Case clerks: Salvio giuliano ( Talk) & Dougweller ( Talk) Drafting arbitrator: Elen of the Roads ( Talk)
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After considering /Evidence and discussing proposals with other arbitrators, parties, and editors at /Workshop, arbitrators may make proposals which are ready for voting. Arbitrators will vote for or against each provision, or they may abstain. Only items which are supported by an absolute majority of the active, non-recused arbitrators will pass into the final decision. Conditional votes and abstentions will be denoted as such by the arbitrator, before or after their time-stamped signature. For example, an arbitrator can state that their support vote for one provision only applies if another provision fails to pass (these are denoted as "first" and "second choice" votes). Only arbitrators and clerks may edit this page, but non-arbitrators may comment on the talk page.
For this case there are 14 active arbitrators, not counting 1 recused. 8 support or oppose votes are a majority.
Abstentions | Support votes needed for majority |
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0 | 8 |
1–2 | 7 |
3–4 | 6 |
If observing editors notice any discrepancies between the arbitrators' tallies and the final decision or the #Implementation notes, you should post to the clerk talk page. Similarly, arbitrators may request clerk assistance via the same method, or via the clerks' mailing list.
Arbitrators may place proposed motions affecting the case in this section for voting. Typical motions might be to close or dismiss a case without a full decision (a reason should normally be given), or to add an additional party (although this can also be done without a formal motion as long as the new party is on notice of the case). Suggestions by the parties or other non-arbitrators for motions or other requests should be placed on the
/Workshop page for consideration and discussion.
Motions have the same majority for passage as the final decision.
1) {text of proposed motion}
A temporary injunction is a directive from the Arbitration Committee that parties to the case, or other editors notified of the injunction, do or refrain from doing something while the case is pending.
Four net "support" votes needed to pass (each "oppose" vote subtracts a "support")
24 hours from the first vote is normally the fastest an injunction will be imposed.
1) {text of proposed orders}
1) The purpose of Wikipedia is to create a high-quality, free-content online encyclopedia. This is best achieved in an atmosphere of collegiality, camaraderie, and mutual respect among contributors. Use of the site for other purposes, such as advocacy or propaganda, the furtherance of outside conflicts, publishing or promoting original research, and political or ideological struggle, is prohibited.
2) All Wikipedia articles must be written from a neutral point of view, with all relevant points of view represented in reasonable proportion to their importance and relevance to the subject-matter of the article. Undue weight should not be given to aspects which are peripheral to the topic. Relying on synthesized claims, or other "original research", is also contrary to this principle.
3) Wikipedia users are expected to behave reasonably, calmly, and courteously in their interactions with other users. Unseemly conduct, such as personal attacks, incivility, assumptions of bad faith, harassment, disruptive point-making, and gaming the system, is prohibited. Making unsupported accusations of such misconduct by other editors, particularly where this is done repeatedly or in a bad-faith attempt to gain an advantage in a content dispute, is also unacceptable.
4) Wikipedia relies on a consensus model. When there is a good-faith dispute, editors are expected to participate in the consensus-building process, in lieu of soapboxing, edit warring, or other inappropriate behavior. Abuse of the consensus model and process, such as misrepresenting consensus or poisoning the well, is disruptive. Specific forums, such as Articles for deletion for deletion discussions and page move discussions, have been created to seek and where possible attain consensus on specific types of content disagreements.
5) Editors may choose to focus their contributions to Wikipedia narrowly or broadly. However, editors who focus primarily or exclusively on a narrow subject—sometimes referred to as single-purpose accounts—are expected to contribute neutrally instead of following their own agenda and, in particular, should take care to avoid creating the impression that their focus is on advocacy rather than neutrally presenting information.
6) The purpose of a talk page is to provide a location for editors to discuss changes to the associated article or project page. Article talk pages should not be used by editors as platforms for their personal views on a subject. Editors should aspire to use talk pages effectively and must not misuse them through practices such as excessive repetition, monopolization, irrelevancy, advocacy, misrepresentation of others' comments, or personal attacks.
7) It is not the role of the Arbitration Committee to settle good-faith content disputes among editors.
8) Contributors who engage in tendentious or disruptive editing, such as by engaging in sustained aggressive point-of-view editing may be subjected to editing restrictions on the articles in question or be banned from the topic or the site.
9) Expert editors are welcome on Wikipedia, including expert editors with a professional or commercial interest in the subject of articles they edit. However, the guidelines concerning conflicts of interest must be observed where applicable, and expert editors must at all times avoid editing (or appearing to edit) the encyclopaedia in order to promote their own professional or commercial interest.
