Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard

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Arbitration motion regarding Palestine-Israel articles

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The General 1RR prohibition of the Palestine-Israel articles arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t) is amended to read:

Each editor is limited to one revert per page per 24 hours on any page that could be reasonably construed as being related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Reverts made to enforce the General Prohibition are exempt from the provisions of this motion. Also, the normal exemptions apply. Editors who violate this restriction may be blocked by any uninvolved administrator, even on a first offense.

Further, the Palestine-Israel articles arbitration case (t) (ev / t) (w / t) (pd / t) is amended to include the following remedies:

Editors cautioned: Editors are cautioned against edit warring, even if their actions are not in violation of the general 1RR prohibition active in the Arab-Israeli conflict topic area. Instead of reverting, editors are encouraged to discuss their proposed changes on the article's talk page, especially when the edit in question has already been challenged or is likely to be challenged.
Administrators encouraged: Administrators enforcing arbitration remedies in this topic area are encouraged to make use of appropriate discretionary sanctions to prevent or end prolonged or low-speed edit wars, even when the general 1RR prohibition has not been violated by any involved editor.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 06:54, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Arbitration motion regarding Palestine-Israel articles

Level 1 desysop of Esanchez7587

Under the Level 1 desysopping procedures the administrator permissions of Esanchez7587 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) have been temporarily removed as a suspected compromised account.

Supporting: Worm That Turned, BU Rob13, Mkdw, Opabinia regalis, and KrakatoaKatie.

For the Arbitration Committee;

Worm^TT(talk) 17:52, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Level 1 desysop of Esanchez7587

Level 1 desysop of Garzo

Under the Level 1 desysopping procedures the administrator permissions of Garzo (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) have been temporarily removed as a suspected compromised account.

Supporting: Worm That Turned, Euryalus, Opabinia regalis, DeltaQuad, Mkdw, and KrakatoaKatie.

For the Arbitration Committee;

Worm^TT(talk) 20:02, 23 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Level 1 desysop of Garzo

Level 1 desysop of Killiondude

Under the Level 1 desysopping procedures the administrator permissions of Killiondude (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) have been temporarily removed as a suspected compromised account.

Supporting: DeltaQuad, Worm that Turned, BU Rob13.

For the Arbitration Committee;

-- Amanda (aka DQ) 20:33, 24 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Level 1 desysop of Killiondude

Return of tools

The Arbitration Committee has verified Killiondude is back in control of their account via multiple methods. Therefore the committee reinstates their administrative userright, which was previously removed by motion. The committee also urges them to enable 2 factor authentication on their account.

Supporting: KrakatoaKatie, Callanecc, Newyorkbrad, Premeditated Chaos, Worm That Turned, Opabinia Regalis, Mkdw, DeltaQuad.

For the Arbitration Committee, -- Amanda (aka DQ) 22:51, 24 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Return of tools

Level 1 desysop of Orangemike

Under the Level 1 desysopping procedures the administrator permissions of Orangemike (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) have been temporarily removed as a suspected compromised account.

Supporting: BU Rob13, Premeditated Chaos, Opabinia regalis, Mkdw

For the Arbitration Committee;

~ Rob₁₃^Talk 04:36, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Level 1 desysop of Orangemike

Waenceslaus unblocked following successful appeal

Following a successful appeal via email to the arbitration committee, Waenceslaus's indefinite block has been lifted, with an indefinite one-account restriction. His indefinite topic ban on longevity, placed on August 16, 2015 after this ANI discussion, remains in effect. Both restrictions are recorded at WP:EDR. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 21:08, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Waenceslaus unblocked following successful appeal

Return of administrative rights for Orangemike

The Arbitration Committee has verified Orangemike (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) is back in control of their account via multiple methods. The committee therefore reinstates their administrative user right, which was previously removed by motion. The committee also urges him to enable 2 factor authentication on his account.

Supporting: Euryalus, Opabinia regalis, RickinBaltimore, BU Rob13, Newyorkbrad, Mkdw, KrakatoaKatie

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katie^talk 17:43, 4 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Return of administrative rights for Orangemike

Arbitration motion regarding Jytdog

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The request for arbitration was accepted, but the case will not be opened at this time in light of Jytdog's statement that he is retiring from Wikipedia and he disabled his access to his account. Jytdog may not resume editing, under any account name or IP, without notifying and obtaining permission from the Arbitration Committee.

Jytdog is thereby indefinitely blocked by the Arbitration Committee.

For the Arbitration Committee, Mkdw ^talk 07:20, 5 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Arbitration motion regarding Jytdog

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Fred Bauder closed

An arbitration case regarding Fred Bauder has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

Fred Bauder is admonished for engaging in an edit war on his candidate's questions page. Future edit-warring or disruptive behavior may result in further sanctions.
For multiple self-unblocks, wheel-warring, and abuse of rollback, Fred Bauder is desysopped. He may regain the administrative tools at any time via a successful request for adminship.
Boing! said Zebedee is cautioned for blocking Fred Bauder while actively involved in an edit war with him at the time. He is further cautioned to avoid edit-warring, even in cases where the other editor is editing disruptively.
Editors should seek assistance from the Electoral Commission for issues that arise on pages related to the Arbitration Committee Elections that cannot be easily resolved (excluding, for example, obvious vandalism). The Arbitration Committee reaffirms that the Electoral Commission has been tasked with the independent oversight of the Arbitration Committee Elections. Matters which are of a private matter should be referred to the Arbitration Committee or functionaries team as normal.

