Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Aucaman/Proposed decision

all proposed

After considering /Evidence and discussing proposals with other arbitrators, parties and others at /Workshop place proposals which are ready for voting here.

Arbitrators should vote for or against each point or abstain.
 * Only items that receive a majority "support" vote will be passed.
 * Items that receive a majority "oppose" vote will be formally rejected.
 * Items that do not receive a majority "support" or "oppose" vote will be open to possible amendment by any Arbitrator if she/he so chooses. After the amendment process is complete, the item will be voted on one last time.

Conditional votes for or against and abstentions should be explained by the Arbitrator before or after his/her time-stamped signature. For example, an Arbitrator can state that she/he would only favor a particular remedy based on whether or not another remedy/remedies were passed.

On this case, no Arbitrators are recused and 5 are inactive, so 5 votes are a majority.

Proposed wording to be modified by Arbitrators and then voted on. Non-Arbitrators may comment on the talk page.
 * For all items:

Motions and requests by the parties
Place those on /Workshop.

Proposed temporary injunctions
Four net "support" votes needed to pass (each "oppose" vote subtracts a "support") 24 hours from the first vote is normally the fastest an injunction will be imposed.

Aucaman revert parole
1)

Until the conclusion of this arbitration, Aucaman is placed on standard revert parole. He may not make more than one content revert per article per day. Should he revert excessively, he may be briefly banned, up to a week for repeated violations.


 * Support:
 * As it continues to be a problem; see this edit war and this edit war just today. Dmcdevit·t 00:50, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 18:29, 12 April 2006 (UTC) Endorse adding ManiF and Southern Comfort Fred Bauder 12:50, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 18:40, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Mindspillage (spill yours?) 05:06, 20 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose:
 * Unless is includes all three primary participants, ManiF, Southern Comfort, and Aucaman. For example, looking at Dmcdevit's second link we see that the edit-warring continues even without Aucaman. Jayjg (talk) 22:21, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 03:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Abstain:

=Proposed final decision=

Edit warring
1) Edit wars are harmful, because they cause ill-will between users and negatively destabilize articles. Editors are encouraged to explore alternate methods of dispute resolution. When disagreements arise, users are expected to adhere to the three-revert rule and discuss their differences rationally rather than reverting.


 * Support:
 * Dmcdevit·t 08:10, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 09:45, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 23:54, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 22:39, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 22:22, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 06:06, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 16:01, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 03:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Abstain:

Civility
2) Wikipedia users are expected to behave reasonably and calmly in their dealings with other users. Insulting and intimidating other users harms the community by creating a hostile environment. All users are instructed to refrain from this activity. Admins are instructed to use good judgment while enforcing this policy. Personal attacks are not acceptable. See Civility.


 * Support:
 * Dmcdevit·t 08:10, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 09:45, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 23:54, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 22:39, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 22:22, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 06:06, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 16:01, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 03:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Disruption
3) Editors who engage in persistently disruptive behavior may be subject to blocks imposed at administrator discretion, or further bans and restrictions by the Arbitration Committee.


 * Support:
 * Dmcdevit·t 08:10, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 09:45, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 23:54, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 22:39, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 22:22, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 06:06, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 16:01, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 03:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Aucaman edit wars
1) has engaged in persistent edit warring, especially with regard to Persia- or Iran-related articles. These include Persian people, Iranian people , Parsi , Iran , Jami , and other articles. This has resulted in 3 blocks under the three-revert rule.


 * Support:
 * Dmcdevit·t 08:10, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 09:45, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 23:54, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 22:39, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 22:23, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 06:08, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 16:01, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 03:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Aucaman is uncivil
2) Aucaman has been frequently uncivil and engaged in personal attacks, despite multiple warnings from administrators and one block. (translated: )


 * Support:
 * Dmcdevit·t 08:10, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 09:45, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 23:54, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 22:39, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 22:23, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 06:08, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 16:01, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 03:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Zmmz edit wars
3) has engaged in persistent edit warring with regard to Persia- or Iran-related articles, for instance Parsi  and Persian people . This has resulted in 3 blocks for edit warring.


 * Support:
 * Dmcdevit·t 08:10, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 09:45, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 23:54, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 22:39, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 22:23, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 06:08, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 16:01, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 03:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

SouthernComfort edit wars
4) has engaged in persistent edit warring, usually with regard to Persia- or Iran-related articles      . He was blocked for edit warring on Iranian peoples.


