Badlydrawnjeff: A highly controversial case involving the actions of
Badlydrawnjeff,
Doc glasgow,
Tony Sidaway and
JzG in relation inter alia to the article known as
QZ, which underwent an
AfD which was closed as delete by
Drini, but overturned on
DRV by
Xoloz. The resulting AfD was then speedily closed by
Thebainer. Badlydrawnjeff then filed for a deletion review, which was speedily closed or removed by a number of administrators and others consecutively, including JzG, Doc Glasgow and Tony Sidaway, and the closures often reverted or new DRVs opened. There is dispute as to whether the actions of all parties were within process, and whether, as some believe,
WP:BLP takes priority over DRV. A peripheral issue to the case is a 60-hour block of Badlydrawnjeff by
Zsinj, apparently after discussions on the admin IRC channel, although some have stated that the consensus on the channel did not favour the block. The block was quickly undone by
Gaillimh. Additionally, some allege that
Violetriga acted improperly in undeleting some articles deleted under BLP. As a result of the case, principles were passed to the effect that the overriding principle with respect to BLPs should be "do no harm", and that suspected violations may be speedy deleted, but that these may be contested through the normal channels, although they must not be restored until consensus has formed to do so, and remedies cautioning or admonishing Violetriga and
Night Gyr to avoid undeleting content deleted under BLP. Badlydrawnjeff was cautioned "to adhere to the letter and the spirit of the Biographies of Living Persons policy".
E104421-Tajik: A case involving the actions of
E104421 and
Tajik. The case had been suspended to allow a referral to
Community enforceable mediation, but the mediation broke down after Tajik was alleged to have edited through sockpuppets while claiming to be away and unavailable for the mediation. As a result of the case, Tajik was banned for one year, and his community ban was endorsed, and
AzaToth was reminded that Wikipedia operates by consensus.
New cases
CharlotteWebb: A case involving the revelation by
Jayjg on the
RfA of
CharlotteWebb (which then failed), that she used
TOR to edit, and her subsequent behaviour.
Zacheus-jkb: A case involving the actions of
-jkb- and
Zacheus. Jkb alleges that Zacheus has published personal data on him, and has made legal threats. Zacheus denies the allegations, and
Thatcher131 alleges on the talkpage that jkb has himself revealed personal information on Zacheus.
Abu badali: A case alleging that
Abu badali (
talk·contribs) has disruptively tagged non-free images for deletion, even when a valid fair-use justification exists, and has harassed editors who have complained about this behavior. Abu badali denies the allegations. Fred Bauder has proposed a remedy, supported by Kirill Lokshin, placing Abu badali on probation for one year.
NYScholar: A case involving the actions of a number of users, including
NYScholar (
talk·contribs) and
Notmyrealname (
talk·contribs), in relation to the
Lewis Libby article. Remedies granting an amnesty for past edit warring, but providing that further misconduct may be sanctioned by any uninvolved administrator.
Piotrus: A case involving
Piotrus(
talk·contribs·blocks·protections·deletions·page moves·rights·RfA) and other editors on Central and Eastern Europe-related articles. Multiple parties accuse others of edit warring, incivility, unethical behavior and biased editing. (An earlier arbitration case,
Piotrus-Ghirla, was dismissed
without prejudice, in part due to inactivity of
Ghirlandajo (
talk·contribs), who was listed as a party in the new case.) An amnesty for past behaviour in editing disputes on articles relating to Eastern Europe has the support of three arbitrators. Voting on other remedies is split.
Paranormal: A case involving the actions of various users, especially as regards
bias and
attribution, on "articles on paranormal and pseudoscientific topics", such as
parapsychology and
Electronic voice phenomenon. Proposals limiting editors on articles relating to the
paranormal to one revert (other than of simple vandalism) per week, and cautioning
Dradin and
Kazuba have the support of four to five arbitrators; voting on other remedies is split.
Hkelkar 2: A case involving the actions of
Rama's Arrow(
talk·contribs·blocks·protections·deletions·page moves·rights·RfA),
Bakasuprman (
talk·contribs),
Dangerous-Boy (
talk·contribs) and
Sbhushan (
talk·contribs), Rama's Arrow alleges that the others acted as meatpuppets of banned user
Hkelkar, and blocked them for six months. They deny the allegations, and allege that Rama's Arrow acted improperly in blocking them, and in posting private e-mails to the
incidents noticeboard. Various remedies have been proposed including an early proposal to impose no sanctions on any of the parties but calling on the parties to enter into mediation, based on a finding of fact noting a lack of reliable evidence in the case, but a proposal to prohibit administrator actions between the parties has the support of seven arbitrators, and a recent proposal to desysop Rama's Arrow (who recently resigned adminship) stands at five-to-two. Voting on principles regarding the posting of private e-mails is split but it appears that a majority of arbitrators will support the principle that private e-mails may not be posted on-wiki without the consent of the sender.
Badlydrawnjeff: A highly controversial case involving the actions of
Badlydrawnjeff,
Doc glasgow,
Tony Sidaway and
JzG in relation inter alia to the article known as
QZ, which underwent an
AfD which was closed as delete by
Drini, but overturned on
DRV by
Xoloz. The resulting AfD was then speedily closed by
Thebainer. Badlydrawnjeff then filed for a deletion review, which was speedily closed or removed by a number of administrators and others consecutively, including JzG, Doc Glasgow and Tony Sidaway, and the closures often reverted or new DRVs opened. There is dispute as to whether the actions of all parties were within process, and whether, as some believe,
WP:BLP takes priority over DRV. A peripheral issue to the case is a 60-hour block of Badlydrawnjeff by
Zsinj, apparently after discussions on the admin IRC channel, although some have stated that the consensus on the channel did not favour the block. The block was quickly undone by
Gaillimh. Additionally, some allege that
Violetriga acted improperly in undeleting some articles deleted under BLP. As a result of the case, principles were passed to the effect that the overriding principle with respect to BLPs should be "do no harm", and that suspected violations may be speedy deleted, but that these may be contested through the normal channels, although they must not be restored until consensus has formed to do so, and remedies cautioning or admonishing Violetriga and
Night Gyr to avoid undeleting content deleted under BLP. Badlydrawnjeff was cautioned "to adhere to the letter and the spirit of the Biographies of Living Persons policy".
E104421-Tajik: A case involving the actions of
E104421 and
Tajik. The case had been suspended to allow a referral to
Community enforceable mediation, but the mediation broke down after Tajik was alleged to have edited through sockpuppets while claiming to be away and unavailable for the mediation. As a result of the case, Tajik was banned for one year, and his community ban was endorsed, and
AzaToth was reminded that Wikipedia operates by consensus.
New cases
CharlotteWebb: A case involving the revelation by
Jayjg on the
RfA of
CharlotteWebb (which then failed), that she used
TOR to edit, and her subsequent behaviour.
Zacheus-jkb: A case involving the actions of
-jkb- and
Zacheus. Jkb alleges that Zacheus has published personal data on him, and has made legal threats. Zacheus denies the allegations, and
Thatcher131 alleges on the talkpage that jkb has himself revealed personal information on Zacheus.
Abu badali: A case alleging that
Abu badali (
talk·contribs) has disruptively tagged non-free images for deletion, even when a valid fair-use justification exists, and has harassed editors who have complained about this behavior. Abu badali denies the allegations. Fred Bauder has proposed a remedy, supported by Kirill Lokshin, placing Abu badali on probation for one year.
NYScholar: A case involving the actions of a number of users, including
NYScholar (
talk·contribs) and
Notmyrealname (
talk·contribs), in relation to the
Lewis Libby article. Remedies granting an amnesty for past edit warring, but providing that further misconduct may be sanctioned by any uninvolved administrator.
Piotrus: A case involving
Piotrus(
talk·contribs·blocks·protections·deletions·page moves·rights·RfA) and other editors on Central and Eastern Europe-related articles. Multiple parties accuse others of edit warring, incivility, unethical behavior and biased editing. (An earlier arbitration case,
Piotrus-Ghirla, was dismissed
without prejudice, in part due to inactivity of
Ghirlandajo (
talk·contribs), who was listed as a party in the new case.) An amnesty for past behaviour in editing disputes on articles relating to Eastern Europe has the support of three arbitrators. Voting on other remedies is split.
Paranormal: A case involving the actions of various users, especially as regards
bias and
attribution, on "articles on paranormal and pseudoscientific topics", such as
parapsychology and
Electronic voice phenomenon. Proposals limiting editors on articles relating to the
paranormal to one revert (other than of simple vandalism) per week, and cautioning
Dradin and
Kazuba have the support of four to five arbitrators; voting on other remedies is split.
Hkelkar 2: A case involving the actions of
Rama's Arrow(
talk·contribs·blocks·protections·deletions·page moves·rights·RfA),
Bakasuprman (
talk·contribs),
Dangerous-Boy (
talk·contribs) and
Sbhushan (
talk·contribs), Rama's Arrow alleges that the others acted as meatpuppets of banned user
Hkelkar, and blocked them for six months. They deny the allegations, and allege that Rama's Arrow acted improperly in blocking them, and in posting private e-mails to the
incidents noticeboard. Various remedies have been proposed including an early proposal to impose no sanctions on any of the parties but calling on the parties to enter into mediation, based on a finding of fact noting a lack of reliable evidence in the case, but a proposal to prohibit administrator actions between the parties has the support of seven arbitrators, and a recent proposal to desysop Rama's Arrow (who recently resigned adminship) stands at five-to-two. Voting on principles regarding the posting of private e-mails is split but it appears that a majority of arbitrators will support the principle that private e-mails may not be posted on-wiki without the consent of the sender.
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