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2007[edit]
91 cases, 6 dismissed without action.
December[edit]
- Nine cases
- RodentofDeath Decided December 30, 2007
- Parties: RodentofDeath (talk · contribs), Susanbryce (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: RodentofDeath is banned from Wikipedia for one year. Susanbryce is reminded of the prohibition against using Wikipedia as a platform for advocacy.
- Episodes and characters Decided December 28, 2007
- Parties: Bignole (talk · contribs), DanTD (talk · contribs), Ned Scott (talk · contribs), Peregrine Fisher (talk · contribs), Sceptre (talk · contribs), Sgeureka (talk · contribs), TTN (talk · contribs), Ursasapien (talk · contribs), White Cat (talk · contribs), Yukichigai (talk · contribs), RingtailedFox (talk · contribs), FangzofBlood (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: The parties are urged to work collaboratively and constructively with the broader community and the editors committed to working on the articles in question to develop and implement a generally acceptable approach to resolving the underlying content dispute.
- Physchim62 Decided December 20, 2007
- Parties: Physchim62 (talk · contribs), Hesperian (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Physchim62's sysop access may only be regained through normal channels.
- Anonimu Decided December 13, 2007
- Parties: Anonimu (talk · contribs), Biruitorul (talk · contribs), Istvan (talk · contribs), K. Lastochka (talk · contribs), Sceptre (talk · contribs), AdrianTM (talk · contribs), Turgidson (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Anonimu is banned from editing Wikipedia by the Arbitration Committee for a period of one year, to run concurrently with the existing indefinite community ban.
- Macedonia Decided December 3, 2007
- Parties: see Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Macedonia#Involved parties
- Remedies: Any uninvolved administrator may place a user editing disruptively on Balkans-related articles under editing restrictions (see here for detail). These sanctions may be appealed to the administrator, the administrators' noticeboard, or the Committee itself.
- Asgardian-Tenebrae Decided December 3, 2007
- Parties: Hiding (talk · contribs) (initiating party), Asgardian (talk · contribs), Tenebrae (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Asgardian is subject to an editing restriction for one year. He is limited to one revert per page per week (excepting obvious vandalism), and is required to discuss any content reversions on the page's talk page.
- Durova Decided December 1, 2007
- Parties: Durova (talk · contribs), Jehochman (talk · contribs), Dmcdevit (talk · contribs), Giano II (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Durova admonished, General admonishment, Durova's sysop access can only be regained through the normal channels, !! encouraged to look past this regretable incident, Giano reminded.
- Privatemusings Decided December 2, 2007
- Parties: Privatemusings (talk · contribs), Mercury (talk · contribs), Fred Bauder (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Privatemusings limited to one account, Privatemusings restricted from BLP articles, Privatemusings banned from editing Wikipedia for 90 days
- Winter Solder 2 Decided December 10, 2007
- Parties: TDC (talk · contribs), Xenophrenic (talk · contribs), Heimstern (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Xenophrenic restricted and TDC restricted from editing Winter Soldier Investigation.
November[edit]
- Nine cases
- Eyrian Decided November 29, 2007.
- Ferrylodge Decided November 29, 2007
- Parties: Ferrylodge (talk · contribs), FeloniousMonk (talk · contribs), KillerChihuahua (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Ferrylodge unbanned, but placed on an indefinite editing restriction as outlined here, the community is urged to develop a coherent policy regarding the method by which community bans are to be imposed.
- Railpage Australia Decided November 19, 2007
- Parties: Thin Arthur (talk · contribs), Tezza1 (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: User:Tezza1 is banned from Wikipedia for one year.
- Martinphi-ScienceApologist Decided November 19, 2007
- Parties: Martinphi (talk · contribs), ScienceApologist (talk · contribs), Wikidudeman (talk · contribs), Nealparr (talk · contribs), Antelan (talk · contribs), LuckyLouie (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Martinphi and ScienceApologist are subect to an editing restriction for one year, and ScienceApologist is limited to one account.
- Sadi Carnot Decided November 18, 2007
- Parties: Sadi Carnot (talk · contribs), Coren (talk · contribs), Kww (talk · contribs), Jehochman (talk · contribs), Physchim62 (talk · contribs), Sarah (talk · contribs), DragonflySixtyseven (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Sadi Carnot banned for one year. Remaining parties encouraged to "move forward from this unfortunate incident with a spirit of mutual understanding and forgiveness".
