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The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee,
~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:40, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Arbitration motion regarding Dbachmann

Following a request to the Committee, the CheckUser permissions of Courcelles ( talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) have been restored. For the Arbitration Committee, Barkeep49 ( talk) 18:13, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Change to the Checkuser team

An arbitration case, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/World War II and the history of Jews in Poland, has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

• The Arbitration Committee formally requests that the Wikimedia Foundation develop and promulgate a white paper on the best practices for researchers and authors when writing about Wikipedians. The Committee requests that the white paper convey to researchers the principles of our movement and give specific recommendation for researchers on how to study and write about Wikipedians and their personal information in a way that respects our principles. Upon completion, we request that the white paper be distributed through the Foundation's research networks including email newsletters, social media accounts, and web publications such as the Diff blog.
  This request will be sent by the Arbitration Committee to Maggie Dennis, Vice President of Community Resilience & Sustainability with the understanding that the task may be delegated as appropriate.
• Remedy 5 of Antisemitism in Poland is superseded by the following restriction:
  All articles and edits in the topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland are subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction. When a source that is not an article in a peer-reviewed scholarly journal, an academically focused book by a reputable publisher, and/or an article published by a reputable institution is removed from an article, 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. Administrators may enforce this restriction with page protections, topic bans, or blocks; enforcement decisions should consider not merely the severity of the violation but the general disciplinary record of the editor in violation.
• François Robere is topic banned from the areas of World War II in Poland and the History of Jews in Poland, broadly construed. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
• My very best wishes
  • is topic banned from the areas of World War II in Poland and the History of Jews in Poland, broadly construed. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
  • Based on their disruptive attempts to defend Piotrus and Volunteer Marek, My very best wishes is subject to a 1-way interaction ban with Piotrus and a 1-way interaction ban with Volunteer Marek, subject to the usual exceptions. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
• Volunteer Marek
  • is topic banned from the areas of World War II in Poland and the History of Jews in Poland, broadly construed. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
  • is limited to 1 revert per page and may not revert a second time with-out a consensus for the revert, except for edits in his userspace or obvious vandalism. This restriction may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
• François Robere and Volunteer Marek are prohibited from interacting with, or commenting on, posts and comments made by each other, subject to the normal exceptions. This restriction may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
• The Arbitration Committee assumes and makes indefinite the temporary interaction ban between Levivich and Volunteer Marek. This restriction may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
• Piotrus is reminded that while off-wiki communication is allowed in most circumstances, he has previously used off-wiki communication disruptively. He is reminded to be cautious about how and when to use off-wiki contact in the future, and to avoid future conflict, he should prioritize on-wiki communication.
• The Arbitration Committee affirms its January 2022 motion allowing editors to file for Arbitration enforcement at ARCA or Arbitration enforcement noticeboards. In recognition of the overlap of editor interest and activity between this topic area and Eastern Europe, the committee extends this provision to that topic area. It does so by adding the following text in Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Eastern Europe:
  As an alternative to Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement, editors may make enforcement requests directly to the Arbitration Committee at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment.
• The Arbitration Committee separately rescinds the part of the January 2022 motion allowing transfer of a case from Arbitration Enforcement to ARCA, in recognition of the now-standard provision in Wikipedia:Contentious topics § Referrals from Arbitration Enforcement noticeboard to the full Committee. It does so by striking the following text in its entirety in item number 7:
  In addition to the usual processes, a consensus of administrators at AE may refer complex or intractable issues to the Arbitration Committee for resolution at ARCA, at which point the committee may resolve the request by motion or open a case to examine the issue.
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• When considering sanctions against editors in the Eastern Europe topic area, uninvolved administrators should consider past sanctions and the findings of fact and remedies issued in this case.

Should any user subject to a restriction in this case violate that restriction, that user may be blocked for up to 1 year. Administrators placing blocks should take into account an editor's overall conduct and Arbitration history and seriously consider increasing the duration of blocks. Any block 3 months or longer should be reported for automatic review either (1) at ARCA or (2) to an arbitrator or clerk who will open a review at ARCA. The committee will consider presented evidence and statements before deciding by motion what, if any, actions are necessary, up to and including a site ban.

