Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 12

Motion: Misuse of Administrator Tools
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 17:01, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

Motion: Interaction Ban
Following private discussion, the Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that and  are now subject to an indefinite two-way interaction ban, broadly construed.

Support: BU Rob13, DGG, Doug Weller, Euryalus, KrakatoaKatie, Mkdw, Opabinia regalis, Premeditated Chaos, RickinBaltimore, Worm That Turned

Oppose: None

Abstain: None

For the Arbitration Committee, &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 08:22, 25 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

Arbitration Committee seeking new clerks
The arbitration clerks are currently looking for a few dependable and mature editors willing to serve as clerks. The responsibilities of clerks include opening and closing arbitration cases and motions; notifying parties of cases, decisions, and other committee actions; maintaining the requests for arbitration pages; preserving order and proper formatting on case pages; and other administrative and related tasks they may be requested to handle by the arbitrators. Clerks are the unsung heroes of the arbitration process, keeping track of details to ensure that requests are handled in a timely and efficient manner.

Past clerks have gone on to be (or already were) successful lawyers, naval officers, and Presidents of Wikimedia Chapters. The salary and retirement packages for clerks rival that of arbitrators, to boot. Best of all, you get a cool fez!

Please email clerks-l@lists.wikimedia.org if you are interested in becoming a clerk, and a clerk will reply with an acknowledgement of your message and any questions we want to put to you.

For the Clerks of the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 15:27, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

Civility in infobox discussions: Motion
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that: Remedy 1.1 of the Civility in infobox discussions case is amended to replace dot point 3: *making more than one comment in discussing the inclusion or exclusion of an infobox on a given article. with the following: * making more than one comment in a discussion, where that discussion is primarily about the inclusion or exclusion of an infobox on a given article. For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 17:54, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

Issue with emails sent to the Arbitration Committee
Due to the large volume of spam messages the Arbitration Committee's email address receives, the Committee occasionally tweaks its spam filter. Unfortunately, a recent update to the spam filter inadvertently caused all messages sent to the Arbitration Committee through Wikipedia (e.g. Special:EmailUser/Arbitration Committee) to be discarded. This issue is now fixed, but the discarded emails were unable to be recovered.

If you attempted to send an email to the Arbitration Committee through Wikipedia between May 16 and May 31, your message was not received and you are encouraged to resend it. Messages sent outside of these dates or directly to the Arbitration Committee email address were not affected by this issue.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 03:15, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

The Troubles: Motion
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The Arbitration Committee clarifies the following: All sanctions placed under remedy 3.2 of The Troubles prior to its replacement with remedy 5 are considered discretionary sanctions. Specifically, the 1RR sanction affecting the topic area is considered a form of page restriction placed as a discretionary sanction, and the additional awareness requirements regarding page restrictions apply.

For the Arbitration Committee,  Mini  apolis  15:03, 8 June 2018 (UTC)


 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

Andrevan case dismissed
Because has resigned as an administrator and a bureaucrat, this case is dismissed. Andrevan may not regain either the administrator or bureaucrat permission without passing a new request for adminship and/or bureaucratship.


 * Passed 12 to 0 on 14:19, 11 June 2018 (UTC)


 * For the Arbitration Committee,  Mini  apolis  14:51, 11 June 2018 (UTC)


 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

Macedonia 2: Motion
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that: The Arbitration Committee clarifies that Naming conventions (Macedonia) may be modified by an RfC discussion. The discussion must remain open for at least one month after it is opened, and the consensus must be assessed by a panel of three uninvolved contributors. In assessing the consensus, the panel is instructed to disregard any opinion which does not provide a clear and reasonable rationale explained by reference to the principles of naming conventions and of disambiguation, or which is inconsistent with the principles of the neutral point of view policy or the reliable sources guideline. For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 14:34, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

Cameron11598 appointed trainee clerk
The arbitration clerks are pleased to welcome to the clerk team as a trainee!

The arbitration clerk team is often in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by email to clerks-l@lists.wikimedia.org.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 01:21, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

Arbitration discretionary sanctions motion: community comments invited
An arbitration motion has been proposed that would clarify that editors are not permitted to use automated tools or bot accounts to issue discretionary sanctions alerts. The community is encouraged to review and comment on the motion. For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 19:32, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Discuss this at: Arbitration/Requests/Motions

Arbitration motion regarding discretionary sanctions alerts
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The Arbitration Committee is aware of a discussion taking place at the Village Pump regarding issuing discretionary sanctions alerts via bot. As this discussion has a potentially large impact on how discretionary sanctions operate, the Arbitration Committee has decided to clarify existing procedures to note that alerts are expected to be manually given at this time. This is intended as a clarification of existing practices and expectations, not a change in current practice. The Arbitration Committee will fully review the advisory Village Pump discussion after completion and take community comments under consideration. For the Arbitration Committee, GoldenRing (talk) 13:54, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

Arbitration motion regarding Crouch, Swale
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee,--Cameron11598 (Talk) 05:40, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

Arbitration/Requests/Case/BLP issues on British politics articles closed
An arbitration case regarding BLP issues on British politics articles has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:


 * 1) is warned to avoid editing topics with which he has a conflict of interest. Further, he is warned that his off-wiki behavior may lead to further sanctions to the extent it adversely impacts the English Wikipedia.
 * 2) is indefinitely topic banned from edits relating to post-1978 British politics, broadly construed. This restriction may be first appealed after six months have elapsed, and every six months thereafter. This sanction supersedes the community sanction applied in May 2018.
 * 3) is indefinitely restricted from linking to or speculating about the off-wiki behavior or identity of other editors. This restriction may be first appealed after six months have elapsed, and every six months thereafter. All appeals must be directed toward.
 * 4) The community is reminded that publicly posting details or speculation regarding an editor’s personal information or off-wiki behavior violates the policy on outing, unless the information has been disclosed on-wiki by the editor in question. Concerns regarding off-wiki behavior are best reported through an appropriate private channel rather than on community noticeboards.

For the Arbitration Committee, --Cameron11598 (Talk) 19:22, 26 July 2018 (UTC)


 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

Arbitration motion regarding BLP issues on British politics articles
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 20:02, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

Arbitration/Requests/Case/German war effort closed
An arbitration case regarding German war effort articles has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

For the Arbitration Committee, --Cameron11598 (Talk) 01:31, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
 * 1) For engaging in harassment of other users, is indefinitely banned from the English Wikipedia under any account.
 * 2) Cinderella157 is topic banned from the history of Germany from 1932 to 1945, broadly construed. This topic ban may be appealed after six months have elapsed and every six months thereafter.
 * 3) is reminded that project coordinators have no special roles in a content dispute, and that featured articles are not immune to sourcing problems.
 * 4) Editors are reminded that consensus-building is key to the purpose and development of Wikipedia. The most reliable sources should be used instead of questionable sourcing whenever possible, especially when dealing with sensitive topics. Long-term disagreement over local consensus in a topic area should be resolved through soliciting comments from the wider community, instead of being re-litigated persistently at the local level.
 * 5) While certain specific user-conduct issues have been identified in this decision, for the most part the underlying issue is a content dispute as to how, for example, the military records of World War II-era German military officers can be presented to the same extent as military records of officers from other periods, while placing their records and actions in the appropriate overall historical context. For better or worse, the Arbitration Committee is neither authorized nor qualified to resolve this content dispute, beyond enforcing general precepts such as those requiring reliable sourcing, due weighting, and avoidance of personal attacks. Nor does Wikipedia have any other editorial body authorized to dictate precisely how the articles should read outside the ordinary editing process. Knowledgeable editors who have not previously been involved in these disputes are urged to participate in helping to resolve them. Further instances of uncollegial behavior in this topic-area will not be tolerated and, if this occurs, may result in this Committee's accepting a request for clarification and amendment to consider imposition of further remedies, including topic-bans or discretionary sanctions.
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

CheckUser and Oversight appointments 2018: Announcement
The Arbitration Committee has resolved to perform a round of Checkuser and Oversight appointments. The usernames of all applicants will be shared with the Functionaries team, and they will be requested to assist in the vetting process.


 * 1 September: Request for candidates to apply (via email to arbcom-en-c@lists.wikimedia.org).
 * 23:59 UTC, 12 September: Candidate submissions close, vetting begins.
 * 13 September: The Arbitration Committee and current Functionaries will vet the candidates.
 * 15 September: Vetting ends, successful candidates contacted by 18 September.
 * 18 September: Candidates published on-wiki, community feedback invited.
 * 23:59 UTC, 29 September: Community comments end.
 * By 11 October: Appointed candidates announced.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 21:55, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight/2018 CUOS appointments

2018 Arbitration Committee pre-election RfC
A request for comment is open to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the December 2018 English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules. Mz7 (talk) 09:28, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Discuss this at: Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2018

Resignation of Alex Shih
This is to inform the community that I am no longer able to serve my term as a member of the Arbitration Committee, and thereby resigning as an Arbitrator, CheckUser and Oversighter. Alex Shih (talk) 15:11, 4 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

Arbitration motion regarding Winhunter
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the arbitration committee, --Cameron11598 (Talk) 22:21, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

Changes in oversight team
In accordance with the Committee's procedure on functionary inactivity, the Oversight permissions of are removed.

At their own request, the Oversight permissions of, and  have also been removed.

The Arbitration Committee sincerely thanks all four functionaries for their service. The Committee also extends its thanks to the current CheckUser and Oversight permission holders for the invaluable contributions they make as functionaries.

For the Arbitration Committee, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:00, 18 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

CU/OS activity standards motion proposed: Community comments invited
The Arbitration Committee is currently considering a motion to amend the standing procedure on functionary permissions and inactivity. The proposed change is given below:

Community comments on the change are welcome at the motion page. For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 05:15, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Discuss this at: Arbitration/Requests/Motions

Motion: CU/OS activity standards
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that: The standing procedure on functionary permissions and inactivity is amended as follows:

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 05:26, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

2018 CheckUser/Oversight appointments: Candidates appointed
The Arbitration Committee is pleased to appoint the following users to the functionary team:


 * is appointed as an Oversighter.
 * is appointed as a CheckUser.
 * is appointed as an Oversighter.
 * is appointed as a CheckUser.
 * is appointed as a CheckUser and Oversighter.
 * is appointed as an Oversighter.

The Committee thanks the community and all of the candidates for helping bring this process to a successful conclusion.

The Committee also welcomes back the following users to the functionary team:


 * , who voluntarily relinquished his CheckUser and Oversight permissions in December 2015, is reappointed as a CheckUser following a request to the Committee for return of the permission.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katietalk 14:04, 8 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard

Change in oversight team
In accordance with the Committee's procedure on functionary inactivity, the Oversight permissions of are removed. The Arbitration Committee sincerely thanks Keilana for her years of service.

For the Arbitration Committee, ~ Rob 13 Talk 16:32, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

Change to Arbitration Committee mailing list
The Arbitration Committee has recently switched from using the Mailman software for our mailing list to Google Groups. Google Groups has been used internally by the Wikimedia Foundation for some time, and it contains several modern features that will improve the Arbitration Committee's workflow.

As part of this change, the mailing list address is now. Please send all future mail intended for the Committee to this address. The -b and -c lists have similarly moved to and.

Messages sent to the previous email addresses will be forwarded to the new addresses for a time. Other lists maintained by the Arbitration Committee, including functionaries-en, clerks-l, and oversight-l, remain unchanged.

For the Arbitration Committee,

~ Rob 13 Talk 19:21, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

Temporary checkuser permission for election scrutineers
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that: For the Arbitration Committee, --Cameron11598 (Talk) 22:51, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

Additional CheckUser permissions for election scrutineers
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, --Cameron11598 (Talk) 18:13, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

Arbitration/Requests/Case/Fred Bauder closed
An arbitration case regarding Fred Bauder has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:
 * 1) Fred Bauder is admonished for engaging in an edit war on his candidate's questions page. Future edit-warring or disruptive behavior may result in further sanctions.
 * 2) For multiple self-unblocks, wheel-warring, and abuse of rollback, Fred Bauder is desysopped. He may regain the administrative tools at any time via a successful request for adminship.
 * 3) Boing! said Zebedee is cautioned for blocking Fred Bauder while actively involved in an edit war with him at the time. He is further cautioned to avoid edit-warring, even in cases where the other editor is editing disruptively.
 * 4) Editors should seek assistance from the Electoral Commission for issues that arise on pages related to the Arbitration Committee Elections that cannot be easily resolved (excluding, for example, obvious vandalism). The Arbitration Committee reaffirms that the Electoral Commission has been tasked with the independent oversight of the Arbitration Committee Elections. Matters which are of a private matter should be referred to the Arbitration Committee or functionaries team as normal.

For the Arbitration Committee, --Cameron11598 (Talk) 08:01, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38

Waenceslaus unblocked following successful appeal
Following a successful appeal via email to the arbitration committee, 's indefinite block has been lifted, with an indefinite one-account restriction. His indefinite topic ban on longevity, placed on August 16, 2015 after this ANI discussion, remains in effect. Both restrictions are recorded at WP:EDR. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 21:08, 29 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

Return of administrative rights for Orangemike
The Arbitration Committee has verified is back in control of their account via multiple methods. The committee therefore reinstates their administrative user right, which was previously removed by motion. The committee also urges him to enable 2 factor authentication on his account.

Supporting: Euryalus, Opabinia regalis, RickinBaltimore, BU Rob13, Newyorkbrad, Mkdw, KrakatoaKatie

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katietalk 17:43, 4 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

Arbitration motion regarding Jytdog
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

is thereby indefinitely blocked by the Arbitration Committee.

For the Arbitration Committee, Mkdw  talk 07:20, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

Level 1 desysop of Esanchez7587
Under the Level 1 desysopping procedures the administrator permissions of  have been temporarily removed as a suspected compromised account.

Supporting: Worm That Turned, BU Rob13, Mkdw, Opabinia regalis, and KrakatoaKatie.

For the Arbitration Committee;

WormTT(talk) 17:52, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

Level 1 desysop of Garzo
Under the Level 1 desysopping procedures the administrator permissions of  have been temporarily removed as a suspected compromised account.

Supporting: Worm That Turned, Euryalus, Opabinia regalis, DeltaQuad, Mkdw, and KrakatoaKatie.

For the Arbitration Committee;

WormTT(talk) 20:02, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

Level 1 desysop of Killiondude
Under the Level 1 desysopping procedures the administrator permissions of  have been temporarily removed as a suspected compromised account.

Supporting: DeltaQuad, Worm that Turned, BU Rob13.

For the Arbitration Committee;

-- Amanda  (aka DQ) 20:33, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

Return of tools
The Arbitration Committee has verified Killiondude is back in control of their account via multiple methods. Therefore the committee reinstates their administrative userright, which was previously removed by motion. The committee also urges them to enable 2 factor authentication on their account.

Supporting: KrakatoaKatie, Callanecc, Newyorkbrad, Premeditated Chaos, Worm That Turned, Opabinia Regalis, Mkdw, DeltaQuad.

For the Arbitration Committee, -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 22:51, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

Level 1 desysop of Orangemike
Under the Level 1 desysopping procedures the administrator permissions of  have been temporarily removed as a suspected compromised account.

Supporting: BU Rob13, Premeditated Chaos, Opabinia regalis, Mkdw

For the Arbitration Committee;

~ Rob 13 Talk 04:36, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

Arbitration motion regarding Palestine-Israel articles
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 06:54, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 37

Guerillero reappointed a full clerk
The Arbitration Committee is pleased to announce that will be rejoining the arbitration clerk team as a full clerk. We express our thanks to the clerks for the work they do in ensuring that the arbitration process operates smoothly. If you are interested in joining the team as a trainee, please read through the information page and send an email to.

For the Arbitration Committee, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 07:30, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38

Arbitration motion regarding The Rambling Man
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that the The Rambling Man arbitration case be amended as follows:

For the Arbitration Committee,--Cameron11598 (Talk) 21:30, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38

Bradv appointed trainee clerk
The arbitration clerks are pleased to welcome to the clerk team as a trainee!

The arbitration clerk team is often in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by email to clerks-l@lists.wikimedia.org.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 22:31, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38

Amendment to the standard provision for appeals and modifications
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that: For the Arbitration Committee,  Brad  v 🍁 02:12, 14 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38

2019 Arbitration Committee
The Arbitration Committee welcomes the following new and returning arbitrators following their election by the community. Their two-year terms formally begin on 01 January 2019:

All incoming arbitrators have elected to receive (or retain, where applicable) the checkuser and oversight permissions.

We also thank our outgoing colleagues whose terms end on 31 December 2018:
 * (retaining both CheckUser & Oversight)
 * (retaining both CheckUser & Oversight)
 * (retaining both CheckUser & Oversight)
 * (retaining both CheckUser & Oversight)
 * (retaining both CheckUser & Oversight)

Outgoing arbitrators are eligible to retain the CheckUser and Oversight permissions, remain active on cases accepted before their term ended, and to remain subscribed to the functionaries' and arbitration clerks' mailing lists following their term on the committee. To that effect:
 * Stewards are requested to remove the permission(s) noted from the following outgoing arbitrators after 31 December 2018 at their own request:
 * CheckUser: Euryalus, Newyorkbrad
 * Oversight: Euryalus, Newyorkbrad
 * Outgoing arbitrators are eligible to remain active on cases opened before their term ended if they wish. Whether or not outgoing arbitrators will remain active on any ongoing case(s) will be noted on the proposed decision talk page of affected case(s).
 * All outgoing arbitrators will remain subscribed to the functionaries' mailing list.
 * All outgoing arbitrators will remain subscribed from the arbitration clerks' mailing list, with the exception of Euryalus and DGG at their request.

The Arbitration Committee thanks DeltaQuad for volunteering to join the arbitration clerk team and appoints her a full clerk effective from the completion of her term as an arbitrator.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katietalk 12:03, 17 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38

Cameron11598 appointed full clerk
The Arbitration Committee is pleased to announce that has been appointed a full clerk, effective immediately.

The arbitration clerk team is often in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by e-mail to.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 05:53, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38

Arbitration motion regarding Lightbreather
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 20:05, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38

Crouch, Swale restrictions appeal
Resolved by motion at Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment:

For the Arbitration Committee,  Mini  apolis  18:24, 18 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38

Arbitration motion regarding Race and intelligence
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, GoldenRing (talk) 11:05, 31 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Discuss this

Alex Shih: Statement from the Arbitration Committee
The Arbitration Committee feel it is appropriate to elaborate on the reasons for Alex Shih's departure. Whilst Alex Shih was a member of the Committee, he held the Checkuser right. Both his use of the tool and his disclosure on-wiki of non-public information breached the Checkuser policy multiple times. In addition, arbitrators felt that he had committed other breaches of confidentiality in his use of private information received whilst on the Arbitration Committee. In August 2018, the Committee confronted Alex Shih with these concerns. Shortly afterwards, Alex resigned from the Committee and gave up the Checkuser and Oversight user rights. The Arbitration Committee considers this resignation to have been under controversial circumstances. The matter was also referred to the Ombudsman Commission by a group of functionaries including several arbitrators when the extent of the actions came to light.


 * Support: AGK, BU Rob13, GorillaWarfare, KrakatoaKatie, Mkdw, Opabinia regalis, Premeditated Chaos, RickinBaltimore, SilkTork, Worm That Turned
 * Abstain: Joe Roe
 * Not voting:
 * Inactive: Callanecc, Courcelles

For the Arbitration Committee WormTT(talk</b>) 19:37, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 39

Arbitration motion regarding The Troubles, Irish nationalism, and British nationalism in relation to Ireland
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, Bradv 🍁  02:42, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38

Arbitration/Requests/Case/GiantSnowman closed
An arbitration case regarding has now closed, and the final decision is available at the link above. The following remedy has been enacted:

For the Arbitration Committee, Bradv 🍁  18:38, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38

Amendment request: Crouch, Swale clarification request
Resolved by motion at Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment:

For the Arbitration Committee, Bradv 🍁  22:29, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38

Arbitration motion regarding Alex Shih
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee --Cameron11598 (Talk) 05:54, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38

New OTRS queues
In an early 2017 RfC, the community endorsed the view that private evidence related to abusive paid editing should be submitted privately to relevant people when there are concerns related to privacy or outing. To better allow the functionary team to investigate instances of abusive paid editing where private evidence is a factor, the Arbitration Committee has established the paid-en-wp OTRS queue to receive such private evidence. The email address associated with this queue is. The queue will be reviewed by a subset of arbitrators and interested local CheckUsers, who will investigate all reports and take any necessary action.

This queue is not a replacement for existing community processes to address abusive paid editing. In particular, all public evidence related to abusive paid editing should continue to be submitted at the appropriate community noticeboards, such as Conflict of interest/Noticeboard. Private reports that do not contain private evidence or can be sufficiently handled by existing community processes will be redirected accordingly. Reports will also be redirected to the Arbitration Committee as a whole, where appropriate.

Further, the checkuser-en-wp OTRS queue has been established to allow private requests for CheckUser to be sent to the local CheckUser team. For instance, requests for IP block exemption for anonymous proxy editing should now be sent to rather than the functionaries-en list. Similar to the above, all private requests that can be sufficiently handled by existing community processes, such as WP:SPI, will be redirected accordingly.

The Arbitration Committee would like to note that the creation of these queues was endorsed by the 2018 Arbitration Committee, with the announcement delayed into the new year as the queues were organized and created.

For the Arbitration Committee, ~ Rob 13 <sup style="margin-left:-1.0ex;">Talk 16:25, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 39

Permissions restored to There'sNoTime
self-requested removal of their advanced permissions on 11 December 2018. By There'sNoTime's request, checkuser and oversight permissions are restored by the committee, effective immediately.

For the Arbitration Committee,  AGK  &#9632;  22:30, 17 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard

Arbitration motion regarding Eastern Europe and Macedonia
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 23:26, 17 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 38

Changes to functionary team
By motion, in accordance with the Committee's procedure on functionary permissions and inactivity, the CheckUser and Oversight permissions of are removed.


 * Support: AGK, BU Rob13, GorillaWarfare, Joe Roe, KrakatoaKatie, Worm That Turned.
 * Oppose: None.
 * Not voting: Opabinia regalis, Premeditated Chaos, RickinBaltimore.
 * Inactive: Callanecc, Courcelles, Mkdw, SilkTork.

At their own request, the CheckUser permission of and the Oversight permission of  are removed.

The Arbitration Committee sincerely thanks Keegan, Ks0stm, and Sphilbrick for their service. The Committee is also grateful to the current CheckUser and Oversight permission holders for their invaluable contributions as functionaries.

For the Arbitration Committee, Katietalk 00:44, 20 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 39

Motion: Manning naming dispute
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee,  Mini  apolis  17:40, 22 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 39

Level 1 desysop of Bogdangiusca
Under the Level 1 desysopping procedures, the administrator permissions of have been temporarily removed as a suspected compromised account.

Supporting: BU Rob13, KrakatoaKatie, GorillaWarfare

For the Arbitration Committee, ~ Rob 13 <sup style="margin-left:-1.0ex;">Talk 18:16, 2 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 39

Motion: Palestine-Israel articles
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, Bradv 🍁  02:46, 14 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 39

Motion: Conduct of Mister Wiki editors
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee --Cameron11598 (Talk) 06:33, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 39

Level 1 desysop of Necrothesp
Under the Level 1 desysopping procedures the administrator permissions of  have been temporarily removed as a suspected compromised account. Supporting: AGK, Courcelles, GorillaWarfare, KrakatoaKatie, Mkdw, Worm That Turned

For the Arbitration Committee; <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 16:50, 24 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 39

Motion: India-Pakistan
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 23:04, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 43

Proposed amendment to the arbitration policy
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Pursuant to the arbitration policy's section on "Ratification and amendment", the Arbitration Committee resolves that the following change to the arbitration policy will be submitted for formal ratification by community referendum:

This amendment to the arbitration policy will enter into force once it receives majority support, with at least one hundred editors voting in favour of adopting it. Until this amendment is ratified, the existing arbitration policy remains in effect.

For the Arbitration Committee, Bradv 🍁  23:08, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 39

Ratification
The ratification process has begun at Arbitration/Policy/Proposed amendment (April 2019). ~ Rob 13 <sup style="margin-left:-1.0ex;">Talk 02:14, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Restoration of sysop privileges to Necrothesp
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

On March 14, 2019, the administrator permissions of were temporarily removed as a suspected compromised account under  the Level 1 desysopping procedures.

Following discussion concerning account security, and pursuant to the procedures for return of revoked permissions, the Arbitration Committee resolves the following:

For the Arbitration Committee, – bradv 🍁  03:03, 10 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 39

Return of permissions for compromised administrator accounts
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, – bradv 🍁  15:05, 10 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 40

Flooded with them hundreds unblocked following successful appeal
Following a successful appeal via email to the arbitration committee, Flooded with them hundreds has been unblocked, with an indefinite one-account restriction and the agreement to publicly disclose all past accounts. The account restriction has been logged at Editing restrictions. The past accounts are:



For the Arbitration Committee, GorillaWarfare (talk) 20:19, 14 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 40

Arbitration Policy - Community Ratification
The community has ratified the following amendment to the Arbitration Policy.

to

This provision is now reflected in the policy and is in full force. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 06:50, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 40

Motion: Amendment to the standard provision for appeals and modifications (April 2019)
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 00:23, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 40

Bradv appointed as clerk
The Arbitration Committee is pleased to appoint as an arbitration clerk. Bradv has been in training since December 2018.

The arbitration clerks often need new team members. Any editor who would like to volunteer as an arbitration clerk is welcome to apply by e-mail to.

For the Arbitration Committee, AGK  &#9632;  17:22, 23 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 40

Change to CheckUser team
The Arbitration Committee is pleased to welcome back to the CheckUser team. Reaper Eternal voluntarily relinquished the CheckUser permission in June 2017. They have been reappointed as a CheckUser following a request to the Committee for return of the permission.

For the Arbitration Committee, ~ Rob 13 <sup style="margin-left:-1.0ex;">Talk 20:27, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 40

Administrator account security
ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our mass message sent to administrators regarding account security, in light of the response from the community.

Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.

We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.

For the Arbitration Committee,

–&#8239;Joe (talk) 21:11, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 40

Arbitration/Requests/Case/Enigmaman closed
An arbitration case regarding has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedy has been enacted:

For the Arbitration Committee, – bradv 🍁  13:19, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 40

Resignation of BU Rob13
After careful reflection, I have decided to step down from my position on the Arbitration Committee, effective immediately. ~ Rob 13 <sup style="margin-left:-1.0ex;">Talk 05:19, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 41

Level 1 desysop of Nv8200pa
Under the Level 1 desysopping procedures the administrator permissions of  have been temporarily removed as a suspected compromised account. Supporting: Mkdw, AGK, Opabinia regalis, RickinBaltimore, Premeditated Chaos, SilkTork

For the Arbitration Committee; <span style="color:black;text-shadow: 4px 4px 15px white, -4px -4px 15px white">Mkdw  <span style="color: #0B0080;text-shadow: 4px 4px 15px white, -4px -4px 15px white">talk 23:05, 22 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 41

SQL appointed trainee clerk
The arbitration clerks are pleased to welcome to the clerk team as a trainee!

The arbitration clerk team is often in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by email to clerks-l@lists.wikimedia.org.

For the Arbitration Committee, --Cameron11598 (Talk) 20:35, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 41

Desysopping of Od Mishehu

 * Support: AGK, GorillaWarfare, KrakatoaKatie, Mkdw, Opabinia regalis, Premeditated Chaos, RickinBaltimore, SilkTork, Worm That Turned
 * Oppose: Courcelles
 * Inactive: Callanecc, Joe Roe

For the Arbitration Committee, AGK  &#9632;  16:45, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 41

Arbitration/Requests/Case/Rama closed
This arbitration case has been closed and the final decision is available at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:
 * For misuse of administrative tools and generally failing to meet community expectations and responsibilities as outlined in WP:ADMINACCT, is desysopped. He may regain the administrative tools at any time via a successful request for adminship.


 * For the Arbitration Committee, GoldenRing (talk) 13:41, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 41

Changes to Oversight team
The committee has been notified that anticipates a period of inactivity. Accordingly, their Oversight permissions are removed. The committee sincerely thanks GB fan for their service.

Support: Callanecc, Courcelles, KrakatoaKatie, Mkdw, RickinBaltimore, Worm That Turned

Oppose: None

Not voting: AGK, Opabinia regalis, Premeditated Chaos

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katietalk 13:44, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 41

Open letter to the WMF Board
The Arbitration Committee has sent the following open letter to the WMF Board of Trustees, regarding the WMF ban of Fram.

For the Arbitration Committee, –&#8239;Joe (talk) 08:16, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 42

Arbitration/Requests/Case/Reversion of office actions resolved by motion
The Arbitration Committee has accepted the WJBscribe case request under the title Reversion of office actions and resolved it by motion as follows:

For the Arbitration Committee, – bradv  🍁  02:18, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 42

Update from the Arbitration Committee
The Committee have received from Trust & Safety (T&S) their detailed report on Fram, with names and identifying information redacted. The Committee are still discussing the report; however we have agreed that the report is sufficiently detailed and minimally redacted such that we can open a case on Fram. The format and scope are yet to be decided, as we are trying to find the appropriate balance between being transparent with our proceedings, and protecting any parties from harassment. We would like to invite open feedback on how best to achieve this balance. We will be accepting additional evidence about Fram's behaviour from the community, however we ask that you please refrain from sending it until we formally open the case. We will keep the community updated with our progress.

For the Arbitration Committee, GorillaWarfare (talk) 18:45, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 43

Arbitration/Requests/Case/Canadian politics closed
An arbitration case regarding Canadian politics has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:
 * 1) is prohibited from editing SNC-Lavalin affair and its talk page for a period of six months. This restriction may be appealed at WP:ARCA after three months.
 * 2) Curly Turkey is warned that future violations of Wikipedia's conduct policies and guidelines, including WP:BATTLEGROUND and WP:ASPERSIONS, may result in blocks or bans.
 * 3) Curly Turkey,, , , , , and are admonished for edit warring.
 * 4) All editors are reminded to seek dispute resolution and to use appropriate resources, such as the dispute resolution noticeboard, for outside opinions and suggestions for resolving problems.

For the Arbitration Committee, SQL <sup style="font-size: 5pt;color:#999">Query me!  03:46, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 42

Motion: Discretionary Sanctions: Awareness and alerts
The following change to discretionary sanctions awareness requirements has been passed and enacted by motion:


 * For the arbitration committee, GoldenRing (talk) 12:25, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 43

Fram case opened
The arbitration committee have opened a case on at Arbitration/Requests/Case/Fram. This case is to be held in private, with evidence and workshop proposals to be submitted by email &mdash; see the evidence and workshop case pages for instructions. For the Arbitration Committee, GoldenRing (talk) 12:09, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 43

Oversight permission restored to Beeblebrox
requested removal of their own advanced permissions on 28 June 2019. By Beeblebrox's request to this committee, their oversight permissions are restored, effective immediately. For the Arbitration Committee, AGK  &#9632;  10:14, 28 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 43

Liz reappointed full clerk
The Arbitration Committee is pleased to announce that has been reappointed to the clerk team as a full clerk, effective immediately.

The arbitration clerk team is often in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by e-mail to clerks-l@lists.wikimedia.org.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 14:40, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 43

Resignation of RickInBaltimore
Effective immediately, has resigned from the Arbitration Committee. He has also relinquished the CheckUser and Oversight permissions. The Committee sincerely thanks Rick for his service and wishes him well.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katietalk 19:38, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard

Arbitration motion regarding Ritchie333 and Praxidicae
For the Arbitration Committee, &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 03:15, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 44

Cthomas3 appointed arbitration clerk trainee
The arbitration clerks are pleased to welcome to the clerk team as a trainee!

The arbitration clerk team is often in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by email to clerks-l@lists.wikimedia.org.

For the arbitration clerks, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 01:22, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 43

Arbitration motion regarding The Rambling Man
The following motion has been enacted:

For the arbitration committee - GoldenRing (talk) 13:53, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 43

Arbitration motion regarding the Arab–Israel conflict
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

At the direction of the Arbitration Committee, the Palestine-Israel articles 4 case will be suspended until September 19, and parties and participants will be notified by then of the timetable for the case as well as any other necessary case management information.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 07:09, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 43

Resignation of Callanecc
Effective immediately and per his talk page statement, has resigned from the Arbitration Committee. He has also relinquished the CheckUser and Oversight permissions. The Committee sincerely thanks Callanecc for his service and wishes him well.

For the Arbitration Committee,

<b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 10:52, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 44

Changes to functionary team
By motion, in accordance with the Committee's procedure on functionary permissions and activity, these permissions are removed from the following users:


 * – Oversight
 * – Oversight
 * – CheckUser and Oversight
 * – CheckUser and Oversight

Supporting: Courcelles, GorillaWarfare, KrakatoaKatie, Mkdw, Premeditated Chaos, Worm That Turned

The Arbitration Committee sincerely thanks Fox, HJ Mitchell, LFaraone, and There'sNoTime for their service. The Committee also extends its gratitude to the current CheckUser and Oversight permission holders for their contributions and service as functionaries.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katietalk 17:04, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 44

Arbitration motion regarding Antisemitism in Poland (temporary injunction)
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:


 * For the Arbitration Committee --Cameron11598 (Talk) 17:29, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 43

Arbitration motion regarding Eric Corbett
The Arbitration Committee has been made aware of and has independently confirmed that, since his public retirement, has been abusively misusing multiple accounts and disruptively editing while logged out. Eric Corbett's accounts are hereby indefinitely blocked by the Arbitration Committee. Accordingly, the case request involving Eric Corbett, which has been accepted by majority vote, will be closed.


 * Support
 * Courcelles (per mailing list)
 * GorillaWarfare (per mailing list)
 * Joe Roe (per mailing list)
 * KrakatoaKatie (per mailing list)
 * Mkdw (per mailing list)
 * Opabinia regalis (per mailing list)
 * Premeditated Chaos (per mailing list)


 * Oppose


 * Recuse
 * Worm That Turned (per mailing list)

– Katietalk 14:29, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 44

Resignation of Courcelles
Effective immediately, has resigned from the Arbitration Committee. He has also relinquished the CheckUser and Oversight permissions. The Committee sincerely thanks Courcelles for his service and wishes him well.

For the Arbitration Committee,

<b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 22:58, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 44

Fram unbanned immediately (temporary injunction in Fram case)
The committee has resolved as a temporary injunction that:


 * For the Arbitration Committee <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 16:52, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 44

Arbitration/Requests/Case/Fram
An arbitration case regarding Fram has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:
 * 1) The Committee decides that Fram's ban was not required, and therefore vacates it.
 * 2) The behaviour shown in the case materials falls below the standards expected for an administrator. Accordingly, the committee takes over the decision to remove Fram's administrator tools. They may regain the administrative tools at any time via a successful request for adminship.
 * 3) A Request for Comment will be opened under the Arbitration space, and managed by the Arbitration Clerks. This RfC will focus on how harassment and private complaints should be handled in the future.

For the Arbitration Committee, SQL <sup style="font-size: 5pt;color:#999">Query me!  19:16, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

Arbitration/Requests/Case/Antisemitism in Poland closed
This arbitration case has been closed and the final decision is available at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted: For the Arbitration Committee,  C Thomas<sup style="font-size: x-small; color: brown;">3   (talk) 19:29, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * 1)  and  are indefinitely prohibited from interacting with, or commenting on, each other anywhere on Wikipedia (subject to the ordinary exceptions).
 * 2)  is topic-banned from the history of Poland during World War II, including the Holocaust in Poland. This topic ban may be appealed after one year has elapsed.
 * 3)  is topic-banned from the history of Poland during World War II, including the Holocaust in Poland.  This topic ban may be appealed after one year has elapsed.
 * 4) The sourcing expectations applied to the article Collaboration in German-occupied Poland are expanded and adapted to cover all articles on the topic of Polish history during World War II (1933-45), including the Holocaust in Poland. Only high quality sources may be used, specifically peer-reviewed scholarly journals, academically focused books by reputable publishers, and/or articles published by reputable institutions. English-language sources are preferred over non-English ones when available and of equal quality and relevance. Editors repeatedly failing to meet this standard may be topic-banned as an arbitration enforcement action.
 * 5) The committee acknowledges the lengthy delay in preparing the proposed decision for this case. We apologize to the case participants and to other editors interested in the topic area, and thank them for their patience.
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 44

Resignation of SilkTork
Effective immediately, has resigned from the Arbitration Committee. He has also relinquished the CheckUser and Oversight permissions. The Committee sincerely thanks SilkTork for his service and wishes him well.

For the Arbitration Committee,

<b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 07:45, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 44

CheckUser and Oversight appointments 2019
The Arbitration Committee is accepting applications for appointments as CheckUser and Oversight team members. and are the arbitrators overseeing this process. The names of all applicants will be shared with the Functionaries team, who will be asked for assistance with vetting candidates.


 * Applications: 23 September to 29 September
 * Review period: 30 September to 2 October – the committee will review applications and ask the functionary team for their feedback
 * Notification of candidates: 2 October to 3 October – notification of candidates
 * Community consultation: 4 October to 23:59 UTC, 10 October – candidates' statements published, community is invited to comment
 * Appointments: by 14 October

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katietalk 17:11, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 44

Icewhiz banned
The committee has resolved by motion that:

Supporting: GorillaWarfare, Joe Roe, KrakatoaKatie, Opabinia regalis, Premeditated Chaos, Worm That Turned

Opposing:

Did not vote: AGK, Mkdw


 * For the Arbitration Committee

<b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 13:53, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 44

Palestine-Israel articles 4 arbitration case commencing
In August 2019, the Arbitration Committee resolved to open the Palestine-Israel articles 4 arbitration case as a suspended case due to workload considerations. The Committee is now un-suspending and commencing the case. For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 21:15, 6 October 2019 (UTC)
 * The primary scope of the case is: Evaluating the clarity and effectiveness of current remedies in the ARBPIA area. More information can be found here.
 * Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage at Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel articles 4/Evidence. The evidence phase will be open until 18 October 2019 (subject to change).
 * You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage at Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel articles 4/Workshop. The workshop phase will be open until 25 October 2019 (subject to change).
 * For a guide to the arbitration process, see Arbitration/Guide to arbitration.
 * To receive case updates, add your name to the notification list.
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

2019 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: Candidates appointed
The Arbitration Committee is pleased to welcome the following editors to the functionary team:


 * is appointed as a CheckUser and Oversighter.
 * is appointed as a CheckUser and Oversighter.
 * is appointed as a CheckUser.
 * is appointed as a CheckUser and Oversighter.
 * is appointed as an Oversighter.
 * is appointed as an Oversighter.
 * is appointed as an Oversighter.