- Stefanomencarelli Decided November 18, 2007
- Ebionites Decided November 10, 2007
- Parties: Warlordjohncarter (talk · contribs), MichaelCPrice (talk · contribs), Ovadyah (talk · contribs), Str1977 (talk · contribs), Nishidani (talk · contribs), Loremaster (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: MichaelCPrice (talk · contribs) is subject to an editing restriction for one year. MichaelCPrice is limited to one revert per page per week (excepting obvious vandalism), and is required to discuss any content reversions on the page's talk page.
- Commodore Sloat-Biophys Decided November 8, 2007
- Alkivar Decided November 8, 2007
October[edit]
- Twelve cases (two were dismissed)
- The Troubles Decided October 30, 2007
- Parties: Vintagekits (talk · contribs), SqueakBox (talk · contribs), Giano_II (talk · contribs), Rockpocket (talk · contribs), SirFozzie (talk · contribs), John (talk · contribs), Alison (talk · contribs), Tyrenius (talk · contribs), MrDarcy (talk · contribs), BrownHairedGirl (talk · contribs), Astrotrain (talk · contribs), Major_Bonkers (talk · contribs), Counter-revolutionary (talk · contribs), Kittybrewster (talk · contribs), W. Frank (talk · contribs), David Lauder (talk · contribs), Padraig (talk · contribs), GiollaUidir (talk · contribs), Brixton Busters (talk · contribs), Domer48 (talk · contribs), Scalpfarmer (talk · contribs), Derry Boi (talk · contribs), Theoldanarchist (talk · contribs), Scolaire (talk · contribs), Thepiper (talk · contribs), Quick Reference (talk · contribs), Badgerpatrol (talk · contribs), Betacommand (talk · contribs), Ginggangsgoolies (talk · contribs), Stramash (talk · contribs), One Night In Hackney (talk · contribs), Conypiece (talk · contribs), Logoistic (talk · contribs), Biofoundationsoflanguage (talk · contribs), Traditional unionist (talk · contribs), Aatomic1 (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Any user who hereafter engages in edit-warring or disruptive editing on these or related articles may be placed on Wikipedia:Probation by any uninvolved administrator. This may include any user who was a party to this case, or any other user after a warning has been given. Vintagekits' indefinite block lifted.
- THF-DavidShankBone Dismissed October 28, 2007
- Allegations of apartheid Dismissed October 26, 2007
- Bharatveer Decided October 21, 2007
- Parties: Moreschi (talk · contribs), Bharatveer (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Bharatveer is subject to a comprehensive editing restriction for one year. He is limited to one revert per page per week (excepting obvious vandalism), and is required to discuss any content reversions on the page's talk page. If he exceeds this limit, fails to discuss a content reversion, or makes any edits which are judged by an administrator to be uncivil, personal attacks, or assumptions of bad faith, he may be blocked as set forth in the decision's enforcement provision.
- Digwuren Decided October 21, 2007
- Liancourt Rocks Decided October 20, 2007
- Giovanni33-John Smith's Decided October 20, 2007
- Dalmatia Decided October 19, 2007
- Parties: Isotope23 (talk · contribs) (initiator}, Giovanni Giove (talk · contribs), DIREKTOR (talk · contribs), Zenanarh (talk · contribs), Kubura (talk · contribs), Brunodam (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Giovanni Giove and DIREKTOR are each subject to an editing restriction for one year. Each is limited to one revert per page per week (excepting obvious vandalism), and is required to discuss any content reversions on the page's talk page.
- SevenOfDiamonds Decided October 18, 2007
- Parties: MONGO (talk · contribs), Theresa knott (talk · contribs), NuclearUmpf (talk · contribs) (editing as SevenOfDiamonds (talk · contribs))
- Remedies: SevenOfDiamonds blocked indefinitely as sockpuppet of banned user Nuclear Umpf.
- Attack sites Decided Octover 17, 2007
- Parties: Phil Sandifer (talk · contribs), Samiharris (talk · contribs), Tom harrison (talk · contribs), ElinorD (talk · contribs), Mantanmoreland (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Editors advised to check the use of the link on a case-by-case basis, as well as re-drafting a policy via consensus.
- DreamGuy 2 Decided October 16, 2007
- Artaxerex Decided October 13, 2007
September[edit]
- Five cases
- Jmfangio-Chrisjnelson Decided September 26, 2007
- Parties: Seraphimblade (talk · contribs), Jmfangio (talk · contribs), Chrisjnelson (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Chrisjnelson is limited to one revert per page per week (excepting obvious vandalism), and is required to discuss any content reversions on the page's talk page, for a duration of six months. If he exceeds this limit, fails to discuss a content reversion, or makes any edits which are judged by an administrator to be uncivil, personal attacks, or assumptions of bad faith, he may be blocked.
