time. The Committee will designate one or more arbitrators to be drafting arbitrator(s) for the case, to ensure it progresses, and to act as a designated point of contact for any matters arising.
The standard structure of a case will include the following phases and timetable:
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For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 00:11, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Motion: Timetable and case structure enacted
Arbitration motion regarding Kurds and Kurdistan
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:
The phrase "articles related to" in the topic bans for GPinkerton, Thepharoah17, عمرو بن كلثوم, and Supreme Deliciousness are struck, to clarify that the bans are not limited to article-space.
For the Arbitration Committee, GeneralNotability (talk) 02:16, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Arbitration motion regarding Kurds and Kurdistan
SethRuebens unblocked
Following a successful appeal to the Arbitration Committee, SethRuebens is unblocked subject to a (1) one-account restriction, (2) a ban from directly editing Britannia (TV series), and (3) a requirement to disclose any relevant conflicts of interest. For the Arbitration Committee, Maxim(talk) 19:34, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § SethRuebens unblocked
J-Man11 unblocked
Following a successful appeal to the Arbitration Committee, J-Man11 (talk · contribs) is unblocked subject to a one-account restriction. Maxim(talk) 17:52, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § J-Man11 unblocked
Motion regarding Tenebrae
Due to a conflict of interest, User:Tenebrae is indefinitely banned from any mainspace edits related to Frank Lovece or Maitland McDonagh, broadly construed. Violations will be enforced by escalating blocks. They may request edits on talkpages. This restriction may be appealed in six months. For the Arbitration Committee, Barkeep49 (talk) 12:50, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Motion regarding Tenebrae
Jessiemay1984 unblocked
Following a successful appeal to the Arbitration Committee, Jessiemay1984 (talk · contribs) is unblocked subject to a one-account restriction. Maxim(talk) 15:18, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Jessiemay1984 unblocked
2021 discretionary sanctions review: community consultation
Editors are invited to provide feedback in the discretionary sanctions community consultation, which is open until April 25, 2021.
This consultation is part of the Arbitration Committee's revision process for the discretionary sanctions procedure, which sets forth a special set of rules that apply in topic areas defined by the Arbitration Committee. The purpose of this revision process is to simplify and clarify the procedure and resolve problems with the current system of discretionary sanctions.
For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 00:16, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § 2021 discretionary sanctions review: community consultation
Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/RexxS closed
The final decision in the RexxS arbitration case has been made and the case subsequently was closed. The final decision is viewable on the main case page. One remedy was passed as part of the final decision, which is included below:
- RexxS (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) administrative privileges are revoked. He may apply to have them reinstated at any time via a new request for adminship.
For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 23:29, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/RexxS closed
Universal Code of Conduct open letter
A majority of the English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee has signed the open letter from arbitration committees to the Board of Trustees on the Universal Code of Conduct. This follows a months-long drafting process between the English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee and the arbitration committees of other projects. For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 19:33, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Universal Code of Conduct open letter
Appeals report
The Arbitration Committee will be periodically publishing statistics about private appeals in an effort to increase transparency at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Appeals. The first such report, covering January to March 2021 has been published. For the Arbitration Committee, Barkeep49 (talk) 00:36, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Appeals report
Arbitration motion regarding Carlossuarez46
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:
The "Carlossuarez46" request for arbitration is accepted. Given that Carlossuarez46 (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 period of three months, during which time Carlossuarez46 will be temporarily desysopped.
