User:Locke Cole/Arbitration/Date unlinking/Case

Date delinking
Initiated by  —Locke Cole • t • c at 02:25, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Involved parties

 * , filing party


 * Confirmation that all parties are aware of the request


 * Diff. 1
 * Diff. 2


 * Confirmation that other steps in dispute resolution have been tried


 * Requests for comment/Tony1
 * (various reports to WP:AN/EW (diffs available upon request))
 * (various discussions on WP:AN and WP:AN/I (archive links available upon request))
 * WP:MOSNUM/RFC

Statement by
This has been an ongoing content dispute for the past six months that has repeatedly degenerated into incivility and poor behavior on the part of the proponents of this change. At the moment we have editors using a single script to mass delink dates (collectively over thousands of articles) who have been asked to stop because their changes are disputed and do not have consensus. We've held numerous discussions, conducted a month long RFC (which involved the community and was listed in the watchlist) and have no consensus for these mass automated changes as they're being enacted. In a prior ArbCom decision it was stated:

All of the editors involved in this dispute are aware of this decision (they were warned about it months ago), but they continue to operate under the assumption that their actions have consensus. I urge the committee to accept this case so the behavior of those involved can be looked at. I understand the committee doesn't take up content disputes, but I fear this situation will not end without binding arbitration as those involved seem unwilling to consider compromises which don't involve automated date delinking. Thank you for your consideration. —Locke Cole • t • c 02:56, 10 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Motion request

I would request that the committee pass a motion stopping all automated or semi-automated edits of this fashion until the conclusion of arbitration. —Locke Cole • t • c 02:56, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

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