- COFS Decided September 23, 2007
- Parties: Durova (talk · contribs), COFS (talk · contribs) (now renamed to Shutterbug (talk · contribs)), Lsi john (talk · contribs), Justanother (talk · contribs), Anynobody (talk · contribs), SheffieldSteel (talk · contribs), Jehochman (talk · contribs), Smee (talk · contribs), Misou (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: COFS must select a new username, COFS is asked to refrain from recruiting editors whose editing interests are limited to Scientology-related topics, Anynobody is prohibited from harassing Justanother, Justanother is urged to avoid interesting himself in Anynobody's actions (this remedy implies no judgement concerning Justanother's conduct, but is intended to ensure a balanced situation together with the previous remedy), and all Scientology-related articles are placed on article probation.
- Catalonia Decided September 18, 2007
- Parties: Physchim62 (talk · contribs), Maurice27 (talk · contribs), Casaforra (talk · contribs), Mountolive (talk · contribs), Dúnadan (talk · contribs), Boynamedsue (talk · contribs), Benimerin (talk · contribs), Toniher (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Maurice27 is banned from editing Wikipedia for one month.
- Boris Stomakhin Decided September 5, 2007
- Great Irish Famine Decided September 1, 2007
- Parties: SirFozzie (talk · contribs), Domer48 (talk · contribs), Sarah777 (talk · contribs), sony-youth (talk · contribs), MarkThomas (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: The article Great Irish Famine is placed under the mentorship of three to five administrators to be named later. All content reversions on this page must be discussed on the article talk page. Further terms of the mentorship are contained in the decision and will be amplified on the article talkpage. Sarah777 may be banned from editing any page which she disrupts by engaging in aggressive biased editing or by making anti-British remarks. MarkThomas is placed on standard civility supervision for one year.
August[edit]
- Nine cases (two were dismissed)
- Attachment Therapy Decided August 30, 2007
- Parties: shotwell (talk · contribs), Fainites (talk · contribs) StokerAce (talk · contribs), Jean Mercer (talk · contribs), Sarner (talk · contribs), FatherTree (talk · contribs), DPeterson (talk · contribs) (and sockpuppets of this user)
- Remedies: DPeterson banned for one year. Parties reminded to take care to avoid conflicts of interest in their editing.
- Vision Thing Dismissed August 28, 2007
- Armenia-Azerbaijan 2 Decided August 27, 2007
- Parties:Hajji Piruz (talk · contribs) (formerly Azerbaijani (talk · contribs)), Atabek (talk · contribs), Aynabend (talk · contribs) (formerly Ulvi I. (talk · contribs)), AlexanderPar (talk · contribs), Batabat (talk · contribs), Ehud Lesar (talk · contribs), Elsanaturk (talk · contribs), Pejman47 (talk · contribs), Alborz Fallah (talk · contribs), Behmod (talk · contribs), Pam55 (talk · contribs), Grandmaster (talk · contribs), Dacy69 (talk · contribs), Parishan (talk · contribs), Houshyar (talk · contribs), Ariana310 (talk · contribs), Hetoum I (talk · contribs) (formerly Hetoum (talk · contribs)), VartanM (talk · contribs) (formerly Vartanm (talk · contribs)), MarshallBagramyan (talk · contribs), Fedayee (talk · contribs), Zondi (talk · contribs), Meowy (talk · contribs), Makalp (talk · contribs) (formerly Mustafa Akalp (talk · contribs)), Hakob (talk · contribs), Aivazovsky (talk · contribs), Babakexorramdin (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Hajji Piruz and the other users placed on revert limitation in Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Armenia-Azerbaijan#Remedies are subject to supervised editing. They may be banned by any administrator from editing any or all articles which relate to the region of Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran and the ethnic and historical issues related to that area should they fail to maintain a reasonable degree of civility in their interactions with one another concerning disputes which may arise. The remedies of revert limitations (formerly revert parole), including the limitation of 1 revert per week, civility supervision (formerly civility parole) and supervised editing (formerly probation) that were put in place at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Armenia-Azerbaijan shall apply to any editor who edits articles which relate to Armenia-Azerbaijan and related ethnic conflicts in an aggressive point of view manner marked by incivility. Before any penalty is applied, a warning placed on the editor's user talk page by an administrator shall serve as notice to the user that these remedies apply to them.