If Carlossuarez46 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 it will proceed through the normal arbitration process. Such a request may be made by email to arbcom-en |
For the Arbitration Committee, GeneralNotability (talk) 02:37, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47 § Arbitration motion regarding Carlossuarez46
- The suspended case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Carlossuarez46. For the Arbitration Committee, GeneralNotability (talk) 00:38, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
Motion regarding retaining personal identifying information
The Arbitration Committee has passed the following motion:
Information disclosed to the Arbitration Committee should be retained no longer than necessary. In order to further this goal, the committee will, beginning in April of each year, examine the information stored on the Arbitration Committee wiki. In general, information is considered no longer necessary if the user has not edited under any account for a significant number of years or if the reason for the private information to be held has passed. In these cases, the information should be removed from the relevant page, or the page deleted. It is noted that some information is retained for the purposes of stopping sockpuppetry and, where possible, this should be stored at the checkuser wiki and that technical limitations of wiki software would potentially allow information to be accessed again in the future. |
For the Arbitration Committee, Barkeep49 (talk) 18:11, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Motion regarding retaining personal identifying information
Arbitration motion regarding Antisemitism in Poland
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:
Remedy 5 of the Antisemitism in Poland case ("Article sourcing expectations") is amended to read as follows: The Arbitration Committee advises that administrators may impose "reliable-source consensus required" as a discretionary sanction on all articles on the topic of Polish history during World War II (1933-45), including the Holocaust in Poland. On articles where "reliable-source consensus required" is in effect, when a source that is not a high quality source (an article in a peer-reviewed scholarly journals, an academically focused book by a reputable publisher, and/or an article published by a reputable institution) is added and subsequently challenged by reversion, no editor may reinstate the source without first obtaining consensus on the talk page of the article in question or consensus about the reliability of the source in a discussion at the Reliable Sources Noticeboard. |
For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 18:49, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Arbitration motion regarding Antisemitism in Poland
Changes to functionary team
At his request by email to the committee, the CheckUser permissions of DGG are removed. The Arbitration Committee sincerely thanks DGG for his service as a CheckUser. Maxim(talk) 13:30, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Changes to functionary team
Uhooep unblocked
Following a successful appeal to the Arbitration Committee, Uhooep (talk · contribs) is unblocked, subject to a one-account restriction. Maxim(talk) 18:47, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Uhooep unblocked
COVID-19 discretionary sanctions authorised
The Arbitration Committee has authorised standard discretionary sanctions for the area of COVID-19 which supersede the community-authorised general sanctions for the same topic area by motion following a case request. The motion is as follows:
The case request is accepted under the title COVID-19 and resolved by motion with the following remedy:
(i) The community COVID-19 general sanctions are hereby rescinded and are replaced by standard discretionary sanctions, which are authorized for all edits about, and all articles related to, COVID-19, broadly construed. (ii) All sanctions in force when this remedy is enacted are endorsed and will become standard discretionary sanctions governed by the standard procedure from the moment of enactment. (iii) Notifications issued under COVID-19 general sanctions become alerts for twelve months from their date of issue, then expire. (iv) All existing and past sanctions and restrictions placed under COVID-19 general sanctions will be transcribed by the arbitration clerks in the arbitration enforcement log. (v) Any requests for enforcement that may be open when this remedy is enacted shall proceed, but any remedy that is enacted should be enacted as a discretionary sanction. (vi) Administrators who have enforced the COVID-19 general sanctions are thanked for their work and asked to continue providing administrative assistance enforcing discretionary sanctions and at the arbitration enforcement noticeboard. |
For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 23:57, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § COVID-19 discretionary sanctions authorised
Ritchie333 and Praxidicae interaction ban modified
Following a now closed amendment request, the Arbitration Committee resolved by motion that:
In the interest of furthering discussion around the UCOC, admin sanctions, and other such reforms, the interaction ban between Praxidicae and Ritchie333 is amended after the last sentence to add Parties may discuss the existence of the ban, and examine its implications, but remain forbidden from discussing each other and interacting with each other. |
For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 20:10, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Ritchie333 and Praxidicae interaction ban modified
TheresNoTime permissions restored
Following a request to the committee, the CheckUser and Oversight permissions of TheresNoTime (talk · contribs) are restored.
Supporting: Barkeep49, Beeblebrox, Bradv, CaptainEek, Casliber, KrakatoaKatie, L235, Primefac, SoWhy, Worm That Turned
For the Arbitration Committee,
– bradv🍁 02:38, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § TheresNoTime permissions restored
Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Carlossuarez46 closed
An arbitration case regarding User:Carlossuarez46 has now closed. The Arbitration Committee resolved by motion in April to suspend the case, which could be unsuspended if Carlossuarez46 requested it within three months. Because Carlossuarez46 has not requested that the case be unsuspended, the case has been automatically closed. The motion which has now closed the case is Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Carlossuarez46#Motion: Suspended case (3 months).
