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1) Marudubshinki ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) is a good editor and contributor to Wikipedia; 2) Marudubshinki's bot has made several thousand useful edits to Wikipedia articles.
That administrator Marudubshinki 1) operated an unauthorised bot on three separate accounts; 2) used the bot for sysop tasks (deleting pages); 3) unblocked himself and continued doing the same tasks which were the cause of the block in the first place; 4) used a secret alternative acount to evade a block on his own account; 5) ignored or argued against reasonable requests to stop the bot or to fix the bot when it started making errors; and 6) used the bot to fix spelling mistakes on user and article talk pages despite requests by others not to do so.
In doing so, Marudubshinki has violated the following policies: WP:BOT (operating an unauthorised admin bot), WP:BLOCK (unblocking himself) and WP:SOCK (operating a sockpuppet account to avoid a block).
That Marudubshinki's behaviour has been unbecoming of an administrator, and raises a serious question of trust. ie. Can his peers be confident he will abide by Wikipedia policies now and in the future?
Marudubshinki's actions happened over an extended period despite him being asked to stop and being warned that his actions were being monitored. These were not one or two isolated incidents.
The following is a chronological list of the major events and blocking actions of administrators and Marudubshinki in relation to this case.
This evidence is incomplete; further evidence can be provided for the period from 11 June to 28 July, but it looks much the same as the above, so I think the above should suffice.
Between 27 June and 23 July, Marudubshinki's unauthorised bot used Marudubshinki's sysop flag to delete thousands of pages. [36]
Marudubshinki deleted the page myg0t in blatant violation of policy. The AfD was opened at 00:54, 13 May 2006 (UTC) and closed by Marudubshinki 06:40, 13 May 2006 (UTC). As other users have noted, this is less than 6 hours later. WP:DP expicitly states that all AfDs should remain open for a minimum of five days, except in the case of speedy deletion, which that particular myg0t article did not fall into, since it was an objective and informative article, and not 'patent nonsense'. This very short AfD also occured during the middle of the night for European and East coast US editors, giving many of them no opportunity to voice their opinions or to even notice that the AfD had been opened. The AfD record can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Myg0t, and the deletion log is at http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Special:Log/delete&page=Myg0t.
Maru deleted myg0t mid-AfD, and refuses to explain why in an even remotely civil fashion.
note - these are archived talk pages, original diffs not available
* 00:59, 13 May 2006 Marudubshinki (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (sayanora) * 00:05, 1 May 2006 Dbenbenn (Talk | contribs | block) restored "Myg0t" * 17:07, 4 April 2006 Naconkantari (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (Deleted to make way for move.) * 17:16, 7 December 2005 Titoxd (Talk | contribs | block) restored "Myg0t" (1 revisions restored) * 17:16, 7 December 2005 Titoxd (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (CSD G4 - content was: '{{deletedpage}}') * 20:23, 22 October 2005 Rd232 (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (redelete nonsense etc per multiple VfD) * 19:22, 18 October 2005 Merovingian (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (dead for two months) * 21:28, 15 August 2005 Ryan Delaney (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (content was: 'they fucking own fags, and ppl at CS Fuckeveryone One year' (and the only contributor was '72.16.42.148')) * 18:05, 6 August 2005 SimonP (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (protected blank several months ago to prevent recreation) * 18:22, 2 April 2005 MacGyverMagic (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (content was: '{{d}}ÃÃÃñÕÕÕÔù') * 00:07, 2 April 2005 Hadal (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (recreation of article previously deleted via VfD) * 22:38, 19 March 2005 Dbenbenn (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (per Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Myg0t (2nd nomination)) * 00:32, 27 February 2005 Curps (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" ({{deleteagain}}) * 06:52, 10 February 2005 MacGyverMagic (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (content was: '{{mediawiki:noarticletext}}') * 19:08, 9 February 2005 Curps (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (content was: '#REDIRECT Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not') * 18:55, 9 February 2005 Bearcat (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (content was: 'The harassment authority, as they call themselves. [http://www.myg0t.com www.myg0t.com] A famous online gaming group that likes to ruin online games...') * 15:40, 30 January 2005 Niteowlneils (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (previously VfDed-recreated) * 21:08, 28 January 2005 Stormie (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (Recreation of previously deleted page: see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Myg0t) * 15:34, 16 January 2005 Silsor (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (content was: 'myg0t - A group of leet h4x0r individuals that basically pwn teh intar-webz0r {{nonsense}}') * 16:28, 5 January 2005 Thue (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (recreation of vfd'ed article)
Marudubshinki violated policy by allowing an AfD for myg0t to be put forth less than one month after the article was undeleted, with clear consensus to undelete. Again, there was and still is unquestionable widespread support to undelete the article.
