Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Stephen

Case opened on 18:24, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

Case closed on 22:59, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

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Motion: Stephen (case request)

 * Passed by motion at 18:24, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

=Final decision= All tallies are based the votes at /Proposed decision, where comments and discussion from the voting phase is also available.

Administrators
1) Administrators are trusted members of the community. They are expected to lead by example and follow Wikipedia policies to the best of their abilities. Occasional mistakes are entirely compatible with adminship; administrators are not expected to be perfect. However, sustained poor judgment or multiple violations of policy (in the use of administrator tools, or otherwise) may result in the removal of administrator status.
 * Passed 11 to 0 at 22:59, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Leading by example
2) Administrators are expected to lead by example and to behave in a respectful, civil manner in their interactions with others. While such an ideal applies to interactions with all editors, it is particularly relevant to interactions with newer and inexperienced users, as in those cases, administrators provide a public face to both the broader administrative corps and to Wikipedia as a whole.
 * Passed 11 to 0 at 22:59, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Decorum
3) Wikipedia users are expected to behave reasonably, calmly, and courteously in their interactions with other users. Unseemly conduct, such as personal attacks, incivility, assumptions of bad faith, harassment, disruptive point-making, and gaming the system, is prohibited.
 * Passed 13 to 0 at 22:59, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Limitations of CheckUser
4) CheckUser is a technical tool that displays details about the edits or other logged actions made recently by an account, IP address, or IP address range. Although the tool can reveal information about the accounts and computers a person is using to edit, it is beyond the capability of CheckUser to determine with certainty what person is operating an account.
 * Passed 13 to 0 at 22:59, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Private evidence
5) The Arbitration Committee is sensitive to the serious concerns created when private matters are brought to its attention. Such concerns exist for ethical and privacy reasons, and also for practical ones, such as how to ensure that an alleged communication is authentic, complete, and presented in its full context. The arbitration policy allows people to submit evidence privately in an arbitration case when there are compelling reasons for it not to be submitted publicly.
 * Passed 13 to 0 at 22:59, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Editors and the Arbitration Committee
6) Editors are expected to be truthful and accurate in statements and evidence presented to the Arbitration Committee.
 * Passed 13 to 0 at 22:59, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

CU discovers unregistered editing
1) During the investigation of an unregistered user harassing another user, a CheckUser determined that the IP address associated with the harassment had previously been used by, an administrator. Stephen had been in disputes with the harassed editor in the past, and was the only registered account using that IP. According to CheckUser data, the harassing edits were made using a device that Stephen had not previously used. The Arbitration Committee reviewed these findings and determined that they were well founded.
 * Passed 13 to 0 at 22:59, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Initial contact with Stephen and desysop
2) Stephen was asked to contact the Arbitration Committee about a concern of logged out editing. Stephen denied editing while logged out and denied that he had been in any recent disputes with other editors. The Arbitration Committee concluded that Stephen's response to its inquiry was insufficient to explain or offer an alternative reason for the IP edits, and removed his administrative privileges under the Level II removal procedures.
 * Passed 13 to 0 at 22:59, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Post-desysop response
3) Upon receiving notification of the Level II desysop, Stephen responded to the Arbitration Committee with an explanation for the unregistered editing. Under the Level II procedures he asked for a private case to be opened regarding the inciting incidents. During the Evidence phase of this case, Stephen was asked questions to further explain and clarify some of his initial statements, which he later answered.
 * Passed 13 to 0 at 22:59, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Stephen's explanations sufficient
4a) The explanations provided by Stephen are sufficient to indicate that it was not him performing the unregistered editing and harassment.
 * Passed 6 to 4 with 3 abstentions at 22:59, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

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.

Restoration of administrative permissions
1) The administrative permissions of Stephen are restored.
 * Passed 8 to 4 at 22:59, 7 December 2022 (UTC)