- BJAODN Dismissed August 27, 2007
- List of Republics Decided August 24, 2007
- Jeffrey O. Gustafson Decided August 21, 2007
- Piotrus Decided August 19, 2007
- Parties: Piotrus (talk · contribs), M.K (talk · contribs), Lysy (talk · contribs), Jadger (talk · contribs), Dr. Dan (talk · contribs), Lokyz (talk · contribs), Irpen (talk · contribs), Ghirlandajo (talk · contribs), Novickas (talk · contribs), Halibutt (talk · contribs), Dellijks (talk · contribs), Renata3 (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: A general amnesty is extended to editors of Eastern European articles. All parties are reminded of the need to edit courteously and cooperatively in the future. Failure to do so may result in the summary imposition of additional sanctions against those editors who continue to act inappropriately.
- Pigsonthewing 2 Decided August 19, 2007
- Zacheus-jkb Decided August 18, 2007
- Parties: -jkb- (talk · contribs), Zacheus (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: -jkb- and Zacheus are admonished for their behaviour, and directed to refrain from importing outside disputes into the English Wikipedia, disclosing real names or other identifying personal information on-wiki, and from making personal attacks and uncivil remarks.
July[edit]
- Ten cases
- Abu badali Decided July 31, 2007
- Parties: Jord (talk · contribs), Jack Cox (talk · contribs), Badagnani (talk · contribs), TheQuandry (talk · contribs), TechnoFaye (talk · contribs), PageantUpdater (talk · contribs), Jeffpw (talk · contribs), Jenolen (talk · contribs), Abu badali (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Abu badali is counselled to be more patient and diplomatic with users who question his tagging of images and to work with them in a collaborative way.
- Jeffrey Vernon Merkey Decided July 30, 2007
- Parties: Jeffrey Vernon Merkey (talk · contribs), Pfagerburg (talk · contribs), Kebron (talk · contribs), ^demon (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Jeffrey Vernon Merkey is banned from Wikipedia for a period of one year. Jeffrey Vernon Merkey is placed on permanent legal threat parole. Pfagerburg is banned from Wikipedia for one year. Kebron is banned from Wikipedia for one year.
- Miskin Decided July 27, 2007
- Parties: Swatjester (talk · contribs), Miskin (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Miskin is cautioned to gain a consensus on article talk pages before making further edits if his first edits are reverted. Swatjester is advised to take into account the length of time between previous blocks when blocking users, and to treat all editors violating the three-revert rule fairly.
- Paranormal Decided 27 July 2007
- Parties: Dradin (talk · contribs), Kazuba (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Dradin and any other editor who is involved professionally or avocationally in the paranormal is cautioned regarding aggressive editing of articles which relate to the particular subjects they are involved with. Kazuba is cautioned to extend good faith to Dradin if he edits and to avoid including disparaging material about Dean Radin on his user page.
- CharlotteWebb Decided 18 July 2007
- Parties: KamrynMatika (talk · contribs), CharlotteWebb (talk · contribs), Jayjg (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: The Arbitration Committee notes that CharlotteWebb remains a user in good standing, and is welcome to return to editing at any time. Jayjg is reminded to to avoid generating drama by making public proclamations of misbehavior before attempting private discussion and resolution of the issue.
- NYScholar Decided 13 July 2007
- Parties: Notmyrealname (talk · contribs), Jayjg (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA), Humus sapiens (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA),Crockspot (talk · contribs), NYScholar (talk · contribs), Fermat1999 (talk · contribs), Hornplease (talk · contribs), Wassermann (talk · contribs), Quatloo (talk · contribs), Alison (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)
- Remedies: All parties were given amnesty but will be sanctioned if edit-warring persists.
- Hkelkar 2 Decided 11 July 2007
- Parties: Rama's Arrow (talk · contribs), Bakasuprman (talk · contribs), Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (talk · contribs), Dangerous-Boy (talk · contribs), Dbachmann (talk · contribs), Sbhushan (talk · contribs), DaGizza (talk · contribs), AMbroodEY (talk · contribs), Scheibenzahl (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: The parties to this case are strongly encouraged to enter into mediation arrangements regarding any disputes over article content that may still be outstanding. All parties are reminded in the strongest possible terms that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not a forum for conspiracy, personal attacks, nor the continuation of ethnic disputes by other means. "Parties who continue such behaviour, and parties who consider it their moral duty to call out such behaviour, will be hit on the head with sticks until the situation improves." Rama's Arrow is desysopped, but is welcome to apply for reinstatement at RfA at any time. As always, administrators should not use their administrative powers in conflicts or disagreements they are involved in. Administrators who are parties to this case are reminded that they should find an uninvolved admin to determine if blocks or other actions against any other parties to the case are appropriate, and should under no circumstances take such actions themselves. Any party that violates the ban on admin actions imposed in this case will be summarily desysopped once the violation is brought to the attention of the Arbitration Committee.