10) Article titles are based on the name by which reliable English-language sources refer to the article's subject. In determining which of several alternative names is most frequently used, it is useful to observe the usage of major international organizations, major English-language media outlets, quality encyclopedias, geographic name servers, major scientific bodies and scientific journals. When there is no single obvious term that is obviously the most frequently used for the topic, as used by a significant majority of reliable English language sources, editors should reach a consensus as to which title is best by considering recognisability, naturalness, precision, conciseness and consistency.
11) In a few cases, there will be notable topics which are well-documented in reliable sources, but for which no accepted short-hand term exists. It can be tempting to employ a neologism in such a case. Instead, it is preferable to use a title that is a descriptive phrase in plain English if possible, even if this makes for a somewhat long or awkward title.
1) This dispute focuses on article content covering a relatively new art form in which three-dimensional works of art are created by modifying the growth of living trees. Specifically, the dispute focuses on what title to give the article on this subject.
2) Practitioners have developed their own names for their particular techniques and forms of the art, some of which have commercial status as brand names. As well, there are a variety of terms from arboriculture and elsewhere that are used to describe both the techniques used and the final results. Editors of the article have not reached a consensus as to a consistent preference within reliable sources on the use of any one term, and the title of the article has continued to be disputed.
3) Some of those editing the article are themselves practitioners of the art, or have a professional or commercial interest in the art. These editors potentially have a conflict of interest, as it may be in their professional/commercial interests to have the title of the article reflect the description used for their their own artworks; and this may conflict with Wikipedia's policies.
4) The article reached its current name (" Tree shaping") following a merge in 2009 between two articles, neither of which used the current name. While the name change was not discussed beforehand, it was done in good faith. Subsequent discussions have never established a consensus for the article title.
5) User:Blackash has confirmed that they have a commercial/professional interest in the topic, and in the terminology used for the art [1], and has at times edited in such a way that this interest has overriden the interest of the project.
6) User:Sydney Bluegum is a single purpose account, whose edits to the project have been solely on this topic [2], and in support of the edits of User:Blackash [3]
6A) User:Sydney Bluegum is a single purpose account, whose edits to the project have been solely on this topic [4], and largely in opposition to User:Slowart
7) User:Slowart has confirmed that they have a commercial/professional interest in the topic ( File:Arborsculpture.jpg), and in the terminology used for the art, and has at times edited in such a way that this interest has compromised collaborative editing. [5] [6]
Note: All remedies that refer to a period of time, for example to a ban of X months or a revert parole of Y months, are to run concurrently unless otherwise stated.
The following are alternates - to avoid confusion in the first round, please pick only one, or only those with which you are equally happy
1A) User:Blackash is topic banned from the subject of tree shaping/arborsculpture/pooktre widely construed for one year. The topic ban includes talk pages, wikipedia space and userspace.
1B) User:Blackash is topic banned from the subject of tree shaping/arborsculpture/pooktre widely construed for one year. The topic ban includes article space only - edits on the subject to talk pages, wikipedia space and userspace are acceptable. (this is the current situation)
1C) User:Blackash is topic banned from all discussion on the correct name for the tree shaping/arborsculpture/pooktre topic for one year. The topic ban includes talk pages, wikipedia space and userspace, but only covers discussion of what name should be given to the practice, and what title should be used for any articles on the subject.
2A) User:Sydney Bluegum is topic banned from the subject of tree shaping/arborsculpture/pooktre widely construed for one year. The topic ban includes talk pages, wikipedia space and userspace.
2B)
User:Sydney Bluegum is topic banned from the subject of tree shaping/arborsculpture/pooktre widely construed for one year. The topic ban includes article space only - edits on the subject to talk pages, wikipedia space and userspace are acceptable. (this is the current situation)
2C) User:Sydney Bluegum is topic banned from all discussion on the correct name for the tree shaping/arborsculpture/pooktre topic for one year. The topic ban includes talk pages, wikipedia space and userspace, but only covers discussion of what name should be given to the practice, and what title should be used for any articles on the subject.
3A) User:Slowart is topic banned from the subject of tree shaping/arborsculpture/pooktre widely construed for one year. The topic ban includes talk pages, wikipedia space and userspace.
3B) User:Slowart is topic banned from the subject of tree shaping/arborsculpture/pooktre widely construed for one year. The topic ban includes article space only - edits on the subject to talk pages, wikipedia space and userspace are acceptable. (this is the current situation)
3C) User:Slowart is topic banned from all discussion on the correct name for the tree shaping/arborsculpture/pooktre topic for one year. The topic ban includes talk pages, wikipedia space and userspace, but only covers discussion of what name should be given to the practice, and what title should be used for any articles on the subject.
