CharlotteWebb: A case arising from the revelation by
Jayjg, who has
checkuser access, that
CharlotteWebb had edited from
TOR proxies. This occurred during
CharlotteWebb's request for adminship, which then failed to reach consensus. As a result of the case, the Arbitration Committee noted that CharlotteWebb remains a user in good standing and is welcome to resume editing, and reminded Jayjg to seek to resolve this type of dispute privately before making public statements alleging misbehavior.
New cases
Catalonia: A case involving alleged edit warring, possible sockpuppetry and other misconduct, including alleged misuse of blocking tools, by various editors on
Catalonia,
Valencian Community and related articles.
Boris Stomakhin: A case involving a dispute between
Biophys and
Vlad fedorov, involving alleged BLP and 3RR violations, block evasion and edit warring.
Pigsonthewing 2, initiated by
Moreschi, concerns the conduct of
Pigsonthewing, including a series of conflicts between this user and other editors involving the use of
microformats on Wikipedia and other matters.
Great Irish Famine, a case initiated by
SirFozzie, involves allegations including misuse of sources and harassment relating to
Great Irish Famine and other Ireland/Northern Ireland articles.
COFS, a case initiated by
Durova based on a discussion at the community sanctions noticeboard. The case involves allegations of tendentious editing by various editors, sockpuppetry, conflicts of interest, and other user conduct issues on
Scientology related articles.
Voting phase
Armenia-Azerbaijan 2: A case alleging misconduct by various editors, some of whom were previously placed on revert parole in
an earlier case, on articles relating to Armenia, Azerbaijan, the conflict between them, and related matters. Fred Bauder has proposed remedies, supported by SimonP, extending to revert parole
applied to various editors to probation, and imposing these remedies also on anyone who edits the articles aggressively.
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. In the proposed decision, the Arbitration Committee would admonish both editors for their previous misconduct against each other but note that the problematic conduct seems to have stopped, and warn the parties not to resume practices such as posting identifying information about other editors or making personal attacks.
Abu badali: A case alleging that
Abu badali 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. The proposed decision submitted by arbitrator
Fred Bauder would place Abu badali on
probation for one year. Arbitrator voting on the remedy, an alternative, and some of the findings of fact underlying it is split. However, a remedy "counseling" Badali has the support of five arbitrators.
Motion to close
Piotrus: A case involving
User:Piotrus and other editors on Central and Eastern Europe-related articles. In the case, multiple parties have accused one another of edit-warring, incivility, unethical behavior, and biased editing. If closed, an amnesty would be granted for prior editing problems on these articles, and the parties would be reminded of the need to edit courteously and co-operatively in the future. However, two arbitrators have opposed the motion to close, citing possible article probation remedies.
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. If closed,
Dradin and
Kazuba would be cautioned, but Fred Bauder has opposed closure, citing "many unresolved issues".
Certified.Gangsta-Ideogram: A review of the
Certified.Gangsta-Ideogram case.
Ideogram and
Sean William allege that
Certified.Gangsta engaged in tendentious editing since the main case was closed and violated a revert parole imposed in the decision in that case. Since Certified.Gangsta has not edited since early June, a motion to suspend the case pending his return has the support of four arbitrators.
Miskin: A case involving the actions of
Miskin, who was blocked by
Swatjester for one month (later reduced to one week) for an alleged violation of the
three revert rule following an earlier history of blocks. If closed, the committee would advise Miskin to seek consensus on an article's talkpage if his initial edits are reverted, and caution Swatjester to take the length of time since previous blocks into account in deciding on the length of a later block and to treat all editors violating the 3RR fairly.
CharlotteWebb: A case arising from the revelation by
Jayjg, who has
checkuser access, that
CharlotteWebb had edited from
TOR proxies. This occurred during
CharlotteWebb's request for adminship, which then failed to reach consensus. As a result of the case, the Arbitration Committee noted that CharlotteWebb remains a user in good standing and is welcome to resume editing, and reminded Jayjg to seek to resolve this type of dispute privately before making public statements alleging misbehavior.
New cases
Catalonia: A case involving alleged edit warring, possible sockpuppetry and other misconduct, including alleged misuse of blocking tools, by various editors on
Catalonia,
Valencian Community and related articles.
Boris Stomakhin: A case involving a dispute between
Biophys and
Vlad fedorov, involving alleged BLP and 3RR violations, block evasion and edit warring.
Pigsonthewing 2, initiated by
Moreschi, concerns the conduct of
Pigsonthewing, including a series of conflicts between this user and other editors involving the use of
microformats on Wikipedia and other matters.
Great Irish Famine, a case initiated by
SirFozzie, involves allegations including misuse of sources and harassment relating to
Great Irish Famine and other Ireland/Northern Ireland articles.
COFS, a case initiated by
Durova based on a discussion at the community sanctions noticeboard. The case involves allegations of tendentious editing by various editors, sockpuppetry, conflicts of interest, and other user conduct issues on
Scientology related articles.
Voting phase
Armenia-Azerbaijan 2: A case alleging misconduct by various editors, some of whom were previously placed on revert parole in
an earlier case, on articles relating to Armenia, Azerbaijan, the conflict between them, and related matters. Fred Bauder has proposed remedies, supported by SimonP, extending to revert parole
applied to various editors to probation, and imposing these remedies also on anyone who edits the articles aggressively.
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. In the proposed decision, the Arbitration Committee would admonish both editors for their previous misconduct against each other but note that the problematic conduct seems to have stopped, and warn the parties not to resume practices such as posting identifying information about other editors or making personal attacks.
Abu badali: A case alleging that
Abu badali 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. The proposed decision submitted by arbitrator
Fred Bauder would place Abu badali on
probation for one year. Arbitrator voting on the remedy, an alternative, and some of the findings of fact underlying it is split. However, a remedy "counseling" Badali has the support of five arbitrators.
Motion to close
Piotrus: A case involving
User:Piotrus and other editors on Central and Eastern Europe-related articles. In the case, multiple parties have accused one another of edit-warring, incivility, unethical behavior, and biased editing. If closed, an amnesty would be granted for prior editing problems on these articles, and the parties would be reminded of the need to edit courteously and co-operatively in the future. However, two arbitrators have opposed the motion to close, citing possible article probation remedies.
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. If closed,
Dradin and
Kazuba would be cautioned, but Fred Bauder has opposed closure, citing "many unresolved issues".
Certified.Gangsta-Ideogram: A review of the
Certified.Gangsta-Ideogram case.
Ideogram and
Sean William allege that
Certified.Gangsta engaged in tendentious editing since the main case was closed and violated a revert parole imposed in the decision in that case. Since Certified.Gangsta has not edited since early June, a motion to suspend the case pending his return has the support of four arbitrators.
Miskin: A case involving the actions of
Miskin, who was blocked by
Swatjester for one month (later reduced to one week) for an alleged violation of the
three revert rule following an earlier history of blocks. If closed, the committee would advise Miskin to seek consensus on an article's talkpage if his initial edits are reverted, and caution Swatjester to take the length of time since previous blocks into account in deciding on the length of a later block and to treat all editors violating the 3RR fairly.
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