 * Support:
 * Dmcdevit·t 08:10, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 09:45, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 23:54, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 22:39, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 22:23, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 06:08, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 16:01, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 03:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

ManiF edit wars
5) has engaged in persistent edit warring, especially with regard to Persia- or Iran-related articles   . He was blocked for 3RR violation at Iranian peoples.


 * Support:
 * Dmcdevit·t 08:10, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 09:45, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 23:54, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 22:39, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 22:23, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 06:08, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 16:01, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 03:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Kashk edit wars
6) (previously ) has engaged in persistent edit warring with regard to Persia- or Iran-related articles   . He was blocked for edit warring at Kurdish people.


 * Support:
 * Dmcdevit·t 08:10, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 09:45, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 23:54, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 22:39, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 22:23, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 06:08, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 16:01, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 03:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Khoikhoi edit wars
7) has engaged in persistent edit warring with regard to Persia- or Iran-, Turkish-, and Kurdish-related articles   . He has been blocked for edit warring at Iranian peoples and for 3RR violation on four other occasions.


 * Support:
 * Dmcdevit·t 08:10, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 09:45, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 23:54, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 22:39, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 22:23, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 06:08, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 16:01, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 03:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Zora edit wars
8) has engaged in persistent edit warring with regard to Persia- or Iran-, Turkish-, and Kurdish-related articles, including Khuzestan Province, Aisha , Islamic conquest of Persia , and Persian people.


 * Support:
 * James F. (talk) 16:33, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 12:38, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 22:39, 25 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose:
 * Evidence does not support a finding of "persistent edit warring". Jayjg (talk) 22:23, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't see sufficient for a finding of persistent edit warring either. Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 06:08, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 16:01, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 03:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Abstain:

Xebat is disruptive
9) (previously Diyako) has engaged in large-scale edit warring (evidence) and made blatant, ethnically-motivated personal attacks   . He was blocked for 2 months for "trolling" and personal attacks.


 * Support:
 * Dmcdevit·t 18:49, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 00:59, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 22:39, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 01:53, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 22:23, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 06:08, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 16:01, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 03:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Proposed remedies
Note: All remedies that refer to a period of time, for example to a ban of X months or a revert parole of Y months, are to run concurrently unless otherwise stated.

Aucaman topical ban
1) Aucaman is banned from editing articles related to Persians or Iran. Relatedness is to be interpreted broadly so as to prevent gaming. He may be temporarily banned from editing Wikipedia for a short time of up to a week for any violations of this topical ban. After five such blocks, the maximum block time is increased to one year. All blocks imposed under this remedy shall be recorded at Requests for arbitration/Aucaman.


 * Support:
 * Dmcdevit·t 08:10, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 09:45, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 23:54, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 22:39, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 22:32, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 06:11, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 16:01, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 03:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Zmmz topical ban
2) Zmmz is banned from editing articles related to Persians or Iran. Relatedness is to be interpreted broadly so as to prevent gaming. He may be temporarily banned from editing Wikipedia for a short time of up to a week for any violations of this topical ban. After five such blocks, the maximum block time is increased to one year. All blocks imposed under this remedy shall be recorded at Requests for arbitration/Aucaman.


 * Support:
 * Second choice, see 2.1. Dmcdevit·t 08:10, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 09:45, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 23:54, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * First Second choice ➥the Epopt 22:39, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * First choice. Jayjg (talk) 22:32, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 06:11, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Second choice. Charles Matthews 16:01, 5 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose:
 * Prefer 2.1. Neutralitytalk 03:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Abstain:

Zmmz article ban
2.1) Zmmz is banned from editing Persian people and Iranian peoples. He may be temporarily banned from editing Wikipedia for a short time of up to a week for any violations of this article ban. After five such blocks, the maximum block time is increased to one year. All blocks imposed under this remedy shall be recorded at Requests for arbitration/Aucaman.


 * Support:
 * First choice, in light of indication of wrongdoing and willigness to change. Dmcdevit·t 18:52, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Second choice Fred Bauder 23:54, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * First choice. James F. (talk) 13:09, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Second First choice ➥the Epopt 22:39, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Second choice. Jayjg (talk) 22:32, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Second choice. Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 06:11, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * First choice. Charles Matthews 16:01, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 03:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

ManiF topical ban
2.5) ManiF is banned from editing articles related to Persians or Iran. Relatedness is to be interpreted broadly so as to prevent gaming. He may be temporarily banned from editing Wikipedia for a short time of up to a week for any violations of this topical ban. After five such blocks, the maximum block time is increased to one year. All blocks imposed under this remedy shall be recorded at Requests for arbitration/Aucaman.