- PalestineRemembered Decided 4 July 2007
- Transnistria Decided on 2 July 2007
- Parties: William Mauco (talk · contribs), MariusM (talk · contribs), EvilAlex (talk · contribs), Vecrumba (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Markstreet and sockpuppets, as well as William Mauco and EvilAlex are indefinitely banned from making any contributions related to Transnistria. This applies to all namespaces, including talk and user talk pages.
- Badlydrawnjeff Decided on 2 July 2007
- Parties: Doc glasgow (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA), Badlydrawnjeff (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), David Gerard (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA), JzG (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA), Tony Sidaway (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), MalcolmGin (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Remedies: Badlydrawnjeff is cautioned to adhere to the letter and the spirit of the Biographies of living persons policy. Violetriga is admonished for undeleting content deleted under WP:BLP without first undergoing a full discussion to determine its appropriateness, as outlined here. Night Gyr is cautioned to avoid undeleting BLP content without going through a full discussion.
June[edit]
- Four cases
- E104421-Tajik Decided on 29 June 2007
- Parties: E104421 (talk · contribs), Tajik (talk · contribs), AzaToth (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: The current indefinite community ban on Tajik is endorsed; concurrently, Tajik is banned for one year by the Arbitration Committee. AzaToth is reminded that Wikipedia operates by consensus and advised that he may wish to be more responsive to other users' reactions.
- TingMing Decided on 21 June 2007
- Koavf Decided on 6 June 2007
- Parties: Koavf (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: By an open motion made on the main Requests for arbitration page, the indefinite ban on Koavf is replaced by revert parole. He is limited to one content reversion per page per day, and may be reblocked briefly for each violation, extending to indefinite after 3 blocks, depending on the blocking administrator's discretion.
- Zeq-Zero0000 Decided on 1 June 2007
- Parties: Zeq (talk · contribs), Zero0000 (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Zer0000 is advised not to take any further administrator actions against or in relation to Zeq, including but not limited to enforcement actions under their prior arbitration case, and admonished that so long as an editor, including one on probation, is not restricted in their editing of a page or area they are entitled to be accorded good faith and be treated with respect and courtesy when they edit in those areas.
May[edit]
- Seven cases
- Tobias Conradi Decided on 25 May 2007
- Parties: Tobias Conradi (talk · contribs), Tony_Sidaway (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Tobias Conradi may be blocked up to one hour by any administrator for any personal attack or violation of civility. Blocks need not be logged.. Tobias Conradi is limited to one revert per week on any article. This includes moves. Tobias Conradi is prohibited from maintaining laundry lists of grievances.
- Henrygb Decided on 23 May 2007
- Parties: Henrygb (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA), David Gerard (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)
- Remedies: For abusive sockpuppetry involving the accounts Audiovideo, Facethefacts, and SE16, Henrygb's administrator privileges are revoked. He may reapply at any time, either a) by appeal to the Arbitration Committee, or b) after giving notice to the committee to allow verification that no further abusive sockpuppetry has occurred, by reapplying via the usual means. Henrygb shall edit Wikipedia from only a single account. Henrygb is banned until he responds to the Arbitration Committee's concerns on this matter.
- Falun Gong Decided on 9 May 2007
- Parties: Samuel Luo (talk · contribs), Olaf Stephanos (talk · contribs), Asdfg12345 (talk · contribs), Tomananda (talk · contribs), Fire Star (talk · contribs), Jsw663 (talk · contribs), Mcconn (talk · contribs), Yueyuen (talk · contribs), HappyInGeneral (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Remedies: Falun Gong and all closely related articles are placed on article probation. It is expected that the articles will be improved to conform with Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, and that information contained in them will be supported by verifiable information from reliable sources. The articles may be reviewed on the motion of any arbitrator, or upon acceptance by the Arbitration Committee of a motion made by any user. Users whose editing is disruptive may be banned or their editing restricted as the result of a review. Mcconn (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is placed on standard revert parole for one year. He is limited to one revert per page per week, excepting obvious vandalism. Further, he is required to discuss any content reversions on the page's talk page. Samuel Luo (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is banned indefinitely from editing Falun Gong-related articles or their talk pages. Tomananda (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is banned indefinitely from editing Falun Gong-related articles or their talk pages.
- Certified.Gangsta-Ideogram Decided on 4 May 2007
- Parties: Certified.Gangsta (talk · contribs), Ideogram (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Certified.Gangsta and Ideogram are each placed on revert parole for one year, and Ideogram is admonished to adhere to all Wikipedia policies.