For the Arbitration Committee, --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 08:01, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Fred Bauder closed

Additional CheckUser permissions for election scrutineers

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Temporary local Checkuser rights are granted to Linedwell (talk · contribs) for the purpose of acting as a scrutineer in the 2018 Arbitration Committee election. Any additional reserve stewards appointed to scrutineer the 2018 election may also be granted temporary local CheckUser permissions without a further motion of the Arbitration Committee. This motion may be enacted as soon as it reaches the required majority.

For the Arbitration Committee, --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 18:13, 10 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37#Additional CheckUser permissions for election scrutineers

Guerillero reappointed a full clerk

The Arbitration Committee is pleased to announce that Guerillero (talk · contribs) will be rejoining the arbitration clerk team as a full clerk. We express our thanks to the clerks for the work they do in ensuring that the arbitration process operates smoothly. If you are interested in joining the team as a trainee, please read through the information page and send an email to clerks-llists.wikimedia.org.

For the Arbitration Committee, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 07:30, 12 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38#Guerillero reappointed a full clerk

Arbitration motion regarding The Rambling Man

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that the The Rambling Man arbitration case be amended as follows:

In remedy 4, "The Rambling Man prohibited", the first paragraph is amended to read:

The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) is prohibited from posting speculation about the motivations of editors or reflections on their ~~general~~ competence.

and the third paragraph is amended to read:

If however, in the opinion of an uninvolved administrator, The Rambling Man does engage in prohibited conduct, he may be blocked for up to 48 hours. If, in the opinion of the enforcing administrator, a longer block, or other sanction, is warranted a request is to be filed at WP:ARCA.

A note will be added at the top of the Enforcement section highlighting the special enforcement requirements of remedy 4.

The following is added as a remedy to the case:

9) The Rambling Man is topic banned from making any edit about, and from editing any page relating to, the Did You Know? process. This topic ban does not apply to User:The Rambling Man/ERRORS and its talk page or to articles linked from DYK hooks or captions (these may be at any stage of the DYK process).

The following provisions are added in the Enforcement section of the case:

1) Where an arbitration enforcement request to enforce a sanction imposed in this case against The Rambling Man has remained open for more than three days and there is no clear consensus among uninvolved administrators, the request is to be referred to the Arbitration Committee at WP:ARCA.

2) Appeals of any arbitration enforcement sanctions imposed on The Rambling Man that enforce a remedy in this case may only be directed to the Arbitration Committee at WP:ARCA. The Rambling Man may appeal by email to the Committee if he prefers. This provision overrides the appeals procedure in the standard provision above.

For the Arbitration Committee,--Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 21:30, 13 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#Arbitration motion regarding The Rambling Man

Bradv appointed trainee clerk

The arbitration clerks are pleased to welcome Bradv (talk · contribs) to the clerk team as a trainee!

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 email to clerks-llists.wikimedia.org.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 22:31, 13 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38#Bradv appointed trainee clerk

Amendment to the standard provision for appeals and modifications

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The following text is added to the "Modifications by administrators" section of the standard provision on appeals and modifications:

Administrators are free to modify sanctions placed by former administrators – that is, editors who do not have the administrator permission enabled (due to a temporary or permanent relinquishment or desysop) – without regard to the requirements of this section. If an administrator modifies a sanction placed by a former administrator, the administrator who made the modification becomes the "enforcing administrator". If a former administrator regains the tools, the provisions of this section again apply to their unmodified enforcement actions.

For clarity, this change applies to all current uses of standard provision, including in closed cases.

For the Arbitration Committee, Brad v🍁 02:12, 14 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38#Amendment to the standard provision for appeals and modifications

2019 Arbitration Committee

The Arbitration Committee welcomes the following new and returning arbitrators following their election by the community. Their two-year terms formally begin on 01 January 2019:

GorillaWarfare (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
AGK (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
SilkTork (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Joe Roe (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Courcelles (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Mkdw (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

All incoming arbitrators have elected to receive (or retain, where applicable) the checkuser and oversight permissions.

We also thank our outgoing colleagues whose terms end on 31 December 2018:

DeltaQuad (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) (retaining both CheckUser & Oversight)
Euryalus (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Doug Weller (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) (retaining both CheckUser & Oversight)
Newyorkbrad (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
DGG (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) (retaining both CheckUser & Oversight)

Outgoing arbitrators are eligible to retain the CheckUser and Oversight permissions, 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 after 31 December 2018 at their own request:
CheckUser: Euryalus, Newyorkbrad

Oversight: Euryalus, Newyorkbrad
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.
All outgoing arbitrators will remain subscribed from the arbitration clerks' mailing list, with the exception of Euryalus and DGG at their request.

The Arbitration Committee thanks DeltaQuad for volunteering to join the arbitration clerk team and appoints her a full clerk effective from the completion of her term as an arbitrator.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katie^talk 12:03, 17 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38#2019 Arbitration Committee

Cameron11598 appointed full clerk

The Arbitration Committee is pleased to announce that Cameron11598 (talk · contribs) has been appointed a full clerk, effective immediately.

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, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 05:53, 21 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#Cameron11598 appointed full clerk