For the Arbitration Committee, GeneralNotability (talk) 03:10, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Carlossuarez46 closed
Remedy 5 of the Palestine-Israel articles 4 case clarified
The committee has clarified by motion Remedy 5 of the Palestine-Israel articles 4 case following an amendment request. The motion is as follows:
The phrase "other internal project discussions", as used in Remedy 5 of the Palestine-Israel articles 4 case ("ARBPIA General Sanctions"), shall be construed to include requested moves. |
For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 19:14, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Remedy 5 of the Palestine-Israel articles 4 case clarified
CodeLyoko reappointed as a trainee clerk
The arbitration clerks are pleased to welcome back CodeLyoko (talk · contribs) after a period of inactivity 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, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 11:03, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § CodeLyoko reappointed as a trainee clerk
changes to Oversight team
In accordance with the Committee's standing procedure on functionary inactivity, the Oversight permissions of ST47 (talk · contribs) are removed. The Committee extends its appreciation for ST47's service as an Oversighter.
Katietalk 19:45, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § changes to Oversight team
Firefly appointed trainee clerk
The Arbitration clerks are pleased to welcome Firefly (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, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 22:15, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Firefly appointed trainee clerk
Statement regarding Flyer22 Frozen
Earlier this year, the Arbitration Committee dismissed a case involving Flyer22 Frozen (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) after receiving a credible report that that editor had passed away. Members of the community expressed condolences and Flyer22 was added to the "Deceased Wikipedians" page [1].
The Arbitration Committee subsequently received off-wiki correspondence alleging that Flyer22 had not actually died and explaining the senders' basis for reaching that conclusion. The Committee takes this issue seriously and looked into it as thoroughly as we could within the bounds of appropriateness.
We must ask editors to bear in mind that while the Arbitration Committee can be privy to some evidence that cannot be shared on-wiki, such as checkuser findings, the scope of our responsibilities and authority is still limited. We are a committee of volunteers who are elected to help solve disputes arising on a website. Our authority and responsibilities do not include conducting forensic investigations off of the site. For example, in connection with the current allegations, someone sent us documentation purporting to reveal the identity of Flyer22, and suggested that we investigate, perhaps even reaching out to that person and members of their family to determine whether and when the identified person had passed away. It would not be appropriate for the Arbitration Committee or anyone else to do these things, and we have not and will not do so.
It is, however, possible to take action with regard to the SPI relating to accounts that have edited in recent months. The following have been blocked following traditional SPI investigations:
- ApproximateLand (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Bio Flex (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Daner's Creek (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Film Bio Legacy (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Gender Roamer (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Kaseey (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- LearnerB (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Raining Parade (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- RandoBanks (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- RazTazz (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- ReaperRoe (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Ren Ten10 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
The editing by these accounts is improper independent of the circumstances concerning Flyer22. Accordingly, these accounts have been blocked. The person or persons behind these accounts is required to cease editing. Any concerns about further accounts may be posted to an as-yet-to-be created SPI page that the committee should have posted shortly, or e-mailed to the Arbitration Committee.
This is a difficult situation for many Wikipedians. Some key facts still are not known, and behind every username there is a real person. We ask that everyone please treat it with sensitivity, proportionality, and decorum.
On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Beeblebrox (talk) 23:04, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Statement regarding Flyer22 Frozen
2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: announcement
The Arbitration Committee is seeking to appoint additional editors to the Checkuser and Oversight teams. The arbitrators overseeing this will be Bradv and KrakatoaKatie. The usernames of all applicants will be shared with the Functionaries team, and they will assist in the vetting process. This year's timeline is as follows:
- 6 September to 18 September: Candidates may self-nominate by contacting the Arbitration Committee at arbcom-en-c
wikimedia.org.
- 19 September to 23 September: The Arbitration Committee and Functionaries will vet the candidates.
- 24 September to 26 September: The committee will notify candidates going forward for community consultation and create the candidate subpages containing the submitted nomination statements.
- 27 September to 6 October: Nomination statements will be published and the candidates are invited to answer questions publicly. The community is invited and encouraged to participate.
- By 17 October: Appointments will be announced.
For the Arbitration Committee, Katietalk 11:38, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: announcement
Changes to functionary team
Following a request to the committee, the Oversight permissions of Callanecc are restored.