- Case reopened for review but review closed on 28 July 2007 because Certified.Gangsta has not edited for several weeks, subject to reopening if he resumed editing.
- Betacommand Decided on 3 May 2007
- Parties: Betacommand (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA), AnonEMouse (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA), Chrislk02 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA), Mel Etitis (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA), Parker007 (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Betacommand's administrative privileges are revoked. He may reapply at any time via the usual means or by appeal to the Arbitration Committee.
- Freedom skies Decided on 3 May 2007
- Parties: DavidCBryant (talk · contribs), David Eppstein (talk · contribs), Paul Barlow (talk · contribs), NinaOdell (talk · contribs), Dbachmann (talk · contribs), JFD (talk · contribs), Freedom skies (talk · contribs), Saposcat (talk · contribs), Djma12 (talk · contribs), Sbandrews (talk · contribs), MichaelMaggs (talk · contribs), Goethean (talk · contribs), Endroit (talk · contribs), CiteCop (talk · contribs), Fowler&fowler (talk · contribs), Crculver (talk · contribs), DaGizza (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), Wiki Raja (talk · contribs), Dangerous-Boy (talk · contribs), Jagged 85 (talk · contribs), GourangaUK (talk · contribs), Rama's Arrow (talk · contribs), Nat Krause (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Freedom skies is placed on standard revert parole for one year. He is limited to one revert per page per week, excepting obvious vandalism. Further, he is required to discuss any content reversions on the page's talk page. Freedom skies shall select one account and use only that account. Any other account used may be indefinitely banned. Pending selection of an account Freedom skies may not edit Wikipedia.
- Mudaliar-Venki123 decided 2 May 2007
April[edit]
- Five cases
- Billy Ego-Sandstein decided 14 April 2007
- Armenia-Azerbaijan decided 11 April 2007
- Parties: AdilBaguirov (talk · contribs), Aivazovsky (talk · contribs), Artaxiad (talk · contribs) (formerly Nareklm (talk · contribs)), Atabek (talk · contribs), Azerbaijani (talk · contribs), Dacy69 (talk · contribs), Elsanaturk (talk · contribs), Eupator (talk · contribs), Fadix (talk · contribs), Fedayee (talk · contribs), Grandmaster (talk · contribs), ROOB323 (talk · contribs), TigranTheGreat (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: AdilBaguirov, Artaxiad, and Fadix are each banned from editing Wikipedia for a period of one year. Aivazovsky, Atabek, Azerbaijani, Dacy69, Elsanaturk, Eupator, Fedayee, Grandmaster, ROOB323 and TigranTheGreat are each placed on standard revert parole for one year; each is limited to one revert per page per week, excepting obvious vandalism, and required to discuss any content reversions on the article talkpage. ROOB323 is also placed on civility parole for one year.
- Darwinek decided 5 April 2007
- Parties: Thatcher131 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) (initiator of case), Darwinek (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA), Mt7 (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Darwinek's administrative privileges are revoked. He may reapply at any time via the usual means (RfA) or by appeal to the Arbitration Committee. Darwinek is placed on standard civility parole for one year.
- Lukas19-LSLM decided 4 April 2007
- InShaneee decided 2 April 2007
- Parties: InShaneee (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA), Worldtraveller (talk · contribs) (filing party, became 81.179.115.188 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log))
- Remedies: InShaneee is admonished to abide by the blocking policy and to respond to questions concerning his administrator actions, and his administrator privileges are suspended for 10 days. Worldtraveller is urged to resume contributing to Wikipedia.
March[edit]
- Ten cases
- Free Republic decided 29 March 2007
- Parties: Prodego (talk · contribs) (filing party), Fairness And Accuracy For All (talk · contribs), BenBurch (talk · contribs), DeanHinnen (talk · contribs), Eschoir (talk · contribs), BryanFromPalatine (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: The indefinite community ban of User:BryanFromPalatine is endorsed. The ban also applies to User:DeanHinnen and all other proxies or sockpuppets of BryanFromPalatine. User:Fairness And Accuracy For All is banned from Wikipedia for one year. The articles Free Republic and Democratic Underground are placed on article probation. It is expected that these articles will be improved to conform with Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, and that information contained in them will be supported by verifiable information from reliable sources. Either article may be reviewed on the motion of any arbitrator, or upon acceptance by the Arbitration Committee of a motion made by any user, and users whose editing is disruptive may be banned or their editing restricted as the result of a review.