For the Arbitration Committee,
~ ToBeFree ( talk) 18:56, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/World War II and the history of Jews in Poland closed

The arbitration case Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Scottywong has now closed, and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

• For failure to meet the conduct standards expected of an administrator, Scottywong's administrative user rights are removed. Scottywong may regain them at any time via a successful request for adminship.
• Scottywong ( talk · contribs) and ಮಲ್ನಾಡಾಚ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೊ ( talk · contribs) are indefinitely prohibited from interacting with, or commenting on, each other anywhere on Wikipedia (subject to the ordinary exceptions).

For the Arbitration Committee, – MJL  ‐Talk‐ ^☖ 17:47, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Scottywong closed

The arbitration case Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/AlisonW has been closed, and the final decision is viewable at the case page. The following remedy has been enacted:

• For failure to meet the conduct standards expected of an administrator, AlisonW's administrative user rights are removed. She may regain them at any time via a successful request for adminship.

For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 17:45, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/AlisonW closed

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 17:03, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Arbitration motion regarding Paradise Chronicle

The Arbitration Committee is pleased to announce that ToBeFree ( 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, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 22:58, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § ToBeFree promoted to full clerk

Following a request to the Committee, the CheckUser and Oversight permissions of bradv ( talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) have been restored.

For the Arbitration Committee, Primefac ( talk) 19:49, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Change to the Functionary team

The SmallCat dispute arbitration case has been closed, and the final decision is viewable at the case page. The following remedies have been enacted:

• BrownHairedGirl ( talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from Wikipedia. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
• Laurel Lodged ( talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from Wikipedia. This ban may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
• Laurel Lodged is indefinitely topic banned from maintaining categories. In addition to discussing categories and their maintenance, this includes – but is not limited to – directly adding or removing categories from pages, and moving or renaming categories.
• Nederlandse Leeuw ( talk · contribs) is warned about their behavior during conduct discussions.
• Editors participating in XfD, especially those forums with a small number of regular participants, are reminded to be careful about forming a local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus. Regular closers at an XfD forum may also want to note when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful.

For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 02:12, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/SmallCat dispute closed

Following a request to the Committee, the CheckUser permission of ferret ( talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) has been restored.

For the Arbitration Committee, Barkeep49 ( talk) 12:51, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Change to the Checkuser team

The Arbitration Committee is seeking to appoint additional editors to the Checkuser and Oversight teams. The arbitrators overseeing this will be Cabayi and Wugapodes. 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:

• 4 September to 16 September: Candidates may self-nominate by contacting the Arbitration Committee at arbcom-en-cwikimedia.org.
• 17 September to 21 September: The Arbitration Committee and Functionaries will vet the candidates.
• 21 September to 24 September: The committee will notify candidates going forward for community consultation and create the candidate subpages containing the submitted nomination statements.
• 25 September to 4 October: Nomination statements will be published and the candidates are invited to answer questions publicly. The community is invited and encouraged to participate.
• By 15 October: Appointments will be announced.

For the Arbitration Committee, Cabayi ( talk) 23:46, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § 2023 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: announcement

Following a request to the Committee, the CheckUser and Oversight permissions of RickinBaltimore ( talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) have been restored.

For the Arbitration Committee, Primefac ( talk) 08:21, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Change to the Functionary team

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee,
~ ToBeFree ( talk) 12:32, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Arbitration motion regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones

Please take this note as my formal resignation from the Arbitration Committee. I've been less available in 2023 than I'd like, and since we're near election season, I felt this was a good time for me to step down. Being an arbitrator is not the most appreciated role on the encyclopedia (something I've written about in the past), so I'd just like to express my personal gratitude to the remaining committee, who do so much work behind the scenes, dealing with things so the rest of the community doesn't have to. Worm^TT( talk) 14:29, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

Noting for the formality of it, I'm giving up CU OS for now too, please. Worm^TT( talk) 14:43, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Worm That Turned stepping down

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, firefly ( t · c ) 14:27, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Arbitration motion regarding Mark Ironie and CorbieVreccan

I am resigning from the Arbitration Committee at the end of this year - December 31, 2023. Due to age and health I have struggled with the requirements of clarity of thought, energy levels, and remaining emotionally detached that is required of an Arb, and don't feel I have given of my best during this term. The thought of another year is wearying. I have been impressed with the professionalism, knowledge, skills and work ethic of the current Committee, one of the best and most supportive I have worked with. The Arbitration Committee, thanks to the work of not just the current but also previous Committees, is moving forward into an efficient organisation, and - despite my resignation - I would recommend it for those younger admins who have not yet served as a place to learn and discover more about Wikipedia, to test and improve skills, and as a place to really satisfy those desires of wanting to help out. ArbCom really benefits from having a mix of newer and younger admins working alongside seasoned and experienced Arbs. Indeed, the Committee benefits from having a wide and active range of views and opinions and experiences - it's as good to have those who are mainly familiar with writing articles, or organising categories as it is to have those who are very familiar with the daily posts on AN. Step forward and step up.