 * Support:
 * Jayjg <small style="color:darkgreen;">(talk) 22:32, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 12:52, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 14:13, 5 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:
 * Possibly overkill. I see a lot of edit warring from Aucaman and SouthernComfort, and less from each of the others. (And less recently.) Dmcdevit·t 03:42, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 16:01, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 03:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

SouthernComfort topical ban
2.7) SouthernComfort is banned from editing articles related to Persians or Iran. Relatedness is to be interpreted broadly so as to prevent gaming. He may be temporarily banned from editing Wikipedia for a short time of up to a week for any violations of this topical ban. After five such blocks, the maximum block time is increased to one year. All blocks imposed under this remedy shall be recorded at Requests for arbitration/Aucaman.


 * Support:
 * Jayjg <small style="color:darkgreen;">(talk) 22:32, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Dmcdevit·t 03:42, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 06:11, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 12:53, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 14:13, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 16:01, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 03:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Aucaman and Zmmz placed on Probation
3) Aucaman and Zmmz are placed on Probation for one year. This means that any administrator, in the exercise of their judgement for reasonable cause, may ban any one of them from any page which they disrupt by inappropriate editing. The banned editor must be notified on their talk page of any bans, and a note must also placed on WP:AN/I. They may be temporarily banned from editing Wikipedia for a short time of up to a week for any violations of article bans imposed under Probation. After five such blocks, the maximum block time is increased to one year. All article bans and blocks imposed under this remedy shall be recorded at Requests for arbitration/Aucaman.


 * Support:
 * Dmcdevit·t 08:10, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 09:45, 15 April 2006 (UTC) Singular "they" is what we normally use here.
 * Fred Bauder 23:54, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 22:39, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Jayjg <small style="color:darkgreen;">(talk) 22:32, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 06:11, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 16:01, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 03:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Others placed on Probation
4) For edit warring, ManiF, Kashk, SouthernComfort, and Khoikhoi are placed on Probation for one year. This means that any administrator, in the exercise of their judgement for reasonable cause, may ban any one of them from any page which they disrupt by inappropriate editing. The banned editor must be notified on their talk page of any bans, and a note must also placed on WP:AN/I. They may be temporarily banned from editing Wikipedia for a short time of up to a week for any violations of article bans imposed under Probation. After five such blocks, the maximum block time is increased to one year. All article bans and blocks imposed under this remedy shall be recorded at Requests for arbitration/Aucaman.


 * Support:
 * Dmcdevit·t 08:10, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 09:45, 15 April 2006 (UTC) Singular "they" is what we normally use here.
 * Fred Bauder 23:54, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 22:39, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Jayjg <small style="color:darkgreen;">(talk) 22:32, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 06:11, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 16:01, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 03:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Zora cautioned
5) Zora is strongly cautioned not to edit-war, regardless of the merits of each side's argument.


 * Support:
 * James F. (talk) 12:33, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 14:32, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 22:39, 25 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose:
 * Evidence doesn't support this admonition. Jayjg <small style="color:darkgreen;">(talk) 15:20, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 06:11, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 03:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Abstain:
 * Charles Matthews 16:01, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Xebat banned
6) For edit warring, personal attacks, and other disruption, Xebat, under all of his usernames, is banned from editing Wikipedia for one year.


 * Support:
 * Dmcdevit·t 18:52, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 00:59, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 22:39, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 01:54, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Jayjg <small style="color:darkgreen;">(talk) 22:32, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 06:11, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 16:01, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 03:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

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 * Support:


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

=Discussion by Arbitrators=

Implementation notes
''Clerks and arbitrators should use this section to clarify their understanding of the final decision--at a minimum, a list of items that have passed. Additionally, a list of which remedies are conditional on others (for instance a ban that should only be implemented if a mentorship should fail), and so on. Arbitrators should not pass the motion until they are satisfied with the implementation notes.''
 * All principles pass.
 * All FoFs but #8 pass.
 * Remedy #2.1 passes in favor of #2 &mdash; zmmz is banned from two specific articles, not topically ➥the Epopt 20:36, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * All other remedies but #2.5 and #5 pass. Dmcdevit·t 06:33, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Vote
Four net "support" votes needed to close case (each "oppose" vote subtracts a "support") 24 hours from the first motion is normally the fastest a case will close.


 * Close. Dmcdevit·t 17:45, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Close. Fred Bauder 18:09, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Close. ➥the Epopt 19:54, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Close. Neutralitytalk 03:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Close. Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 03:56, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Close. Charles Matthews 17:01, 6 May 2006 (UTC)