- Barrett v. Rosenthal decided 27 March 2007
- Starwood Decided 24 March 2007
- Parties: Rosencomet (talk · contribs), Hanuman Das (talk · contribs), 999 (talk · contribs), Ekajati (talk · contribs), Timmy12 (talk · contribs), BostonMA (talk · contribs), Paul Pigman (talk · contribs), Mattisse (talk · contribs), WeniWidiWiki (talk · contribs), Wjhonson (talk · contribs), Septegram (talk · contribs), Kathryn NicDhàna (talk · contribs), Salix alba (talk · contribs), Jefferson Anderson (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Rosencomet is cautioned to avoid aggressive editing of articles when there is a question of conflict of interest. If edit warring or other conflict arises, it may be best to limit editing to talk pages.
- Robert Prechter Decided 14 March 2007
- Parties: Rgfolsom (talk · contribs), Smallbones (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Smallbones is banned indefinitely from editing articles that relate to Robert Prechter, including talk pages.
- Occupation of Latvia Decided 9 March 2007
- Parties: Constanz (talk · contribs), Vecrumba (talk · contribs), Martintg (talk · contribs),Grafikm fr (talk · contribs), Irpen (talk · contribs), Petri Krohn (talk · contribs), Occupation of Latvia 1940-1945 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Remedies: The parties identified in the decision as having acted poorly in the dispute regarding Occupation of Latvia 1940-1945 are admonished to avoid such behavior in the future. That article is placed on probation, and any editor may be banned from it, or from other reasonably related pages, by an uninvolved administrator for disruptive edits. The parties are strongly encouraged to enter into a mediation arrangement regarding any article-content issues that may still be outstanding.
- Daniel Brandt deletion wheel war Decided 8 March 2007
- Parties: Doc glasgow (talk · contribs), Geni (talk · contribs), Gaillimh (talk · contribs), Yanksox (talk · contribs), Mailer diablo (talk · contribs), Bumm13 (talk · contribs), Freakofnurture (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Yanksox and Geni (who were emergency desysopped by Jimbo Wales) are to remain desysopped but may reapply through RFA at any time. Freakofnurture (who was emergency desysopped by Jimbo Wales) is resysopped. Gallimh is banned for 10 days. Doc glasgow, Bumm13, and Mailer diablo are cautioned regarding repeated deletion/undeletion of pages.
- Philwelch Decided 6 March 2007
- Sathya Sai Baba 2 Decided 6 March 2007.
- Parties: Andries (talk · contribs), SSS108 (talk · contribs), Ekantik (talk · contribs) (also edits as Gaurasundara (talk · contribs)), ProEdits (talk · contribs), M Alan Kazlev (talk · contribs), Freelanceresearch (talk · contribs), Kkrystian (talk · contribs),Savidan (talk · contribs), Pjacobi (talk · contribs), Wikisunn (talk · contribs); filed by Thatcher131 (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Andries, Wikisunn, SSS108, and Freelanceresearch are banned indefinitely from editing Sathya Sai Baba and related articles or their talk pages. Ekantik is instructed to make all future Wikipedia contributions related in any way to Sathya Sai Baba under a single username. Kkrystian is reminded that all edits must be supported by reliable sources. The remedies in the prior decision Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Sathya Sai Baba regarding poorly sourced information remain in force and apply to all editors working on Sathya Sai Baba and related articles.
- India-Pakistan Decided 4 March 2007.
- Derek Smart Decided 2 March 2007.
- Parties: Kerr avon (talk · contribs), Steel359 (talk · contribs), WarHawkSP (talk · contribs), Mael-Num (talk · contribs), Hipocrite (talk · contribs), Nandesuka (talk · contribs), Bill Huffman (talk · contribs), Jeffness (talk · contribs), Beaker342 (talk · contribs), Nuggetboy (talk · contribs), Supreme Cmdr (talk · contribs)
- Result: Supreme Cmdr is banned from Wikipedia for one year. Supreme Cmdr and other surrogates of Derek Smart are also banned from editing Derek Smart, but may edit the talkpage. For a period of six months, no single-purpose account may revert any edit made to the Derek Smart article. This article is referred to the Wikipedia editing community for clean-up, evaluation of sources, and adherence to NPOV.
February[edit]
- Five cases (one was dismissed)
- WLU-Mystar Decided 23 February 2007.
- Parties: Mystar (talk · contribs), WLU (talk · contribs)
- Result: WLU and Mystar are prohibited from interacting with each other, directly or indirectly, on any Wikipedia page, and may be blocked for up to one week for each violation. For the purpose of this remedy, any edit by either WLU or Mystar to one of the articles over which they had previously been in conflict (including, but not limited to, Terry Goodkind and Lupus Erythematosus) shall be considered an interaction with the other party.