Meanwhile, thanks to the Committee and to the Clerks for all that they do. SilkTork ( talk) 11:41, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Resignation of SilkTork

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 vetting process was much quicker than anticipated resulting in the schedule for the rest of the process moving forward.

The Arbitration Committee invites editors to comment and ask questions until 23:59 UTC on September 23, 2023.

For the Arbitration Committee, Cabayi ( talk) 14:37, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § 2023 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: Community consultation phase open

The Arbitration Committee is pleased to welcome the following editor to the functionary team:

• DatGuy ( 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.

For the Arbitration Committee, Cabayi ( talk) 20:18, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § 2023 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: candidate appointed

Following a successful appeal to the Arbitration Committee, Wellington Bay ( talk · contribs) is unblocked subject to a one-account restriction. This restriction may be appealed after 6 months have elapsed. For the Arbitration Committee, Izno ( talk) 17:42, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Wellington Bay unblocked

Following a successful appeal to the Arbitration Committee, Bkbray ( talk · contribs) is unblocked subject to a one-account restriction. This restriction may be appealed after 6 months have elapsed. For the Arbitration Committee, Izno ( talk) 18:05, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Bkbray unblocked

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee,
~ ToBeFree ( talk) 19:45, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Arbitration motion regarding the Prem Rawat case

The Arbitration Committee is currently considering a series of motions to rescind remedies (including contentious topic designations) that may no longer be necessary to prevent disruption. Community feedback is welcome at the motions page in the "community discussion" sections. KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 02:03, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Proposed motions on rescinding old topic-wide remedies

Following a successful appeal to the Arbitration Committee, Kolya Butternut ( talk · contribs) is unblocked subject to the following restriction indefinitely, which may be appealed after 12 months have elapsed:

Kolya Butternut may discuss no other editor's undisclosed personal details anywhere. This includes both onwiki as well as any other online location or other Wikimedia-associated offline location.

For the Arbitration Committee, Izno ( talk) 17:42, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Kolya Butternut unblocked

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by a series of motions that:

For the Arbitration Committee, – MJL  ‐Talk‐ ^☖ 04:09, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Arbitration motion regarding Unused Contentious Topics

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion over email that:

For the Arbitration Committee, — Wug· a·po·des 18:18, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Temporary checkuser privileges for election scrutineers

The Arbitration Committee is considering a motion to modify the provisions of the extended confirmed restriction. Comments are welcome at the relevant request for clarification.

In accordance with the procedural requirements for modifications of the Arbitration Committee procedures, a duplicate copy of the motion is available at the Committee's public motions page.

For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 01:29, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Proposed motion to modify the extended confirmed restriction provisions

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 18:51, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Arbitration motion regarding the extended confirmed restriction

The Arbitration Committee announces that it will currently be accepting applications for CheckUser and/or Oversight permissions at any point in the year. This reflects a change from past practice, which provided that only "extraordinary" candidates would be considered outside of an annual appointment process. The steps for interested candidates will remain the following:

• Candidates may self-nominate by contacting the Arbitration Committee at arbcom-en-cwikimedia.org.
• Candidates will be be asked to fill out a questionnaire.
• The Arbitration Committee and Functionaries will vet the candidates.
• The Committee will notify candidates going forward for community consultation and create the candidate subpages containing the submitted nomination statements. Depending on the situation, this may happen immediately or may happen at a set time (e.g., first of the month) to allow grouping of candidates.
• Nomination statements will be published and the candidates will be invited to answer questions publicly. The community will be invited and encouraged to participate over a 10 day period.
• Appointment, if any, will be announced.

The 2024 Arbitration Committee will decide whether it will continue to conduct an annual call for functionary candidates, or if instead this process will be the primary process for functionary appointments going forward.