4) The community is urged to open up a discussion, by way of request for comment, on the article currently located at Tree shaping to determine the consensus name and scope for the subject matter, whether it should stand alone or whether it is best upmerged to a parent article. To gain a broad consensus, naming and scope proposals should be adequately laid out and outside comments invited to gain a community-based consensus. This should be resolved within two months of the closing of this case. Parties that are otherwise topic banned are allowed to outlay proposals and background rationale at the commencement of the discussion, and to answer specific queries addressed to them or their proposals. This concession is made due to their experience and familiarity with the area.
5) The topic covered by the article currently located at Tree shaping, interpreted broadly, is placed under discretionary sanctions. Any uninvolved administrator may levy restrictions as an arbitration enforcement action on users editing in this topic area, after an initial warning.
6) Unless otherwise noted, these restrictions supersede any existing community-placed restrictions on the above named users.
1) Should any user subject to a restriction or ban imposed in this case violate that restriction or ban, that user may be blocked, initially for up to one month, and then with blocks increasing in duration to a maximum of one year, with the ban or topic ban clock restarting at the end of the block. Appeals of blocks may be made to the imposing administrator, and thereafter to Arbitration Enforcement, or to the Arbitration Committee.
Clerks and Arbitrators should use this section to clarify their understanding of the final decision--at a minimum, a list of items that have passed. Additionally, a list of which remedies are conditional on others (for instance a ban that should only be implemented if a mentorship should fail), and so on. Arbitrators should not pass the motion until they are satisfied with the implementation notes.
Important: Please ask the case clerk to author the implementation notes before initiating a motion to close, so that the final decision is clear.
Four net "support" votes needed to close case (each "oppose" vote subtracts a "support"). 24 hours from the first motion is normally the fastest a case will close. The Clerks will close the case either immediately, or 24 hours after the fourth net support vote has been cast, depending on whether the arbitrators have voted unanimously on the entirety of the case's proposed decision or not.
::# Proceedural for other arbs to answer the question on the talk page, and then we're done, once we've answered that question.
SirFozzie (
talk) 01:02, 7 July 2011 (UTC) Striking oppose now that we have a 8 arb majority to confirm this supersedes.
SirFozzie (
talk)
08:23, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
Case clerks: Salvio giuliano ( Talk) & Dougweller ( Talk) Drafting arbitrator: Elen of the Roads ( Talk)
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After considering /Evidence and discussing proposals with other arbitrators, parties, and editors at /Workshop, arbitrators may make proposals which are ready for voting. Arbitrators will vote for or against each provision, or they may abstain. Only items which are supported by an absolute majority of the active, non-recused arbitrators will pass into the final decision. Conditional votes and abstentions will be denoted as such by the arbitrator, before or after their time-stamped signature. For example, an arbitrator can state that their support vote for one provision only applies if another provision fails to pass (these are denoted as "first" and "second choice" votes). Only arbitrators and clerks may edit this page, but non-arbitrators may comment on the talk page.
For this case there are 14 active arbitrators, not counting 1 recused. 8 support or oppose votes are a majority.
Abstentions | Support votes needed for majority |
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0 | 8 |
1–2 | 7 |
3–4 | 6 |
If observing editors notice any discrepancies between the arbitrators' tallies and the final decision or the #Implementation notes, you should post to the clerk talk page. Similarly, arbitrators may request clerk assistance via the same method, or via the clerks' mailing list.
Arbitrators may place proposed motions affecting the case in this section for voting. Typical motions might be to close or dismiss a case without a full decision (a reason should normally be given), or to add an additional party (although this can also be done without a formal motion as long as the new party is on notice of the case). Suggestions by the parties or other non-arbitrators for motions or other requests should be placed on the
/Workshop page for consideration and discussion.
Motions have the same majority for passage as the final decision.
1) {text of proposed motion}
A temporary injunction is a directive from the Arbitration Committee that parties to the case, or other editors notified of the injunction, do or refrain from doing something while the case is pending.
Four net "support" votes needed to pass (each "oppose" vote subtracts a "support")
24 hours from the first vote is normally the fastest an injunction will be imposed.
1) {text of proposed orders}
1) The purpose of Wikipedia is to create a high-quality, free-content online encyclopedia. This is best achieved in an atmosphere of collegiality, camaraderie, and mutual respect among contributors. Use of the site for other purposes, such as advocacy or propaganda, the furtherance of outside conflicts, publishing or promoting original research, and political or ideological struggle, is prohibited.