Katietalk 13:09, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Changes to functionary team
Motion to standardize Extended Confirmed restrictions
A motion has been made to amend the Arbitration Committee's procedures to standardize the extended confirmed restriction. Please see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Motions#Extended confirmed restriction omnibus motion for more information or if you wish to comment. For the Arbitration Committee, Moneytrees🏝️Talk/CCI guide 03:06, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Motion to standardize Extended Confirmed restrictions
Changes to functionary team (2)
At his request by email to the committee, the Oversight permissions of Mkdw are removed. The Arbitration Committee sincerely thanks Mkdw for his service as an Oversighter. Maxim(talk) 13:36, 14 September 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Changes to functionary team (2)
Extended confirmed restriction omnibus motion
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:
In order to standardize the extended confirmed restriction, the following subsection is added to the "Enforcement" section of the Arbitration Committee's procedures:
Remedy 7 of the Antisemitism in Poland case ("500/30 restriction") is retitled "Extended confirmed restriction" and amended to read as follows:
Remedy 5 of the Palestine-Israel articles 4 case (ARBPIA General Sanctions) is amended by replacing item B with the following:
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For the Arbitration Committee, SQLQuery Me! 10:19, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Extended confirmed restriction omnibus motion
Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Iranian politics closed
This arbitration case has been closed and the final decision is available at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:
- (i) The community-authorized general sanctions for post-1978 Iranian politics are hereby superseded and replaced by standard discretionary sanctions, which are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, post-1978 Iranian politics, broadly construed.(ii) All sanctions in force when this remedy is enacted are endorsed and will become standard discretionary sanctions governed by the standard procedure from the moment of enactment.(iii) Notifications issued under Post-1978 Iranian politics general sanctions become alerts for twelve months from their date of issue, then expire.(iv) All existing and past sanctions and restrictions placed under post-1978 Iranian politics general sanctions will be transcribed by the arbitration clerks in the arbitration enforcement log.(v) Any requests for enforcement that may be open when this remedy is enacted shall proceed, but any remedy that is enacted should be enacted as a discretionary sanction.(vi) Administrators who have enforced the Post-1978 Iranian politics general sanctions are thanked for their work and asked to continue providing administrative assistance enforcing discretionary sanctions and at the arbitration enforcement noticeboard.
- Uninvolved administrators are encouraged to take appropriate actions (pursuant to the discretionary sanctions authorization) to facilitate consensus through moderation of any Requests for Comments (RfC). These actions may include, but are not limited to:
- moratoriums up to one year on initiating RfCs on a particular dispute,
- word and/or diff limits on all RfC participants,
- bans on editors who have disrupted consensus-finding from participation in a particular RfC, and
- sectioned commenting rules in RfCs.
- BarcrMac (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from post-1978 Iranian politics, broadly construed. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
- Idealigic (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from post-1978 Iranian politics, broadly construed. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
- Mhhossein (talk · contribs) is warned against a battleground mentality and further incivility.
- Mhhossein (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK), broadly construed. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
- Stefka Bulgaria (talk · contribs) is topic-banned from post-1978 Iranian politics, broadly construed. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
- Vice regent (talk · contribs) is warned against a battleground mentality.
For the Arbitration Committee, GeneralNotability (talk) 16:48, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Iranian politics closed
MJL appointed trainee clerk
The Arbitration clerks are pleased to welcome MJL (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, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 22:04, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § MJL appointed trainee clerk
2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: Community consultation phase open
The community consultation portion of the functionary appointment process is now open. Editors may ask up to two (2) questions of each candidate (similar to RFA rules). However, since this is a consultation and not a !vote, please refrain from phrasing comments in a support/oppose/neutral fashion.
The Arbitration Committee invites editors to comment and ask questions until 23:59 UTC on October 6, 2020.
Primefac (talk) 00:00, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: Community consultation phase open
2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: candidates appointed
The Arbitration Committee is pleased to welcome the following editors to the functionary team:
- Dreamy Jazz (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as a CheckUser and Oversighter.
- Ferret (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as a CheckUser.
- GeneralNotability (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as a CheckUser.
- Girth Summit (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as a CheckUser.
- LuK3 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as an Oversighter.
- RoySmith (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as a CheckUser.
The committee thanks all members of the community who participated and helped bring this process to a successful conclusion.