- Nathanrdotcom Decided 5 February 2007.
- Parties: Nathanrdotcom (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
- Result: The indefinite block of Nathanrdotcom is endorsed by the arbitration committee.
- Husnock Decided 2 February 2007.
- Parties: Husnock (talk · contribs), Morwen (talk · contribs), Thebainer (talk · contribs), CBDunkerson (talk · contribs), 'Lieutenant Colonel Dan Rappaport', Durin (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Husnock is desysopped without prejudice to his re-applying for adminship via a request for adminship. Husnock is cautioned regarding improper use of alternative accounts and inappropriate postings by alter egos, and to follow Wikipedia's No original research and image copyright policies when he returns to regular editing.
- Yoshiaki Omura Decided 2 February 2007.
- Parties: Crum375 (talk · contribs), GenghizRat (talk · contribs), Philosophus (talk · contribs), antonrojo (talk · contribs), Richardmalter (talk · contribs), AlternativeHealth (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: Richardmalter and all other accounts and anonymous IPs with the same disruptive editing pattern are indefinitely banned from editing Yoshiaki Omura or its talk page. They may be blocked for up to one year if they do so. Blocks, and any alternative accounts or IPs used, should be logged at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Yoshiaki Omura#Log of blocks and bans. Care should be taken with anonymous IPs to avoid blocking addresses used by other users. The remedies in this matter apply to any article concerning the Bi-Digital O-Ring Test (BDORT or PMRT) under any title.
- Piotrus-Ghirla Dismissed on 1 February 2007 due to inactivity of one of the two parties and ongoing mediation.
January[edit]
- Six cases (two were dismissed)
- Midnight Syndicate Decided 31 January 2007
- Parties: Skinny McGee (talk · contribs), GuardianZ (talk · contribs), Peacekpr (talk · contribs), Dionyseus (talk · contribs), Indigo1032 (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: GuardianZ and Skinny McGee are banned indefinitely from the article Midnight Syndicate. Dionyseus is banned for three months from Midnight Syndicate. No present or past employee or associate of the band Midnight Syndicate, Nox Arcana, or Monolith Graphics, under any username or anonymous IP, may edit Midnight Syndicate or associated articles. Any single-purpose user account that edits Midnight Syndicate or associated articles in a disruptive manner by making aggressive biased edits may be blocked indefinitely.
- Naming Conventions Decided 19 January 2007
- Parties: Wknight94 (talk · contribs), Yaksha (talk · contribs), Ned Scott (talk · contribs), Josiah Rowe (talk · contribs), Elonka (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: It is the responsibility of administrators and other responsible parties to close extended policy discussions, such as this dispute. Closing consists of announcing the decision at the locations of the discussion and briefly explaining the basis for closing it in the way it is being closed; further, to change any policy pages, guidelines or naming conventions to conform with the decision; and finally, to enforce the decision with respect to recalcitrant users who violate the decision, after reminding them and warning them. Izzy Dot's editing privileges are suspended for a period of 14 days. Any user who purposely violates the consensus decision in this matter during the next 180 days may be briefly blocked.
- Brahma Kumaris Decided on 12 January 2007
- Parties: 195.82.106.244 (talk · contribs), Riveros11 (talk · contribs), 72.91.169.22 (talk · contribs), 72.91.4.91 (talk · contribs), 71.251.88.110 (talk · contribs), 70.119.13.124 (talk · contribs), Maleabroad (talk · contribs), Appledell (talk · contribs), TalkAbout (talk · contribs), Bksimonb (talk · contribs), Green108 (talk · contribs), Searchin man (talk · contribs), Karunabk (talk · contribs), Duality Rules (talk · contribs), Brahmakumaris.info (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: 195.82.106.244 is banned for one year for a personal attack which contained a threat against another user [1]. 195.82.106.244 is placed on Probation. He may be banned from editing any article which he disrupts by engaging in aggressive biased editing, especially that relying on inadequately sourced original research. Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University is placed on article probation.
- Deltabeignet Dismissed on 3 January 2007 due to a compromise.
- Sex tourism Decided 2 January 2007
- Parties: KyndFellow (talk · contribs), 68.5.116.235 (talk · contribs), edgarde (talk · contribs)
- Remedies: KyndFellow is indefinitely banned from editing sex tourism and related articles as well as their talk pages. KyndFellow, editing under any username or anonymous ip, is indefinitely placed on Probation. He may be banned from any article or talk page which he disrupts by aggressive biased editing.
- Iran-Iraq War Dismissed on 1 January 2007 for lack of evidence.