2) All Wikipedia articles must be written from a neutral point of view, with all relevant points of view represented in reasonable proportion to their importance and relevance to the subject-matter of the article. Undue weight should not be given to aspects which are peripheral to the topic. Relying on synthesized claims, or other "original research", is also contrary to this principle.
3) Wikipedia users are expected to behave reasonably, calmly, and courteously in their interactions with other users. Unseemly conduct, such as personal attacks, incivility, assumptions of bad faith, harassment, disruptive point-making, and gaming the system, is prohibited. Making unsupported accusations of such misconduct by other editors, particularly where this is done repeatedly or in a bad-faith attempt to gain an advantage in a content dispute, is also unacceptable.
4) Wikipedia relies on a consensus model. When there is a good-faith dispute, editors are expected to participate in the consensus-building process, in lieu of soapboxing, edit warring, or other inappropriate behavior. Abuse of the consensus model and process, such as misrepresenting consensus or poisoning the well, is disruptive. Specific forums, such as Articles for deletion for deletion discussions and page move discussions, have been created to seek and where possible attain consensus on specific types of content disagreements.
5) Editors may choose to focus their contributions to Wikipedia narrowly or broadly. However, editors who focus primarily or exclusively on a narrow subject—sometimes referred to as single-purpose accounts—are expected to contribute neutrally instead of following their own agenda and, in particular, should take care to avoid creating the impression that their focus is on advocacy rather than neutrally presenting information.
6) The purpose of a talk page is to provide a location for editors to discuss changes to the associated article or project page. Article talk pages should not be used by editors as platforms for their personal views on a subject. Editors should aspire to use talk pages effectively and must not misuse them through practices such as excessive repetition, monopolization, irrelevancy, advocacy, misrepresentation of others' comments, or personal attacks.
7) It is not the role of the Arbitration Committee to settle good-faith content disputes among editors.
8) Contributors who engage in tendentious or disruptive editing, such as by engaging in sustained aggressive point-of-view editing may be subjected to editing restrictions on the articles in question or be banned from the topic or the site.
9) Expert editors are welcome on Wikipedia, including expert editors with a professional or commercial interest in the subject of articles they edit. However, the guidelines concerning conflicts of interest must be observed where applicable, and expert editors must at all times avoid editing (or appearing to edit) the encyclopaedia in order to promote their own professional or commercial interest.
10) Article titles are based on the name by which reliable English-language sources refer to the article's subject. In determining which of several alternative names is most frequently used, it is useful to observe the usage of major international organizations, major English-language media outlets, quality encyclopedias, geographic name servers, major scientific bodies and scientific journals. When there is no single obvious term that is obviously the most frequently used for the topic, as used by a significant majority of reliable English language sources, editors should reach a consensus as to which title is best by considering recognisability, naturalness, precision, conciseness and consistency.
11) In a few cases, there will be notable topics which are well-documented in reliable sources, but for which no accepted short-hand term exists. It can be tempting to employ a neologism in such a case. Instead, it is preferable to use a title that is a descriptive phrase in plain English if possible, even if this makes for a somewhat long or awkward title.
1) This dispute focuses on article content covering a relatively new art form in which three-dimensional works of art are created by modifying the growth of living trees. Specifically, the dispute focuses on what title to give the article on this subject.
2) Practitioners have developed their own names for their particular techniques and forms of the art, some of which have commercial status as brand names. As well, there are a variety of terms from arboriculture and elsewhere that are used to describe both the techniques used and the final results. Editors of the article have not reached a consensus as to a consistent preference within reliable sources on the use of any one term, and the title of the article has continued to be disputed.
3) Some of those editing the article are themselves practitioners of the art, or have a professional or commercial interest in the art. These editors potentially have a conflict of interest, as it may be in their professional/commercial interests to have the title of the article reflect the description used for their their own artworks; and this may conflict with Wikipedia's policies.
4) The article reached its current name (" Tree shaping") following a merge in 2009 between two articles, neither of which used the current name. While the name change was not discussed beforehand, it was done in good faith. Subsequent discussions have never established a consensus for the article title.
5) User:Blackash has confirmed that they have a commercial/professional interest in the topic, and in the terminology used for the art [1], and has at times edited in such a way that this interest has overriden the interest of the project.
6) User:Sydney Bluegum is a single purpose account, whose edits to the project have been solely on this topic [2], and in support of the edits of User:Blackash [3]
6A) User:Sydney Bluegum is a single purpose account, whose edits to the project have been solely on this topic [4], and largely in opposition to User:Slowart
7) User:Slowart has confirmed that they have a commercial/professional interest in the topic ( File:Arborsculpture.jpg), and in the terminology used for the art, and has at times edited in such a way that this interest has compromised collaborative editing. [5] [6]
Note: All remedies that refer to a period of time, for example to a ban of X months or a revert parole of Y months, are to run concurrently unless otherwise stated.