Katietalk 04:44, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: candidates appointed
Eostrix Blocked
The Arbitration Committee has determined through private evidence, including evidence from the checkuser tool, that Eostrix (talk · contribs) (a current RfA candidate) is a sockpuppet of Icewhiz (talk · contribs). Accordingly, the Committee has resolved that Eostrix be indefinitely blocked. For the Arbitration Committee, Beeblebrox (talk) 01:00, 20 October 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Eostrix Blocked
GeneralNotability promoted to full clerk
The Arbitration Committee is pleased to announce that GeneralNotability (talk · contribs) has been appointed a full clerk, effective immediately, concluding his 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, Maxim(talk) 13:02, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § GeneralNotability promoted to full clerk
Temporary checkuser privileges for scrutineers
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:
On recommendation of the Electoral Commission, temporary English Wikipedia checkuser privileges are granted to stewards Sotiale, Martin Urbanec, and Tks4Fish solely for the purpose of their acting as scrutineers in the 2021 Arbitration Committee election. |
For the Arbitration Committee, Maxim(talk) 17:02, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Temporary checkuser privileges for scrutineers
Level 1 desysop of Epbr123
Under the Level 1 desysopping procedures, the administrator permissions of Epbr123 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) have been temporarily removed as a suspected compromised account.
Supporting: CaptainEek, Casliber, Maxim
For the Arbitration Committee, Maxim(talk) 02:47, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Level 1 desysop of Epbr123
Arbitration motion regarding Horn of Africa
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion to amend the case Horn of Africa as follows:
The already authorized standard discretionary sanctions for all pages relating to the Horn of Africa (defined as including Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes), broadly construed, are made permanent. The committee declines to open a full case. Any further amendments or requests for clarification should be made following the normal method. |
For the Arbitration Committee, firefly ( t · c ) 16:32, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Arbitration motion regarding Horn of Africa
Épine unblocked
Following a successful appeal to the Arbitration Committee, Épine (talk · contribs) is unblocked, subject to a one-account restriction. --BDD (talk) 20:17, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Épine unblocked
Changes to the Functionaries email list
Following a review of current practices involving email lists, the Arbitration Committee has decided that the functionaries email list (functionaries-enlists.wikimedia.org) will no longer be set to accept incoming email aside from list members and WMF staff. For private concerns other than those requiring oversight, please contact the Arbitration Committee directly.
For the Arbitration Committee, Primefac (talk) 13:54, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Changes to the Functionaries email list
El Sandifer unbanned
The Arbitration Committee has accepted El Sandifer (talk · contribs)'s appeal of her ban imposed by motion of the Arbitration Committee (permalink). The Committee has determined that the ban is no longer necessary, and has accordingly resolved to grant the appeal.
Support: Barkeep49, Beeblebrox, CaptainEek, Casliber, Newyorkbrad, Primefac, SoWhy, Worm That Turned
Oppose: BDD, Bradv, David Fuchs, KrakatoaKatie, L235, Maxim
For the Arbitration Committee, Barkeep49 (talk) 18:17, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § El Sandifer unbanned
2022 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 1 January 2022:
- Beeblebrox (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Cabayi (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Donald Albury (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Enterprisey (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Izno (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Opabinia regalis (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)
- Wugapodes (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
All incoming arbitrators have elected to receive the checkuser and oversight permissions.
We also thank our outgoing colleagues whose terms end on 31 December 2021:
- 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)
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 2021 at their own request:
- CheckUser: Casliber, David Fuchs, Newyorkbrad, SoWhy
- Oversight: Casliber, David Fuchs, Newyorkbrad, SoWhy
- 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
- David Fuchs will be unsubscribed from the arbitration clerks' mailing list at his request.