For the Arbitration Committee, Barkeep49 ( talk) 14:56, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Call for Checkusers and Oversighters

The committee has received an appeal from Ethan2345678 ( talk · contribs) and would like to hear feedback from the community before coming to a final decision. You can post comments either in the linked discussion below or send them to arbcom-enwikimedia.org. For the Arbitration Committee, Barkeep49 ( talk) 15:36, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Appeal from Ethan2345678

In light of the voting phase of the arbcom election starting soon, I've decided to make official what has been de facto true for a while now and resign from the committee. Obviously I have been overtaken by real-life commitments and haven't had the time to contribute as I'd hoped this year, and I don't see that changing in the short time left in my term. Apologies and appreciation to those who picked up more work than they signed up for in my absence. I will also be giving up CU/OS, since I don't have time to do those jobs either. For everyone running in this year's election, good luck, and best wishes to the 2024 committee! Opabinia regalis ( talk) 07:42, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Opabinia regalis resignation

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, — Wug· a·po·des 09:46, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § Alalch E.'s topic ban rescinded

The Arbitration Committee has determined that Beeblebrox ( talk · contribs) has repeatedly failed to [p]reserve in appropriate confidence the contents of private correspondence sent to the Committee and the Committee's internal discussions and deliberations by making disclosures on off-wiki forums. These failures followed a previous formal warning issued to Beeblebrox in September 2021 by the Arbitration Committee concerning his conduct in off-wiki forums. Therefore, in accordance with Wikipedia:Arbitration/Policy § Conduct of arbitrators, Beeblebrox is suspended from Arbitration Committee membership for a period of six months from this date. During this period, Beeblebrox's CheckUser and Oversight permissions and his access to applicable mailing lists (including the functionaries' mailing list) are revoked. Following this period, Beeblebrox may request reinstatement of his permissions or mailing list access by applying to the Arbitration Committee. Beeblebrox may also regain access via election to the committee.

Support: Barkeep49, Cabayi, CaptainEek, Enterprisey, GeneralNotability, Guerillero, Izno, L235, Primefac, SilkTork, Wugapodes

Oppose:

Abstain: Moneytrees

For the Arbitration Committee, Barkeep49 ( talk) 04:49, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Suspension of Beeblebrox

The Arbitration Committee has received applications for functionary permissions from several editors, consistent with its previous announcement that applications for CheckUser and/or Oversight permissions will be accepted at any point in the year. The following editors have applied for the CheckUser permission and have subsequently been reviewed and vetted by the functionary team, and the community is invited to comment on the associated consultation pages:

• Spicy ( talk · contribs) ( consultation)
• Vanamonde93 ( talk · contribs) ( consultation)

The community consultations will remain open through 11 December 2023.

For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 04:15, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 50 § Functionary candidates: December 2023 community consultation open

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, firefly ( t · c ) 17:59, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Arbitration motion regarding Ireland article names - required location of move discussions rescinded

Following a successful appeal to the Arbitration Committee, MelroseReporter ( talk · contribs) is unblocked (as time served) subject to a one-account restriction. This restriction may be appealed after 6 months have elapsed. For the Arbitration Committee, Izno ( talk) 03:50, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § MelroseReporter unblocked

The Arbitration Committee is pleased to welcome the following editors to the functionary team:

• Spicy ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is appointed as a CheckUser.
• Vanamonde93 ( 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 in the community consultations and helped bring this process to a successful conclusion.

For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 13:53, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Checkuser candidates appointed (December 2023)

An arbitration case, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Industrial agriculture, has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

• Leyo and KoA are prohibited from interacting with, or commenting on, each other anywhere on Wikipedia (subject to the ordinary exceptions). This restriction may be appealed twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.
• Leyo is admonished for battleground behavior, personal attacks, and use of administrator tools while INVOLVED. Leyo is INVOLVED in the topic area of genetically modified organisms, industrial agriculture, commercially produced agricultural chemicals, the effects of all three, and organizations or companies involved, broadly construed. Future instances of this kind of conduct may result in sanction, including removal of adminship, without warning, especially if it is INVOLVED tool use.
• KoA is warned for edit warring and is reminded to engage in good faith when resolving their disputes.