Marudubshinki further violated policy by closing said AfD a few hours after it opened, instead of the mandatory 5 day waiting period stipulated by deletion policy.
Marudubshinki further violated policy by speedily deleting the myg0t article, despite the fact that it had no canidate for speedy deletion.
First of all, I'd like to note that this AfD is for any and all grievances against Marudubshinki, not just the first ones brought up. Second of all, how many times the myg0t article has been deleted and restored is completely irrelevant. The only thing that matters is the latest action before the AfD in question, which was a successful DrV. Third of all, I'd like to express my discontent with the fact that much of the evidence for this was deleted when the talk page for myg0t was just recently wiped and blocked from recreation. cacophony 23:53, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
Anyone, whether directly involved or not, may add evidence to this page. Please make a header for your evidence and sign your comments with your name.
When placing evidence here, please be considerate of the arbitrators and be concise. Long, rambling, or stream-of-conciousness rants are not helpful.
As such, it is extremely important that you use the prescribed format. Submitted evidence should include a link to the actual page diff; links to the page itself are not sufficient. For example, to cite the edit by Mennonot to the article Anomalous phenomenon adding a link to Hundredth Monkey use this form: [http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Anomalous_phenomenon&diff=5587219&oldid=5584644] [1].
This page is not for general discussion - for that, see talk page.
Please make a section for your evidence and add evidence only in your own section. Please limit your evidence to a maximum 1000 words and 100 diffs, a much shorter, concise presentation is more likely to be effective. Please focus on the issues raised in the complaint and answer and on diffs which illustrate behavior which relates to the issues.
If you disagree with some evidence you see here, please cite the evidence in your own section and provide counter-evidence, or an explanation of why the evidence is misleading. Do not edit within the evidence section of any other user.
Be aware that the Arbitrators may at times rework this page to try to make it more coherent. If you are a participant in the case or a third party, please don't try to refactor the page, let the Arbitrators do it. If you object to evidence which is inserted by other participants or third parties please cite the evidence and voice your objections within your own section of the page. It is especially important to not remove evidence presented by others. If something is put in the wrong place, please leave it for the arbitrators to move.
The Arbitrators may analyze evidence and other assertions at /Workshop. /Workshop provides for comment by parties and others as well as Arbitrators. After arriving at proposed principles, findings of fact or remedies, Arbitrators vote at /Proposed decision. Only Arbitrators may edit /Proposed decision.
1) Marudubshinki ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) is a good editor and contributor to Wikipedia; 2) Marudubshinki's bot has made several thousand useful edits to Wikipedia articles.
That administrator Marudubshinki 1) operated an unauthorised bot on three separate accounts; 2) used the bot for sysop tasks (deleting pages); 3) unblocked himself and continued doing the same tasks which were the cause of the block in the first place; 4) used a secret alternative acount to evade a block on his own account; 5) ignored or argued against reasonable requests to stop the bot or to fix the bot when it started making errors; and 6) used the bot to fix spelling mistakes on user and article talk pages despite requests by others not to do so.
In doing so, Marudubshinki has violated the following policies: WP:BOT (operating an unauthorised admin bot), WP:BLOCK (unblocking himself) and WP:SOCK (operating a sockpuppet account to avoid a block).
That Marudubshinki's behaviour has been unbecoming of an administrator, and raises a serious question of trust. ie. Can his peers be confident he will abide by Wikipedia policies now and in the future?
Marudubshinki's actions happened over an extended period despite him being asked to stop and being warned that his actions were being monitored. These were not one or two isolated incidents.
The following is a chronological list of the major events and blocking actions of administrators and Marudubshinki in relation to this case.
This evidence is incomplete; further evidence can be provided for the period from 11 June to 28 July, but it looks much the same as the above, so I think the above should suffice.
Between 27 June and 23 July, Marudubshinki's unauthorised bot used Marudubshinki's sysop flag to delete thousands of pages. [36]
Marudubshinki deleted the page myg0t in blatant violation of policy. The AfD was opened at 00:54, 13 May 2006 (UTC) and closed by Marudubshinki 06:40, 13 May 2006 (UTC). As other users have noted, this is less than 6 hours later. WP:DP expicitly states that all AfDs should remain open for a minimum of five days, except in the case of speedy deletion, which that particular myg0t article did not fall into, since it was an objective and informative article, and not 'patent nonsense'. This very short AfD also occured during the middle of the night for European and East coast US editors, giving many of them no opportunity to voice their opinions or to even notice that the AfD had been opened. The AfD record can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Myg0t, and the deletion log is at http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Special:Log/delete&page=Myg0t.
Maru deleted myg0t mid-AfD, and refuses to explain why in an even remotely civil fashion.
note - these are archived talk pages, original diffs not available
* 00:59, 13 May 2006 Marudubshinki (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (sayanora) * 00:05, 1 May 2006 Dbenbenn (Talk | contribs | block) restored "Myg0t" * 17:07, 4 April 2006 Naconkantari (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (Deleted to make way for move.) * 17:16, 7 December 2005 Titoxd (Talk | contribs | block) restored "Myg0t" (1 revisions restored) * 17:16, 7 December 2005 Titoxd (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (CSD G4 - content was: '{{deletedpage}}') * 20:23, 22 October 2005 Rd232 (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (redelete nonsense etc per multiple VfD) * 19:22, 18 October 2005 Merovingian (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (dead for two months) * 21:28, 15 August 2005 Ryan Delaney (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (content was: 'they fucking own fags, and ppl at CS Fuckeveryone One year' (and the only contributor was '72.16.42.148')) * 18:05, 6 August 2005 SimonP (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (protected blank several months ago to prevent recreation) * 18:22, 2 April 2005 MacGyverMagic (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (content was: '{{d}}ÃÃÃñÕÕÕÔù') * 00:07, 2 April 2005 Hadal (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (recreation of article previously deleted via VfD) * 22:38, 19 March 2005 Dbenbenn (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (per Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Myg0t (2nd nomination)) * 00:32, 27 February 2005 Curps (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" ({{deleteagain}}) * 06:52, 10 February 2005 MacGyverMagic (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (content was: '{{mediawiki:noarticletext}}') * 19:08, 9 February 2005 Curps (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (content was: '#REDIRECT Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not') * 18:55, 9 February 2005 Bearcat (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (content was: 'The harassment authority, as they call themselves. [http://www.myg0t.com www.myg0t.com] A famous online gaming group that likes to ruin online games...') * 15:40, 30 January 2005 Niteowlneils (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (previously VfDed-recreated) * 21:08, 28 January 2005 Stormie (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (Recreation of previously deleted page: see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Myg0t) * 15:34, 16 January 2005 Silsor (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (content was: 'myg0t - A group of leet h4x0r individuals that basically pwn teh intar-webz0r {{nonsense}}') * 16:28, 5 January 2005 Thue (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Myg0t" (recreation of vfd'ed article)
Marudubshinki violated policy by allowing an AfD for myg0t to be put forth less than one month after the article was undeleted, with clear consensus to undelete. Again, there was and still is unquestionable widespread support to undelete the article.
Marudubshinki further violated policy by closing said AfD a few hours after it opened, instead of the mandatory 5 day waiting period stipulated by deletion policy.
Marudubshinki further violated policy by speedily deleting the myg0t article, despite the fact that it had no canidate for speedy deletion.
First of all, I'd like to note that this AfD is for any and all grievances against Marudubshinki, not just the first ones brought up. Second of all, how many times the myg0t article has been deleted and restored is completely irrelevant. The only thing that matters is the latest action before the AfD in question, which was a successful DrV. Third of all, I'd like to express my discontent with the fact that much of the evidence for this was deleted when the talk page for myg0t was just recently wiped and blocked from recreation. cacophony 23:53, 15 September 2006 (UTC)