User:FT2/Arb disclosure

This page covering personal disclosure, mediation work, and conflict/AFD analyses enlarges slightly on my 2007 Arbitration Committee statement.

Personal disclosure
A degree of personal disclosure is made in my statement, for those who wish some personal information. It's a common request in past elections, and obviously important this time around.

I will be glad to verify the given disclosures to the Foundation or any appropriate party, if necessary, given the responsibility involved.

Mediation, coaching, mentorship
Examples:
 * - formal mediation of article dispute (2004).
 * - mentoring proposal, near-banned "difficult user" (2007).

Intervention with good explanation can prevent disputes from spiralling, so it's worth trying:
 * - user being threatened with ban for inserting original research (2007).
 * - user requesting information on a harassing user in a dispute and moving towards legal discussion (2007).
 * - comment following intervention on a help desk thread (2006).
 * (feedback) - comment in simple terms to a young but willing user having problems due to personal POV in edits (2007).

Conflict analyses and closures
Most conflicts are passed by referral, because they contain some unusual element of confusion, conflict, or need for careful review.

Examples (conflict analyses and summaries):
 * 7 - User possibly improperly blocked, unblock declined, another admin was unhappy and sought complete review by someone who had zero prior knowledge of, or involvement with, editor.
 * 8 - DPeterson/AWeidman community ban rationale
 * 9 (ARB) - Previous checkuser failed, intervened to present evidence from many behavioral angles that all 6 users were sock-puppets. A repeat checkuser later finally confirmed this.
 * 10 (ARB) - Sadi Carnot observations. See "collapse box" for case analysis.

Examples (AFD):
 * 11 - Likely self-promotion sock stacking with obscuration via "puff". (Feedback).
 * 12 - Contentious AFD with strong feelings both ways. (Feedback)
 * 13 - Well meaning and potentially positive template capable of misuse.
 * 14 - Acrimonious debate, deletion and edit warring issues, meatpuppetry and canvassing concerns. (Feedback)


 * 15 - Article content in template; copyright and 'poll manipulation' issues raised.

Also tracked this virulently destructive sneaky vandal across dozens of articles, and around 70 socks, from 2005 to date. Latest socks, Nov. 2007.