User:CactusJack2/SashiRolls arb case

The ban discussion suffered from numerous procedural issues:
 * It was closed prematurely. At the time of closure, 5 !votes had been cast in the preceding 24 hours; 1 support and 4 opposes. The policy on community bans states that If the discussion appears to have reached a consensus for a particular sanction, an uninvolved administrator closes the discussion, notifies the subject accordingly, and enacts any blocks called for. It is not clear a consensus had been reached at this time, especially given the direction the discussion was going.
 * SashiRolls requested that the discussion remain open into the weekend, when they would have time to present their case in full. This did not occur. MastCell closed the discussion on Thursday, June 18. It had begun on Tuesday, June 16.
 * MastCell overcounted supports and undercounted opposes. In their close summary, MastCell wrote that At a rough count, there were approximately 40 editors supporting a ban and ~18-20 opposed. While there is no numerical threshold for consensus, it would be inappropriate to close a discussion like this—with >2/3 of commenters supporting action—as "no consensus". By my count, there were 38 supports and 24 opposes, for a support rate of 61% at the time of closure. 61% is less than 2/3, which is 66.7%. Furthermore, as others have noted, this percentage had been steadily dropping ever since the first few oppose !votes brought in new arguments and evidence.
 * The discussion suffered from a chilling effect when Floq threatened to block anyone who continued to discuss the fact that El_C's block of Sashi came at the end of a 27-hour editing session.
 * As stated above, the community ban policy requires closure by an uninvolved admin. I do not believe MastCell meets that description here. SashiRolls is heavily involved in the area of American politics (AP2). At risk of overgeneralizing, it's fair to say AP2 editing has 2 major "factions". One faction (henceforth "APS1") favors the mainstream/"establishment" wing of the Democratic Party. The other (henceforth "APS2") opposes this faction both from the left and from the right. At this time MastCell has made only 69 edits in 2020. Excluding the nine edits related to the SR cban closure and its aftermath, the majority of MastCell's edits over this time frame are clearly within the AP2 realm, in which MastCell has consistently taken a pro-APS1, anti-APS2 position:
 * 2 edits to AE (pro-APS1)
 * RSN closure, pro-APS1
 * RSN closure, pro-APS1
 * DS alert to APS2 IP editor
 * Talk:Ronald Reagan discussions, pro-APS1 (NB: I agreed with MastCell in these discussions)
 * aspersions and criticisms of APS2 editors on jimbotalk
 * jimbotalk, continued
 * jimbotalk spillover on own talk page
 * at Masem's user talk, anti-APS2
 * fox news RSN, pro-APS1
 * JzG's talk page - political commentary pro-APS1 especially first diff