User:David Shankbone/ArbCom

Conflict of interest
4) A Wikipedia conflict of interest (COI) is an incompatibility between the purpose of Wikipedia to produce a neutral, verifiable encyclopedia, and the purposes of an individual editor. COI editing often involves contributing to Wikipedia in order to promote yourself or the interests of other individuals, companies, or groups. When an editor disregards the aims of Wikipedia to advance outside interests, they stand in a conflict. - Conflict of interest


 * Support:
 * Raul654 20:32, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Kirill 02:06, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 11:01, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 11:19, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * FloNight&#9829;&#9829;&#9829; 12:45, 15 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Oppose:
 * Not relevant to this case Fred Bauder 22:10, 13 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Abstain:

THF's conflict of interest
7) THF's problematic editing (FOF #4), combined with his employment by a political advocacy group, violated Conflict of Interest.


 * Support:
 * Raul654 20:36, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Kirill 02:06, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
 * It's only a guideline, but I do think that in simple terms this is true. Charles Matthews 16:33, 14 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Oppose:
 * Fred Bauder 22:10, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * This is the wrong way around. The conflict of interest is not that he edited in a problematic way whilst being a member of an advocacy group, but quite the opposite: the editing (as well as other concerns) was problematic because it amounted to a conflict of interest with duty under NPOV, commingling with his extra-wiki activities. James F. (talk) 20:59, 7 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Abstain:

THF's conflict of interest
7.1) THF has disregarded Conflict of Interest, a guideline that strongly advises editors not to edit articles where they have a close personal or business connection. THF's employment by a political advocacy group makes it difficult for him to edit Wikipedia from a neutral point of view.


 * Support:
 * I think this better reflects how THF's edits are a problem. FloNight&#9829;&#9829;&#9829; 13:18, 15 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Oppose:
 * He has erred occasionally, but has generally conformed to our conflict of interest policy. Fred Bauder 13:26, 16 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Abstain:

Focus of dispute
3) The focus of the dispute is editing of Sicko, a propagandistic documentary by Michael Moore which strongly criticizes the health care system of the United States, comparing it unfavorably to publicly funded health care systems of Canada, the United Kingdom, France, and Cuba.


 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 14:37, 10 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Oppose:
 * Raul654 20:32, 13 September 2007 (UTC) - the focus of the dispute is the generally POV editing by THF, one symptom of which was his POV editing on Sicko. Raul654 20:32, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Per Raul654. Kirill 02:06, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Focus is not this. It's also not Mark's suggestion, either. The focus is as the title suggests. James F. (talk) 20:59, 7 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Abstain:
 * This could be clarified. Charles Matthews 11:01, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Editing by THF
4A) THF has generally followed Wikipedia policies and guidelines, taking care to avoid conflict of interest.


 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 14:37, 10 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Oppose:
 * Absolutely, 100% wrong. See 4B. Raul654 20:32, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Kirill 02:06, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm not swayed. James F. (talk) 20:59, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Care taken, yes; avoidance, no. Charles Matthews 16:27, 14 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Abstain:

Editing by THF
4B) THF has engaged in very problematic editing. This trend has been partially documented by smb. These edits include adding viewpoints espoused by his employer, and replacing a reliable source with his own original-research list of most profitable documentaries (which included the Jackass and Eddie Murphy stand-up as documentaries) in an effort to play-down the success of Sicko.


 * Support:
 * Raul654 20:32, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Kirill 02:06, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 20:59, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 16:28, 14 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Oppose:
 * Not supported by substantial evidence Fred Bauder 22:10, 13 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Abstain:

Proposed remedies
Note: All remedies that refer to a period of time, for example to a ban of X months or a revert parole of Y months, are to run concurrently unless otherwise stated.

THF advised
1) THF is advised to rely more on negotiation with other users and less on legalistic citing of policies and guidelines when disputes arise.


 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 14:56, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
 * If a little light. James F. (talk) 20:59, 7 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Oppose:
 * Far, far too light. See 2. Raul654 20:37, 13 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Abstain:
 * Kirill 02:06, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 16:34, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

THF banned from politically charged topics
2) THF is banned from all politically-charged topics, including (but not limited to) those dealing with Michael Moore, health care, and global warming.


 * Support:
 * Raul654 20:37, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Kirill 02:06, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
 * For the best here. Political advocacy groups should send us people with more wiki clue. Charles Matthews 16:36, 14 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Oppose:
 * Fred Bauder 22:10, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Too strong. James F. (talk) 20:59, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Too strong. FloNight&#9829;&#9829;&#9829; 12:09, 16 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Abstain:

David Shankbone
This is the one finding of fact related to David Shankbone (who agreed with this at the outset), and there were no proposed remedies:

Use of THF's real name by DavidShankBone
6) Despite repeated requests by THF, has persisted in the use of THF's name when his username would have served.


 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 14:55, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
 * True, but given that THF changed username fairly recently, it's fairly difficult to take use David's use of THF's name as evidence of malice. Raul654 20:34, 13 September 2007 (UTC) (Note - I changed the section title of this FOF from "Discourtesy by David Shankbone" to "Use of THF's real name by DavidShankBone")
 * Kirill 02:06, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
 * DavidShankBone has behaved badly. Charles Matthews 11:01, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 20:59, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * DavidShankBone conduct is a problem. FloNight&#9829;&#9829;&#9829; 13:01, 15 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain: