Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-07-24 Vaughan

Mediation Case: 2006-07-24 Vaughan
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Request Information

 * Request made by: pm_shef 04:46, 24 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Where is the issue taking place?
 * Vaughan municipal election, 2006, Michael Di Biase, Vaughan City Council. To a lesser extent, Mario Racco, Susan Kadis


 * Who's involved?
 * User:Pm_shef, User:ED209, User:JohnnyCanuck. Formerly; User:VaughanWatch and his 52 Sockpuppets.


 * What's going on?
 * ED209, JC and VW's socks have, since the early part of '06, attacked myself (both personally and professionally) while at the same time disrupting any and all edits made to any Vaughan, Ontario related articles. The edit could be perfectly NPOV and cited, and they'd still find a way to disrupt it. They have relentlessly pushed their own POV while accusing me of bias (without once being able to provide an example).


 * ''What would you like to change about that?
 * Come to some sort of an agreement on either some sort of standard for edits, to prevent them from stonewalling additions indefinitly, or some other resolution that will result in them leaving me alone, while still ensuring that the integrity of Vaughan related pages remains intact.


 * Would you prefer we work discreetly? If so, how can we reach you?
 * It could probably work either way, though if work is done through talk page messages, be prepared for them to intrude, vandalise and prevent work from getting done. If you like, feel free to email me through the wiki feature.

Mediator response
This case will probably be able to be consolidated into Michael Di Biase, so CakeProphet/Prophet Wizard o' de Crayon Cake/whatever his name is this week probably needs to take a look at this one too. CQJ 04:06, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes. I also am unsure as to whether the mediation cabal can deal with this adequately, as I suspect it will involve user bans from articles. Stifle (talk) 20:20, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Do you have any suggestions as to another avenue we can take to resolve the dispute? - pm_shef 21:23, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Not at the moment, but I'm certain that the powers-that-be within the Cabal are reviewing it. CQJ 14:10, 2 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I vote for certain users to be banned on certain articles. Also, I believe the correct number of sockpuppets for user:VaughanWatch is 17. ED209 17:44, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
 * That is an injunctive action that we can't take - only the Arbitration Committee can take those steps. CQJ 14:10, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, this case request has not been looked at for quite some time, it seems, but it is true that this is not an issue for the mediation cabal to handle. If you are dealing with abusive sockpuppets, the place would be WP:ANI to report it and request administrator involvement if they are indeed being disruptive. The attacks can also be addressed. As an informal initiative with no real power cannot handle such an issue, I am closing this case. Thanks. Cowman109 Talk 21:50, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Compromise offers
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