The Committee thanks the community and all candidates for helping to bring this process to a successful conclusion.

The Committee also welcomes the following user back to the functionary team:


 * , who resigned his CheckUser permission in May 2019, is reappointed as a CheckUser following a request to the committee for return of the permission.

The Committee also thanks for his long history of contributions to the functionary team. Timotheus Canens voluntarily resigned his CheckUser and Oversight permissions in September 2019.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katietalk 15:47, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

Changes to functionary team
In accordance with the Arbitration Committee's procedures for functionary inactivity, the Oversight permissions of are removed.

The Committee also notes the resignation of from the CheckUser and Oversight teams.

The Committee sincerely thanks DGG and DeltaQuad for their long and dedicated service as functionaries.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katietalk 00:50, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

CodeLyoko appointed trainee clerk
The arbitration clerks are pleased to welcome to the clerk team as a trainee!

The arbitration clerk team is often in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by email to.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 04:24, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

Oversight audit request, October 2019
On 16 October, the Arbitration Committee received a request from User:DeltaQuad to review her suppression of revisions of User talk:Ritchie333. The committee has investigated the matter in our audit capacity for the use of oversight on the English Wikipedia. We note that after the suppression in question was queried, DeltaQuad initiated a discussion on the oversight mailing list. A consensus was reached that the suppression should be reversed, to which DeltaQuad agreed. The committee is satisfied that this resolved the matter and that DeltaQuad acted in good faith in accordance with the oversight policy. We thank her for her diligence in self-reporting the potential misuse and seeking the opinions of other members of the oversight team.

,, , ,
 * Support


 * Recuse

For the Arbitration Committee, –&#8239;Joe (talk) 05:37, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

Palestine-Israel articles 4: workshop extended
The workshop phase of the Palestine-Israel articles 4 arbitration case will be extended to November 1, 2019. All interested editors are invited to submit comments and workshop proposals regarding and arising from the clarity and effectiveness of current remedies in the ARBPIA area. For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 07:40, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

Temporary checkuser permission for election scrutineers
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, CodeLyoko  talk  10:36, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

Changes to CheckUser team
Per his request to the Arbitration Committee, the CheckUser permissions of are removed. The committee sincerely thanks Deskana for his long service to the CheckUser team.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katietalk 00:12, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

Sk8erPrince banned
The committee has resolved by motion that:

Supporting: Joe Roe, KrakatoaKatie, Mkdw, Premeditated Chaos, Worm That Turned

Opposing:

Did not vote: AGK, GorillaWarfare, Opabinia regalis


 * For the Arbitration Committee

<span style="color:black;text-shadow: 4px 4px 15px white, -4px -4px 15px white">Mkdw  <span style="color: #0B0080;text-shadow: 4px 4px 15px white, -4px -4px 15px white">talk 14:56, 6 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

Changes to CheckUser team (Beeblebrox)
By motion, the Arbitration Committee restores the CheckUser permission to.

Support: GorillaWarfare, Joe Roe, KrakatoaKatie, Mkdw, Worm That Turned

Oppose: None

Not voting: AGK, Opabinia regalis, Premeditated Chaos

Katietalk 16:10, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

Arbitration motion regarding Sexology
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee --Cameron11598 (Talk) 06:58, 23 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

Arbitration motion regarding Antisemitism in Poland
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, CodeLyoko  talk  02:10, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

Arbitration motion regarding Portals (temporary injunction)
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, CodeLyoko  talk  03:50, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

SQL appointed full clerk
The Arbitration Committee is pleased to announce that has been appointed a full clerk, effective immediately.

The arbitration clerk team is often in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by e-mail to.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 18:33, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

Edgar181 desysopped
In addition,

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katietalk 21:26, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

Palestine-Israel articles 4: workshop reopened
Because of the nature of the Palestine-Israel articles 4 arbitration case and the importance of the exact wording of remedies, the Arbitration Committee would like to invite further public comment and workshopping on its preliminary proposed decision, which is now posted on the workshop. Accordingly, the workshop in this case is re-opened and will remain open until Friday, December 13. For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 23:55, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

2020 Arbitration Committee
The Arbitration Committee welcomes the following new and returning arbitrators following their election by the community. The two-year terms of these arbitrators formally begin on 01 January 2020:

The one-year terms of these arbitrators also begin on 1 January 2020:

All incoming arbitrators have elected to receive (or retain, where applicable) the checkuser and oversight permissions. Xeno has elected not to receive administrator permissions.

We also thank our outgoing colleagues whose terms end on 31 December 2019:
 * will retain Oversight
 * will retain Oversight

Outgoing arbitrators are eligible to retain the CheckUser and Oversight permissions, remain active on cases accepted before their term ended, and to remain subscribed to the functionaries' and arbitration clerks' mailing lists following their term on the committee. To that effect:
 * Stewards are requested to remove the permission(s) noted from the following outgoing arbitrators after 31 December 2019 at their own request:
 * CheckUser: Opabinia regalis, Premeditated Chaos
 * Outgoing arbitrators are eligible to remain active on cases opened before their term ended if they wish. Whether or not outgoing arbitrators will remain active on any ongoing case(s) will be noted on the proposed decision talk page of affected case(s).
 * Both outgoing arbitrators will remain subscribed to the functionaries' mailing list
 * Both outgoing arbitrators will be unsubscribed from the arbitration clerks' mailing list at their request.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katietalk 21:02, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel articles 4 closed
An arbitration case regarding Palestine-Israel articles (4) has now closed and the final decision is available at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

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Condensing of remedies
1) For the sake of easy referencing, the following existing remedies are vacated (with the intention of replacing them elsewhere in this decision):


 * ARBPIA:
 * Editors reminded
 * Editors counseled
 * Standard discretionary sanctions (for "All Arab-Israeli conflict-related pages")


 * ARBPIA2:
 * Area of conflict
 * Lifting of restrictions
 * Suspension of restrictions


 * ARBPIA3:
 * General Prohibition (of users not "extended confirmed")
 * Sanctions available

Existing enforcement decisions relying upon these remedies are not vacated and will be appealable as if this remedy had not carried.

Editors reminded
2) Editors are reminded that when editing in subject areas of bitter and long-standing real-world conflict, it is all the more important to comply with Wikipedia policies such as assuming good faith of all editors including those on the other side of the real-world dispute, writing with a neutral point of view, remaining civil and avoiding personal attacks, utilizing reliable sources for contentious or disputed assertions, and making use of dispute resolution where necessary.

Wikipedia cannot resolve the dispute between the Israeli and Palestinian people or any other real-world conflict. What Wikipedia can do is aspire to provide neutral, encyclopedic coverage about the areas of dispute and the peoples involved in it, which may lead to a broader understanding of the issues and the positions of all real-life conflict parties. The contributions of all good-faith editors on these articles who contribute with this goal in mind are appreciated.

Editors counselled
3) Editors who find it difficult to edit a particular article or topic from a neutral point of view and adhere to other Wikipedia policies are counselled that they may sometimes need or wish to step away temporarily from that article or subject area. Sometimes, editors in this position may wish to devote some of their knowledge, interest, and effort to creating or editing other articles that may relate to the same broad subject-matter as the dispute, but are less immediately contentious.  For example, an editor whose ethnicity, cultural heritage, or personal interests relate to Side X and who finds that they become caught up in edit-warring on an article about a recent war between Side X and Side Y, may wish to disengage from that article for a time and instead focus on a different aspect of the history, civilization, and cultural heritage of Side X.

