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Desysopping of User:Centrx

Pursuant to WP:AC/P#Removal of permissions "Level I procedures", the administrator privileges of Centrx (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) are revoked pending a full review. The motion was supported by AGK, Hersfold, and SilkTork. (Meta permissions request.)

For the Arbitration Committee, AGK [•] 15:41, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

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Ban appeal by User:Altenmann

On 11 April 2010, User:Altenmann was desysopped and community banned, which the user would like reconsidered. Accordingly, the Ban Appeals Subcommittee seeks comment from the community on suspending the ban and interested editors are invited to participate. For the committee, SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 12:45, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

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Arbitration motion regarding Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Cirt and Jayen466

Resolved by motion at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Amendment that: The Cirt and Jayen466 case is supplemented as follows:

Notwithstanding other restrictions on his editing, Cirt is granted an exemption in order to edit the article Dan Savage bibliography, its talk page, a peer review for that article, and a featured list candidacy for the article. This exemption may be withdrawn by The Rambling Man at anytime, or by further motion of the Arbitration Committee.

For the Arbitration Committee, Alexandr Dmitri (talk) 17:11, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Race and intelligence/Review closed

The arbitration review of the Race and Intelligence case has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above.

The following remedies have been enacted:

1. Mathsci (talk · contribs) is admonished for engaging in battlefield conduct
2. Ferahgo the Assassin (talk · contribs) and Captain Occam (talk · contribs) are site-banned from Wikipedia for a period of no less than one year. After one year has elapsed, a request may be made for the ban to be lifted. Any such request must address all the circumstances which lead to this ban being imposed and demonstrate an understanding of and intention to refrain from similar actions in the future.
3. SightWatcher (talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from editing and/or discussing the topic of Race and Intelligence on any page of Wikipedia, including user talk pages, or from participating in any discussion concerning the conduct of editors who have worked in the topic. This editor may however within reason participate in dispute resolution and noticeboard discussions if their own conduct has been mentioned.
4. TrevelyanL85A2 (talk · contribs) is indefinitely banned from editing and/or discussing the topic of Race and Intelligence on any page of Wikipedia, including user talk pages, or from participating in any discussion concerning the conduct of editors who have worked in the topic. This editor may however within reason participate in dispute resolution and noticeboard discussions if their own conduct has been mentioned.

For the Arbitration Committee,

--Guerillero | My Talk 02:12, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Rich Farmbrough closed

An arbitration case regarding Rich Farmbrough has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above.

The following remedies have been enacted:

1. Rich Farmbrough (talk · contribs) is indefinitely prohibited from using any automation whatsoever on Wikipedia. For the purposes of this remedy, any edits that reasonably appear to be automated shall be assumed to be so.
2. Rich Farmbrough's administrator status is revoked. At any time after the closing of this case, Rich Farmbrough may request that his administrator status be restored by filing a request for adminship.
3. Elen of the Roads (talk · contribs) is reminded that an administrator who is a party to an arbitration case should not block another editor (or their bot) who is a party to the same case.

For the Arbitration Committee,

--Guerillero | My Talk 19:30, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

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Merging of clarification and amendment processes

In order to consolidate the array of on-wiki arbitration pages so far as possible, the pages Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Amendment and Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification are being merged. The amalgamated process page will be Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment, and both requests for clarification and amendment of final arbitration decisions should be submitted to this page. Editors attempting to use the new process who encounter issues or who find the new instructions unclear should feel welcome to contact any arbitrator or clerk for assistance

The merger of the two process pages was supported by a majority of the active arbitrators, but as a minor change did not require a formal motion. The old pages and shortcuts should redirect to the new page, as should obviously-synonymous pagenames. WP:A/R/CA and WP:A/R/C&A now exist, for those of us who use shortcuts. However, if you notice any legacy errors from the old pages, please draw them to the attention of me, another arbitrator, or any clerk, or fix them yourself if it is obvious what they should now be.

We hope this makes the whole process somewhat less cumbersome. For the Arbitration Committee, AGK [•] 22:04, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Guerillero promoted to full clerk

We are pleased to announce that Guerillero has been promoted to a full Arbitration Committee clerk position, effective immediately.

We thank Guerillero and all of the clerks for their assistance to the Committee and its work.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kirill ^[talk] 18:01, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

Latest addition to the Arbitration Committee clerk team

The Arbitration Committee clerk team would like to welcome our latest trainee clerk, Lord Roem, to the team. --Alexandr Dmitri (talk) 19:56, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

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Arbitration motion regarding Changes evidence limits in arbitration cases

Resolved by motion at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Motions that:

Users who are named parties to an arbitration case shall limit their evidence submission to no more than 1000 words in length. All other users submitting evidence to an arbitration case shall limit their evidence submission to no more than 500 words in length. All evidence must be presented on the case's /Evidence subpage. Evidence submissions significantly over the appropriate limit may be refactored by an arbitration clerk at the discretion of the clerks and Committee.

For the Arbitration Committee,

--Guerillero | My Talk 06:55, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

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Arbitration motion regarding Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Race and intelligence/Review

Resolved by motion at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment that:

FoF 2.5 in the Race and intelligence review be amended to read: Mathsci has engaged in borderline personal attacks and frequent battleground conduct.

For the Arbitration Committee,

-- Lord Roem (talk) 06:08, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

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Arbitration motion regarding Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Rich Farmbrough

Resolved by motion that:

FoF 8 (Unblocking of SmackBot) changed to:

Rich Farmbrough has on many occasions, after another administrator has placed a block on his bot account, used his administrative tools to unblock his own bot without first remedying the underlying issue to the blocking admin's satisfaction or otherwise achieving consensus for such unblock (see block logs of SmackBot, Helpful Pixie Bot).

For the Arbitration Committee,

-- Lord Roem (talk) 14:57, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

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Arbitration motion regarding submission of evidence in arbitration cases

Resolved by motion at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Motions that:

Submissions of evidence are expected to be succinct and to the point. By default, submissions are limited to about 1000 words and about 100 difference links for named parties, and to about 500 words and about 50 difference links for all other editors. Editors wishing to submit evidence longer than the default limits are expected to obtain the approval of the drafting arbitrator(s) via a request on the /Evidence talk page prior to posting it.

Submissions must be posted on the case /Evidence pages; submission of evidence via sub-pages in userspace is prohibited. Unapproved over-length submissions, and submissions of inappropriate material and/or links, may be removed, refactored, or redacted at the discretion of the clerks and/or the Committee.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Seddon ^talk 18:58, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

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