The following are alternates - to avoid confusion in the first round, please pick only one, or only those with which you are equally happy
1A) User:Blackash is topic banned from the subject of tree shaping/arborsculpture/pooktre widely construed for one year. The topic ban includes talk pages, wikipedia space and userspace.
1B) User:Blackash is topic banned from the subject of tree shaping/arborsculpture/pooktre widely construed for one year. The topic ban includes article space only - edits on the subject to talk pages, wikipedia space and userspace are acceptable. (this is the current situation)
1C) User:Blackash is topic banned from all discussion on the correct name for the tree shaping/arborsculpture/pooktre topic for one year. The topic ban includes talk pages, wikipedia space and userspace, but only covers discussion of what name should be given to the practice, and what title should be used for any articles on the subject.
2A) User:Sydney Bluegum is topic banned from the subject of tree shaping/arborsculpture/pooktre widely construed for one year. The topic ban includes talk pages, wikipedia space and userspace.
2B)
User:Sydney Bluegum is topic banned from the subject of tree shaping/arborsculpture/pooktre widely construed for one year. The topic ban includes article space only - edits on the subject to talk pages, wikipedia space and userspace are acceptable. (this is the current situation)
2C) User:Sydney Bluegum is topic banned from all discussion on the correct name for the tree shaping/arborsculpture/pooktre topic for one year. The topic ban includes talk pages, wikipedia space and userspace, but only covers discussion of what name should be given to the practice, and what title should be used for any articles on the subject.
3A) User:Slowart is topic banned from the subject of tree shaping/arborsculpture/pooktre widely construed for one year. The topic ban includes talk pages, wikipedia space and userspace.
3B) User:Slowart is topic banned from the subject of tree shaping/arborsculpture/pooktre widely construed for one year. The topic ban includes article space only - edits on the subject to talk pages, wikipedia space and userspace are acceptable. (this is the current situation)
3C) User:Slowart is topic banned from all discussion on the correct name for the tree shaping/arborsculpture/pooktre topic for one year. The topic ban includes talk pages, wikipedia space and userspace, but only covers discussion of what name should be given to the practice, and what title should be used for any articles on the subject.
4) The community is urged to open up a discussion, by way of request for comment, on the article currently located at Tree shaping to determine the consensus name and scope for the subject matter, whether it should stand alone or whether it is best upmerged to a parent article. To gain a broad consensus, naming and scope proposals should be adequately laid out and outside comments invited to gain a community-based consensus. This should be resolved within two months of the closing of this case. Parties that are otherwise topic banned are allowed to outlay proposals and background rationale at the commencement of the discussion, and to answer specific queries addressed to them or their proposals. This concession is made due to their experience and familiarity with the area.
5) The topic covered by the article currently located at Tree shaping, interpreted broadly, is placed under discretionary sanctions. Any uninvolved administrator may levy restrictions as an arbitration enforcement action on users editing in this topic area, after an initial warning.
6) Unless otherwise noted, these restrictions supersede any existing community-placed restrictions on the above named users.
1) Should any user subject to a restriction or ban imposed in this case violate that restriction or ban, that user may be blocked, initially for up to one month, and then with blocks increasing in duration to a maximum of one year, with the ban or topic ban clock restarting at the end of the block. Appeals of blocks may be made to the imposing administrator, and thereafter to Arbitration Enforcement, or to the Arbitration Committee.
Clerks and Arbitrators should use this section to clarify their understanding of the final decision--at a minimum, a list of items that have passed. Additionally, a list of which remedies are conditional on others (for instance a ban that should only be implemented if a mentorship should fail), and so on. Arbitrators should not pass the motion until they are satisfied with the implementation notes.
Important: Please ask the case clerk to author the implementation notes before initiating a motion to close, so that the final decision is clear.
Four net "support" votes needed to close case (each "oppose" vote subtracts a "support"). 24 hours from the first motion is normally the fastest a case will close. The Clerks will close the case either immediately, or 24 hours after the fourth net support vote has been cast, depending on whether the arbitrators have voted unanimously on the entirety of the case's proposed decision or not.
::# Proceedural for other arbs to answer the question on the talk page, and then we're done, once we've answered that question.
SirFozzie (
talk) 01:02, 7 July 2011 (UTC) Striking oppose now that we have a 8 arb majority to confirm this supersedes.
SirFozzie (
talk)
08:23, 9 July 2011 (UTC)