Definition of the "area of conflict"
4) For the purposes of editing restrictions in the ARBPIA topic area, the "area of conflict" shall be defined as encompassing
 * a. the entire set of articles whose topic relates to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly interpreted ("primary articles"), and
 * b. edits relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict, to pages and discussions in all namespaces with the exception of userspace ("related content")

ARBPIA General Sanctions
5) The following set of sanctions will be considered the "ARBPIA General Sanctions".
 * A. Discretionary sanctions: Standard discretionary sanctions are activated for the area of conflict. Any uninvolved administrator may apply sanctions as an arbitration enforcement action to users editing the area of conflict whilst aware.
 * B. 500/30 Rule: All IP editors, users with fewer than 500 edits, and users with less than 30 days' tenure are prohibited from editing content within the area of conflict. On primary articles, this prohibition is preferably to be enforced by use of extended confirmed protection (ECP) but this is not mandatory. On pages with related content, or on primary articles where ECP is not feasible, the 500/30 Rule may be enforced by other methods, including page protection, reverts, blocks, the use of pending changes, and appropriate edit filters. Reverts made solely to enforce the 500/30 Rule are not considered edit warring.The sole exceptions to this prohibition are:
 * 1. Editors who are not eligible to be extended-confirmed may use the Talk: namespace to post constructive comments and make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided they are not disruptive. Talk pages where disruption occurs may be managed by any of the methods noted in paragraph b). This exception does not apply to other internal project discussions such as AfDs, WikiProjects, RfCs, noticeboard discussions, etc.
 * 2. Editors who are not eligible to be extended-confirmed may not create new articles, but administrators may exercise discretion when deciding how to enforce this remedy on article creations. Deletion of new articles created by editors who do not meet the criteria is permitted but not required.
 * C. One Revert Restriction (1RR): Each editor is limited to one revert per page per 24 hours on any edits made to content within the area of conflict. Reverts made to enforce the 500/30 Rule are exempt from the provisions of this motion. Also, the normal exemptions apply. Editors who violate this restriction may be blocked by any uninvolved administrator.

Standing sanctions upon primary articles
6) All primary articles will be subject to the ARBPIA General Sanctions. ArbCom Arab-Israeli enforcement should be added to the talk page of affected pages, and ArbCom Arab-Israeli editnotice should be added as an editnotice to affected pages. The presence of the templates is required before the General Sanctions can be enforced on primary articles. The templates may be added to primary articles by any user, but may only be removed by an uninvolved administrator. Users who lack the appropriate permissions to create an editnotice should place the talk page template as normal, then make an edit request for someone with permissions to create the edit notice.

General sanctions upon related content
7) All edits made to related content (i.e. pages not otherwise related to the area of conflict) will be subject to ARBPIA General Sanctions.

When disruptive edits are being made to such content, any editor may invoke ARBPIA General Sanctions for that content. They must place ArbCom Arab-Israeli enforcement on the talk page and ArbCom Arab-Israeli editnotice in the editnotice to do so. If there is confusion about which content is considered related, the content in question may be marked in the wiki source with an invisible comment. The presence of the templates is required before the General Sanctions can be enforced on related content. Once added by any editor, any marking, template, or editnotice may be removed only by an uninvolved administrator. Users who lack the appropriate permissions to create an editnotice should place the talk page template as normal, then make an edit request for someone with permissions to create the edit notice.

Editors should apply the ARBPIA General Sanctions templates to related content only when disruption creates a need for additional administrative tools. Administrators should only utilize the ARBPIA General Sanctions to reduce disruption caused by edits related to the conflict area. Problematic edits made to unrelated content on the same page should be handled by normal administrative means.

Disputes about scope of conflict area
8) In the case of disputes regarding whether or not an article is a primary article, or whether a portion of content is related to ARBPIA, editors should use normal dispute resolution methods to come to a consensus.

Available sanctions
9) Uninvolved administrators are encouraged to monitor the articles covered by discretionary sanctions in the original Palestine-Israel case to ensure compliance. To assist in this, administrators are reminded that:
 * i. Accounts with a clear shared agenda may be blocked if they violate the sockpuppetry policy or any other applicable policy;
 * ii. Accounts whose primary purpose is disruption, violating the policy on biographies of living persons, or making personal attacks may be blocked indefinitely;
 * iii. There are special provisions in place to deal with editors who violate the BLP policy;
 * iv. Administrators may act on clear BLP violations with page protections, blocks, or warnings even if they have edited the article themselves or are otherwise involved;
 * v. Discretionary sanctions permit full and semi-page protections, including use of pending changes where warranted, and – once an editor has become aware of sanctions for the topic – any other appropriate remedy may be issued without further warning.

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For the Arbitration Committee,  C Thomas<sup style="font-size: x-small; color: brown;">3   (talk) 07:03, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

Changes to Oversight team
At his own request, the Oversight permissions of are removed. The Arbitration Committee sincerely thanks Someguy1221 for his long history of service to the functionary team.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katietalk 03:15, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

Motion regarding Palestine-Israel articles 4
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 19:19, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

User:Anupam unblocked following successful appeal
Following a successful appeal via email to the Arbitration Committee, Anupam has been unblocked with an indefinite restriction from engaging in disclosed and undisclosed paid editing, including making edits on behalf of any former clients. The account restriction has been logged at Editing restrictions.

For the Arbitration Committee, GorillaWarfare (talk) 19:59, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

Arbitration motion regarding The Rambling Man
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, CodeLyoko  talk  06:26, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

Arbitration motion regarding Magioladitis
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, CodeLyoko  talk  07:20, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

Money emoji appointed trainee clerk
The arbitration clerks are pleased to welcome to the clerk team as a trainee!

The arbitration clerk team is often in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by email to.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 18:35, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

Arbitration motion regarding Crouch, Swale
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, CodeLyoko  talk  21:32, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

Unicornblood2018 unblocked following successful appeal
Following a successful appeal via email to the Arbitration Committee, Unicornblood2018 has been unblocked, with the condition that they are topic-banned from any pages or edits related to (1) China, or (2) new religious movements, broadly construed. This topic ban may be appealed after one year has elapsed. The account restriction has been logged at Editing restrictions.

For the Arbitration Committee, GorillaWarfare (talk) 01:16, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

Ricky81682 unblocked
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 04:24, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

Dreamy Jazz appointed trainee clerk
The arbitration clerks are pleased to welcome to the clerk team as a trainee!

The arbitration clerk team is often in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by email to.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 04:32, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

Arbitration/Requests/Case/Portals Closed
An arbitration case regarding Portals has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:


 * BrownHairedGirl is prohibited from editing in the Portal: namespace or engaging in discussions about portals anywhere on Wikipedia. She may appeal this restriction in six months.
 * BrownHairedGirl is indefinitely restricted from interacting with or commenting about Northamerica1000 anywhere on Wikipedia, subject to the ordinary exceptions. This restriction may be appealed in six months.
 * For numerous violations of basic policies and generally failing to meet community expectations and responsibilities as outlined in Administrators and Administrators, BrownHairedGirl is desysopped. She may regain the administrative tools at any time via a successful request for adminship.
 * The Arbitration Committee recommends that a well-publicized community discussion be held to establish a guideline for portals. The committee further recommends that this RfC be kept open for at least 30 days, be closed by a panel of 3 uninvolved administrators, and at a minimum address the following questions:
 * Topics: How broad or narrow should a topic area be for it to sustain a portal?
 * Page views: Should there be a minimum number of page views for a portal to be considered viable? How should those page views be measured?
 * WikiProjects: Should portals be required to be connected to an active WikiProject or other group of maintainers?
 * Updates: How often should a portal be updated?
 * Automation: Can automated tools be used in the creation or maintenance of portals?
 * Links to portals: How should portals be used? Should they be linked on all relevant Wikipedia articles, or should another method be used to ensure that portals are viewed and used?

For the Arbitration Committee, SQL <sup style="font-size: 5pt;color:#999">Query me!  21:55, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

Arbitration/Requests/Case/RHaworth closed
An arbitration case regarding RHaworth has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:


 * For failure to meet the standards expected of an administrator, including repeated misuse of the deletion tool, RHaworth's administrative user rights are removed. RHaworth may regain administrative user rights at any time via a successful request for adminship.
 * Administrators are reminded that checkuser and oversight blocks must not be reversed or modified without prior consultation with the checkuser or oversighter who placed the block, the respective functionary team, or the Arbitration Committee.