For the Arbitration Committee,
~ ToBeFree ( talk) 16:00, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Industrial agriculture closed

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 2024:

• Aoidh ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Cabayi ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Firefly ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• HJ Mitchell ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Maxim ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Sdrqaz ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• ToBeFree ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Z1720 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Upon meeting the Wikimedia Foundation's criteria for access to non-public personal data and signing the Foundation's non-public information confidentiality agreement, all incoming arbitrators will be subscribed to all Committee-managed email lists, assigned the CheckUser and Oversight permissions for use in office, and given access to the CheckUser and Oversight queues on the VRTS system.

We also thank our outgoing colleagues whose terms end on 31 December 2023:

• Enterprisey ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Izno ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• SilkTork ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Wugapodes ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Outgoing arbitrators are eligible to retain the CheckUser and Oversight permissions, to 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, who have not elected to retain them, after 31 December 2023:

  CheckUser: Enterprisey, Izno, SilkTork

  Oversight: Enterprisey, Izno, SilkTork

• 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, with the exception of Enterprisey, who has elected to be unsubscribed.
• All outgoing arbitrators will be unsubscribed from the clerks-l mailing list, with the exception of Izno, who has elected to remain subscribed.

For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 04:24, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § 2024 Arbitration Committee

The Arbitration Committee is considering a motion to amend the procedures and to extend reliable source requirements to Lithuania as a topic area. Comments are welcome at the relevant request for clarification.

For the Arbitration Committee, Barkeep49 ( talk) 18:33, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Proposed motion to create Reliable source consensus-required restriction procedures and add the restriction to the Lithuania topic area

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee,
– MJL  ‐Talk‐ ^☖ 21:43, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Arbitration motion regarding reliable source consensus-required restrictions

The Arbitration Committee is considering a series of proposed motions related to allegations of inappropriate email canvassing within the Israel-Palestine topic area in violation of Wikipedia policy. Community statements and evidence submissions are welcome at the above link, or by email to arbcom-enwikimedia.org if information cannot be posted publicly. For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 21:56, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Proposed motions on email canvassing

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, firefly ( t · c ) 19:05, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Arbitration motion regarding GiantSnowman

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, Aoidh ( talk) 15:48, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Arbitration motion regarding PIA Canvassing

A motion to formalize the Arbitration Committee's usage of remind, warn, and admonish in the procedures is now being considered at Arbitration/Requests/Motions. Community feedback is invited and welcomed. Barkeep49 ( talk) 16:43, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Motion on use of remind, warn, and admonish

Feedback is requested for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at WP:AE. The draft text and feedback section can be found at Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#Consultation: Admin information draft. Thank you to everyone who participates. Z1720 ( talk) 20:54, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § Feedback requested for AE's "Information for administrators" section

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 06:50, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Arbitration motion regarding the severity of remedies

Following a request to the Committee, Wugapodes' CheckUser access has been removed. The Arbitration Committee sincerely thanks Wugapodes for their service as a CheckUser and their continuing service as an Oversighter.

On behalf of the Committee, Sdrqaz ( talk) 20:35, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Change to the CheckUser team, January 2024

Two motions are proposed to amend the scope of appeals considered by the Arbitration Committee at Arbitration/Requests/Motions. Community feedback is invited and welcomed. Maxim ( talk) 16:45, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Motions on amending the scope of appeals considered by the Arbitration Committee

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 20:31, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Arbitration motion regarding Mzajac

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, Maxim ( talk) 13:43, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Arbitration motion regarding the scope of appeals considered by the Arbitration Committee

Mschwartz1 ( talk · contribs) is granted the extended-confirmed user group for the exclusive purpose of participating in a case request about Israel-Palestine.

For the Arbitration Committee, firefly ( t · c ) 15:11, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Mschwartz1 granted extended confirmed for the purpose of participating in arbitration

I resign my seat on ArbCom with immediate effect. To all those who voted for me - I'm sorry I wasn't the arbitrator either of us hoped I'd be. GeneralNotability ( talk) 11:37, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Resignation

The Arbitration Committee makes the following update to its 20 March announcement:

Mschwartz1 ( talk · contribs)'s extended-confirmed permission is revoked as they did not meet the Arbitration Committee's expectations when the request for the permission was granted. The Committee apologises for the time spent by the wider Community on this affair.

Guerillero is recused from consideration of this matter.

On behalf of the Committee, Sdrqaz ( talk) 01:01, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § Revocation of Mschwartz1's extended-confirmed permission