For the Arbitration Committee,
Maxim(talk) 16:00, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § 2022 Arbitration Committee
Amortias re-appointed as full clerk
The Arbitration Committee is pleased to announce that Amortias (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, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 00:08, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Amortias re-appointed as full clerk
Arbitration motion regarding Scientology
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion to amend the case Scientology as follows:
Remedy 2 of the Scientology arbitration case, "Church of Scientology IP addresses blocked", is hereby rescinded. Any remaining blocks currently in force may be lifted or appealed according to the unblocking policy. |
For the Arbitration Committee, firefly ( t · c ) 18:55, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Arbitration motion regarding Scientology
Arbitration motion regarding American politics 2
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:
Atsme's topic ban from post-WWII Anti fascism in the United States is provisionally lifted for a period of twelve months. If at any point before 1 January 2023 an uninvolved administrator feels that Atsme is not able to edit productively in this area, they may re-impose the topic ban. |
For the Arbitration Committee, –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 21:28, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Arbitration motion regarding American politics 2
Arbitration motions from the declined case request Warsaw concentration camp
The Arbitration Committee has declined the case request Warsaw concentration camp and has resolved through several motions that:
This request for arbitration is resolved as follows:
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Jehochman (talk · contribs) is admonished for behavior during this case request which fell short of the expectations for administrators and for the behavior of all editors participating in an Arbitration Committee proceeding. Specifically, Jehochman proxied for a globally banned harasser by posting on their behalf a denial of harassment and unsupported claims of collusion among editors in this topic area [2] and for casting aspersions at another editor for userboxes shown on their userpage [3]. The Arbitration Committee acknowledges that Jehochman has since apologized for these comments and has since been desysopped at his request. [4] |
MyMoloboaccount (talk · contribs) is warned against casting aspersions towards other editors [5]. This warning should be considered as a sanction for the purposes of awareness in the topic areas of Eastern Europe and the Holocaust in Poland. |
For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 14:46, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Arbitration motions from the declined case request Warsaw concentration camp
Arbitration motion regarding Crouch, Swale
Following an amendment request, the committee has resolved by motion that:
Crouch, Swale's editing restrictions, previously modified in 2019, are modified as follows: He may create at most one new mainspace article per month through any process. He is not required to use the Articles for Creation process, and is not permitted to use it to exceed this rate. This restriction includes the creation of new content at a title that is a redirect or disambiguation page. This supersedes the second bullet point of the 2019 motion. Additionally, he may move userspace or draftspace pages to mainspace for the purpose of creating his one article per month, as an exception to his page move restriction. His restriction on frequency of appeals remains in force. |
For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 23:47, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Arbitration motion regarding Crouch, Swale
Discretionary sanctions topic area changes
In a process that began last year with WP:DS2021, the Committee is evaluating Discretionary Sanctions (DS) in order to improve it. A larger package of reforms is slated for sometime this year. From the work done so far, it became clear a number of areas may no longer need DS or that some DS areas may be overly broad. This discussion is intended to focus on those areas. Community feedback is invited and welcome at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Motions. Barkeep49 (talk) 17:03, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
- Discuss this at: Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Motions § Discretionary sanctions topic area changes
Miki Filigranski unblocked
Following a successful appeal to the Arbitration Committee, Miki Filigranski (talk · contribs) is unblocked, subject to a one-account restriction and one-revert rule. --BDD (talk) 18:54, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Miki Filigranski unblocked
Changes to functionary team
In accordance with the policy on CheckUser and Oversighter inactivity, the CheckUser and Oversight rights of Callanecc are removed.
The Arbitration Committee sincerely thanks Callanecc for his service as a functionary.
For the Arbitration Committee, Maxim(talk) 15:28, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Changes to functionary team
General comment regarding appeals to the Arbitration Committee
This announcement is a general comment from the Arbitration Committee concerning situations in which ArbCom grants an appeal from a sanction. While the vast majority of appeals that ArbCom receives are of Checkuser blocks, it also reviews sanctions imposed by ArbCom itself, Oversight blocks, and situations involving matters unsuitable for public discussion.
By granting an appeal, ArbCom is expressing that, based on the information available to it, it believes that the problems that led to the sanction are unlikely to recur. Granting an appeal does not necessarily mean that the initial decision that resulted in the sanction was incorrect at the time, unless the appeal announcement specifically says so. The rationales for granting appeals are, in general, the same as those arising from on-wiki process, but for reasons of privacy or jurisdiction, the appeal is heard by ArbCom.
An editor whose appeal was accepted by ArbCom remains subject to all applicable policies, guidelines, and community expectations, the same as any other editor. If there is new misconduct after the successful appeal, the editor may be (re)sanctioned no differently than any other editor. It is not necessary for sanctioning administrators to consult ArbCom in such cases, but if a question or concern arises, they are free to do so.