For the Arbitration Committee, CodeLyoko  talk  05:45, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

RhinosF1 unblocked
Following a successful appeal to the Arbitration Committee, RhinosF1 is unblocked.

For the Arbitration Committee,  Maxim (talk)  16:18, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

DeltaQuad CheckUser and Oversight permissions restored
Following a request to the committee, the CheckUser and Oversight permissions of are restored.

Support: AGK, Beeblebrox, Bradv, Casliber, GorillaWarfare, KrakatoaKatie, Maxim, Mkdw, Newyorkbrad, SoWhy, Worm That Turned, Xeno

Oppose: None

Not voting: David Fuchs, DGG, Joe Roe

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katietalk 14:43, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

Arbitration/Requests/Case/Alex Shih closed
An arbitration case regarding User:Alex Shih has now closed. The Arbitration Committee resolved by motion last year to suspend the case, which could be unsuspended if Alex Shih requested it within one year. Because Alex Shih has not requested the case be unsuspended, the case has been automatically closed. The motion which has now closed the case is Arbitration/Requests/Case/Alex Shih.

For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy <i style="color:#d01e1e">Jazz</i> 🎷 talk to me &#124; my contributions 19:16, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

Cthomas3 appointed full clerk
The Arbitration Committee is pleased to announce that has been confirmed as a full clerk, effective immediately.

The arbitration clerk team is often in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by e-mail to.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 19:20, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

Arbitration/Requests/Case/Kudpung closed
An arbitration case regarding Kudpung has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:


 * For his failure to meet the conduct standards expected of an administrator, Kudpung's administrative user rights are removed. He may regain them at any time via a successful request for adminship.
 * Kudpung is admonished for failing to meet the conduct standards expected of an administrator. In future, he is urged to ensure that he remains civil in his interactions with both new and regular editors, and responds to feedback on his conduct objectively and with an assumption of good faith.
 * Arbitration is supposed to be the final step in the dispute resolution process. The community is reminded that attempting to have a community-wide discussion of problematic behavior early on can prevent unnecessary escalations.

For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> 🎷 talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:57, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46

Tseung kang 99 unblocked
Following a successful appeal to the Arbitration Committee, User:Tseung kang 99 is unblocked subject to a one-account restriction. For the Arbitration Committee,  Maxim (talk)  13:09, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 45

Changes to functionary team
After a request to the committee, the Oversight permissions of are restored.

In addition, has voluntarily relinquished the CheckUser permission. The Arbitration Committee sincerely thanks NativeForeigner for his long service as a CheckUser and functionary.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katietalk 22:25, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46

Draft RfC posted
The Arbitration Committee is working on a Request for Comment to focus on how harassment and private complaints should be handled. A draft RfC is posted at Arbitration Committee/Anti-harassment RfC (Draft), and interested parties are invited to comment on the structure and wording on the talk page. Once the draft is finalized, the RfC will be posted for general discussion. – bradv  🍁  18:43, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46

Changes to Oversight team
Upon request to the Arbitration Committee, has voluntarily relinquished the Oversight permission. The committee extends its sincere thanks to Daniel for his long service as a functionary.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katietalk 22:57, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46

Arbitration/Requests/Case/Motorsports closed
An arbitration case regarding Motorsports has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:
 * and are indefinitely prohibited from interacting with, or commenting on, each other anywhere on Wikipedia (subject to the ordinary exceptions).

For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> 🎷 talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:56, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46

Psl631 unblocked
Following a successful appeal to the Arbitration Committee, Psl631 is unblocked subject to a one-account restriction.  Maxim (talk)  13:24, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46

Changes to oversight team (II)
Following a request to the committee, the Oversight permissions of are restored.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katietalk 18:32, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46

Resignation of member, AGK
Last month, I accepted a position on the Wikimedia Foundation ombudsman commission, a body that assists in resolving complaints across all Wikimedia Foundation projects about the privacy, checkuser, and oversight policies. I feel sure that the other members have sufficient experience, diversity of style, and time to carry on without my input. Rather than sitting on both bodies, I am today resigning as a member of the Arbitration Committee. AGK &#9632;  16:44, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46

Arbitration/Requests/Case/Jytdog closed
This arbitration case has been closed and the final decision is available at the link above. The following remedy has been enacted:


 * 1) is indefinitely banned from the English Wikipedia. He may request reconsideration of the ban twelve months after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.

For the Arbitration Committee,  C Thomas<sup style="font-size: x-small; color: brown;">3   (talk) 00:13, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46

Changes to CheckUser team
After a request to the committee, the CheckUser permissions of are restored.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katietalk 18:13, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46

Antisemitism in Poland: Motion (May 2020)
Passed 6 to 0 by motion at 19:57, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

For the arbitration committee, Moneytrees🌴Talk🌲Help out at CCI! 20:35, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46

Arbitration/Requests/Case/Medicine closed
An arbitration case Arbitration/Requests/Case/Medicine has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:


 * Standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all discussions about pharmaceutical drug prices and pricing and for edits adding, changing, or removing pharmaceutical drug prices or pricing from articles. Any uninvolved administrator may apply sanctions as an arbitration enforcement action to users editing in this topic area, after an initial warning.
 * CFCF is reminded to avoid casting aspersions and similar conduct in the future.
 * Doc James is prohibited from making any edits relating to pharmaceutical drug prices or pricing in the article namespace.
 * QuackGuru is indefinitely topic-banned from articles relating to medicine, broadly construed.

For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 15:08, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46

Anti-harassment RfC open
The Arbitration Committee has opened the anti-harassment RfC, and invites discussion from interested editors.  Maxim (talk)  13:56, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46

Account restriction (User:Therapyisgood)
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Support: Joe Roe, Maxim, SoWhy, Casliber, Bradv, Beeblebrox

Oppose:

Recuse:

For the Arbitration Committee, –&#8239;Joe (talk) 18:23, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46

Revocation of CheckUser access for Bbb23
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:


 * Support: Joe Roe, Bradv, Beeblebrox, Maxim, David Fuchs, xeno, Worm That Turned, SoWhy, Casliber, Newyorkbrad, DGG
 * Oppose:
 * Recuse: KrakatoaKatie
 * Inactive: GorillaWarfare, Mkdw

For the Arbitration Committee, –&#8239;Joe (talk) 06:23, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46

Motion: Genetically modified organisms (July 2020)
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 16:54, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46

Arbitration motion regarding Brahma Kumaris
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 18:25, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46

changes to functionary team
The following users have voluntarily relinquished the Oversight permission:



The committee also belatedly acknowledges the resignation of as a CheckUser.

The Arbitration Committee extends its sincere thanks to Keegan, Opabinia regalis, Premeditated Chaos, and SQL for their service as functionaries.

Katietalk 14:09, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 46

Changes to Oversight team
Following a request to the committee, the Oversight rights of are restored.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katietalk 22:35, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47

Change to CheckUser team
Following a request to the Committee, the CheckUser permissions of have been restored.

Katietalk 19:35, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47

Arbitration motion regarding Climate change
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that: The restriction imposed on by Remedy 14 of the Climate change case ("Hipocrite topic-banned") is hereby lifted. For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 03:37, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47

Dreamy Jazz appointed full clerk
The Arbitration Committee is pleased to announce that has been appointed a full clerk, effective immediately, concluding Dreamy Jazz's successful traineeship.

The arbitration clerk team is often in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by e-mail to.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 05:08, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47

Arbitration motion regarding Genetically modified organisms
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Remedy 2 ("1RR imposed") of Genetically modified organisms is amended to read as follows:

The purpose of the amendment was to match the scope of the existing 1RR remedy and the discretionary sanctions remedy.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 16:44, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47

Arbitration motion regarding North8000
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:11, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 47