ArbCom will continue to consult with the community, or to have appeals posted for review by the community, in appropriate cases. Such consultations are of particular use where community members are likely to have relevant information or experience that may be unavailable to the arbitrators.
For the arbitration committee, Barkeep49 (talk) 19:03, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § General comment regarding appeals to the Arbitration Committee
Arbitration motions regarding discretionary sanctions topics
As part of its ongoing discretionary sanctions modernization effort, the Arbitration Committee has resolved through a series of motions that:
Remedy 7 of the Senkaku Islands case ("Discretionary sanctions") is rescinded. Any actions previously taken in accordance with the discretionary sanctions authorization remain in force and are governed by the discretionary sanctions procedure. — Motion regarding "Senkaku islands"
The first sentence of the January 2013 motion in the Waldorf education case (authorizing discretionary sanctions) is stricken. Any actions previously taken in accordance with the discretionary sanctions authorization remain in force and are governed by the discretionary sanctions procedure. — Motion regarding "Waldorf education"
The first sentence of the January 2014 motion in the Ancient Egyptian race controversy case (authorizing discretionary sanctions) is stricken. Any actions previously taken in accordance with the discretionary sanctions authorization remain in force and are governed by the discretionary sanctions procedure. — Motion regarding "Ancient Egyptian race controversy"
Remedy 4.1 of the Scientology case ("Discretionary sanctions authorised") is rescinded. Any actions previously taken in accordance with the discretionary sanctions authorization remain in force and are governed by the discretionary sanctions procedure. — Motion regarding "Scientology"
The January 2015 motion in the Landmark Worldwide case (authorizing discretionary sanctions) is rescinded. Any actions previously taken in accordance with the discretionary sanctions authorization remain in force and are governed by the discretionary sanctions procedure. — Motion regarding "Landmark worldwide"
# Remedy 5 of the Neuro-linguistic programming case ("Mentorship") is rescinded. Any actions previously taken in accordance with the foregoing remedies remain in force, and appeals and modifications therefrom shall be governed by the standard procedure for arbitration enforcement appeals.
- Remedy 2.1 of the Occupation of Latvia case ("Article probation") is rescinded.
- Remedy 2 of the Shiloh case ("Article-related Probation") is rescinded.
- Remedy 14.3 of the Obama articles case ("Articles semi-protected") is rescinded.
- The Arbitration Committee clarifies that the article probation referenced in Finding of Fact 3 of the Obama articles case ("Articles placed on probation") and subject to review in Remedy 1.1 of the Obama articles case ("Article probation review") is no longer in effect pursuant to a March 2015 community discussion, but related articles may be covered by remedies in the American politics 2 case.
— Motion regarding "Article probation revocation"
Remedy 7 of the Transcendental Meditation movement case ("Standard discretionary sanctions") is rescinded. Any actions previously taken in accordance with the discretionary sanctions authorization remain in force and are governed by the discretionary sanctions procedure. — Motion regarding "Transcendental Meditation movement"
Remedies 6, 7, and 8 of the Asmahan case (relating to article probation and discretionary sanctions) are rescinded. Remedy 2 of the Waterboarding case ("General restriction") is rescinded. Where appropriate, the discretionary sanctions authorized in the American politics 2 case may continue to be used. Any actions previously taken in accordance with the foregoing remedies remain in force, and appeals and modifications therefrom shall be governed by the standard procedure for arbitration enforcement appeals. — Motion regarding "Obsolete probation-like sanctions"
For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 23:35, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Arbitration motions regarding discretionary sanctions topics
Arbitration motion regarding HazelBasil and SquareInARoundHole
For intractable differences of opinions and conduct both on- and off-wiki, the Committee resolves that HazelBasil (talk · contribs) and SquareInARoundHole (talk · contribs) are placed under an indefinite interaction ban, pursuant to the standard exceptions. This also precludes SquareInARoundHole from editing the Ashley Gjøvik article.
In addition, for comments and conduct made both on- and off-wiki, HazelBasil is indefinitely blocked from editing Wikipedia.
For the Arbitration Committee, Primefac (talk) 19:06, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Arbitration motion regarding HazelBasil and SquareInARoundHole
Arbitration motion regarding Timwi
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:
The "Timwi" request for arbitration is resolved as follows: The Committee recognizes Timwi's long service, and encourages his continued editing. However, Timwi (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) is warned that the use of the administrator toolset must conform to the policies set by the community. He should especially take note of WP:ADMINACCT, and remember that the toolset is not to be used to further content or policy disputes. The Committee will consider any further misuse of the toolset within a two-year period to be immediate cause for opening de-sysop proceedings. |
For the Arbitration Committee, Amortias (T)(C) 22:21, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Arbitration motion regarding Timwi
Arbitration motion regarding Jonathunder
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:
The "Jonathunder" request for arbitration is accepted. This case will be opened but suspended for a period of six months.[note 1]
If Jonathunder (talk · contribs) 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 it will proceed through the normal arbitration process. Such a request may be made by email to arbcom-en |
- ^ The case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Jonathunder.
For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 21:38, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 48 § Arbitration motion regarding Jonathunder
Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Skepticism and coordinated editing closed
An arbitration case regarding Skepticism and coordinated editing has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:
- Rp2006 (talk · contribs) is warned against a battleground mentality and further incivility.
- Rp2006 is indefinitely topic banned from edits related to living people associated with or of interest to scientific skepticism, broadly construed. This topic ban may be appealed after six months have elapsed and every six months thereafter.
- A. C. Santacruz (talk · contribs) is reminded to remain collegial in editing and interacting with others.
- Roxy the dog (talk · contribs) is warned to remain collegial in editing and interacting with others.
- Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia (GSoW) is advised that a presence on English Wikipedia, perhaps as its own WikiProject or as a task force of WikiProject Skepticism, will create more transparency and lessen some of the kinds of suspicion and conflict that preceded this case. It could also provide a place for the GSoW to get community feedback about its training which would increase its effectiveness.
- Editors are reminded that discretionary sanctions for biographies of living people have been authorized since 2014. Editors named in this decision shall be considered aware of these discretionary sanctions under awareness criterion 1.
For the Arbitration Committee, –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 05:04, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 49 § Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Skepticism and coordinated editing closed
Arbitration motion regarding Geschichte
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:
The "Geschichte" request for arbitration is accepted. This case will be opened but suspended for a period of three months.[note 1]
If Geschichte (talk · contribs) 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 it will proceed through the normal arbitration process. Such a request may be made by email to arbcom-en |
- ^ The case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Geschichte.
For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 04:57, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 49 § Arbitration motion regarding Geschichte
Arbitration motion regarding Supreme Deliciousness
Following an amendment request, the Arbitration Committee has resolved the following by motion:
Supreme Deliciousness' topic ban from Kurds and Kurdistan, broadly construed is lifted subject to a probationary period lasting twelve 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, GeneralNotability (talk) 16:20, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 49 § Arbitration motion regarding Supreme Deliciousness
MustafaO unblocked
Following a successful appeal to the Arbitration Committee, MustafaO (talk · contribs) is unblocked, subject to a one-account restriction. Primefac (talk) 12:52, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 49 § MustafaO unblocked
Arbitration motion: Opening of proceedings amendment
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:
The Arbitration Committee procedure on "Opening of proceedings" (Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Procedures § Opening of proceedings) is amended so the first line reads:
A case is eligible to be opened when it meets all of the following criteria |
For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 07:55, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 49 § Arbitration motion: Opening of proceedings amendment
Proposed motion to modify the Arbitration Committee Procedures
The Arbitration Committee is voting on a motion to modify the procedures to clarify activity expectations for its clerks.
For the Arbitration Committee, Guerillero Parlez Moi 08:35, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 49 § Proposed motion to modify the Arbitration Committee Procedures
Changes to the functionary team
Following a request to the committee, the CheckUser and Oversight permissions of Ks0stm are restored.
For the Arbitration Committee, Maxim(talk) 19:50, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
- Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 49 § Changes to the functionary team
Arbitration motion regarding clerk terms
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:
The Arbitration Committee procedures is amended to add a new section "Clerks" (level 2) and a subsection entitled "Terms" with the following text:
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For the Arbitration Committee, –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 19:21, 26 April 2022 (UTC)