Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Billy Ego-Sandstein

Case Opened on 13:16, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Case Closed on 21:06, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

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Statement by Billy Ego
Note: I recently tried to get this honorable court to take an arbitration case on this matter and you denied. However, new events have occured that I think make arbitration necessary. This was confirmed to me from an administrator on Administrator's noticeboard when I took the issue there after you declined to take the case here a few days ago. That administrator said "Well, Sandstein's content is obviously wrong here. The problem is what to do about this. Take it to WP:RFC/U and see what can be done there. that would be the best idea, I'd say. You can probabyl copy-paste this even.--User:Wizardman" What has happened since my first request here is that Sandstein has now said that without seeking a conensus he will put an "indefinite" block on me if I edit my user page in a way that he personally think doesn't accord with the WP:UP "guideline" (as you can see here ). A better detailed account, with links, follows:

Administrator user:Sandstein has been deleting parts of my user page that he personally doesn't like, and at the same time, blocking me. It started when he deleted a short blurb which I wrote and placed on my user page in order to explain what my personal POV was in order that working together with other editors could be more transparent. This was done for the benefit of the Wikipedia community, instead of hiding my POV. You can see it here:  He deleted it and blocked me. So I came back and made a comprise version. He blocked me again. So, as a further compromise I took the link out and just put some quotes on my page  He recently deleted the information  and proceeded to put a one week block on me, saying this is because I had quotes on my user page, ]without even a prior warning that he didn't like the quotes. How am I supposed to know ahead of time what he doesn't like? His excuse his that he claims I'm violating WP:UP, but that's not even a policy but a "guideline" that should generally be followed. It's not some document granting him absolute authority over what is on the the user pages of others and the authority to use blocks, and threats of blocks, in order to get others to arrange their user pages the way he wants them. I requested an unblock. Another adminstrator said, on my user page, that he was uncomfortable with what Sanstein was doing and said he would unblock me under the condition that I requiested an arbitration against Sandstein and wait for a ruling there before I restored what was deleted from my user page. Others individuals chimed in on my talk page as well, such as user:The Hybrid, and said Sanstein is misusing his power: (There are others who chimed in as well against Sandstein's actions. For example ). So, I was unblocked by another administrator, and as promised I went to request an arbitration case against Sandstein. Unfortunately, the arbitration commitee refused to take the case. However, administrators in the arbitration commitee that voted did say that Sandstein should have sought consensus before doing what he did, such as here and. So, I went to Sandstein's talk page and told him I would be restoring my user page the way I wanted it and asked him if he would abide by the convention to seek consensus before acting as judge, jury, and execution by deleting parts of my userpage that don't suit his fancy and then blocking me. He replied back with a threat that he would block me for "indefinite duration" if I restore what he deleted from my user page. I'm asking that some administrator set Sandstein straight and do not allow him to delete parts of my user page, such as quotes from famous people, and block me with "indefinite duration." Also, he shouldn't be making threats of blocking me in order to keep me from editing my user page. I plan on restoring all that was deleted from my user page. There is no way for me to know what changes I make to my user page are going to upset Sandstein. He feels he can just come in and delete what he doesn't like and throw a block on me, even an "indefinite' one. I can't imagine that this is proper behavior from an administrator.

Statement by Sandstein
The ArbCom rejected essentially the same request a day or so ago (see Thatcher131 below). In the meantime, consensus on the WP:AN has made it clear to Billy Ego – for the nth time – that no, he may in fact not misuse his user page as a free web host (WP:NOT, WP:UP) for lengthy political essays and a collection of Hitler / Mussolini quotes. The present request is disruptive forum shopping by a user whose contributions, apart from many, many edits related to this matter, are strictly limited to aggressive and at times disruptive editing on the topic of the economic policies of fascist regimes (see his block log), which he states he admires.

More case history is available through the AN thread linked to above. I recommend that the Arbitration Committee either reject this request and let the community deal with this issue, or accept the case with a view to examine the disruptive behaviour of Billy Ego. Sandstein 05:45, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Arbitrators' opinion on hearing this matter (6/0/0/0)

 * Accept Fred Bauder 05:09, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Accept. Mackensen (talk) 11:17, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Accept. If we need to make it clear that Wikipedia is not a web hosting service and support an admin, we will. FloNight 11:34, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Accept. Kirill Lokshin 13:15, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Accept. Paul August &#9742; 14:35, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Accept since clarification seems to be required. Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 22:37, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Temporary injunction (none)
=Final decision = All numbering based on /Proposed decision (vote counts and comments are there as well)

Wikipedia is not a soapbox
1) Wikipedia is not a soapbox for propaganda or activist editing.

Passed 9-0 at 21:06, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

User pages
2) While not explicitly stated on User page, it is implicit there that users should refrain from creating user pages likely to bring the project into disrepute.

Passed 8-0 at 21:06, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Provocation
3.1) Editing in a manner so as to intentionally provoke other editors goes against established Wikipedia policies, as well as the spirit of Wikipedia and the will of its editors.

Passed 7-0 with one abstention at 21:06, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Disruptive editing
4) Editors who engage in disruptive editing may be banned from the site.

Passed 9-0 at 21:06, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Personal expression on User Pages
5) Editors are generally permitted to include in their userspace a limited amount of non-inflammatory personal expression not directly related to encyclopedic collaboration, including moderate declarations of POV.

Passed 7-0 at 21:06, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Billy Ego
1) has, since his arrival on Wikipedia, been engaged largely in a variety of disruptive behaviors, including interfering with the deletion nomination of  and recreating it multiple times once it had been deleted, tendentious edit-warring on Nazism, Fascism, and related articles , the addition of inflammatory materials (including pro-Nazi advocacy and other content likely to bring the project into disrepute) to his userpage , vexatious attempts to use Wikipedia processes against editors attempting to stop his activities , and making wild allegations against editors in good standing.

Passed 8-0 at 21:06, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Multiple accounts
2) is associated with numerous sockpuppets which have been independently disruptive including but not limited to, , , , , , , , , , , , and.

Passed 7-0 at 21:06, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

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

Billy Ego banned
1) is banned from Wikipedia for a period of one year.

Passed 9-0 at 21:06, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Log of blocks and bans
Log any block, ban or extension under any remedy in this decision here. Minimum information includes name of administrator, date and time, what was done and the basis for doing it.

Billy Ego was blocked for one year by Academic Challenger on 22:35, 14 April 2007 per the remedy "Billy Ego banned". John254 22:57, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Accounts found in the decision to be socks of Billy Ego blocked as follows: Newyorkbrad 23:05, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 22:35, 14 April 2007 blocked "" (anon. only, account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Billy Ego-Sandstein)
 * 22:35, 14 April 2007 blocked "" (anon. only, account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Billy Ego-Sandstein)
 * 22:35, 14 April 2007 blocked "" (anon. only, account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Billy Ego-Sandstein)
 * 22:35, 14 April 2007 blocked "" (anon. only, account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Billy Ego-Sandstein)
 * 22:35, 14 April 2007 blocked "" (anon. only, account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Billy Ego-Sandstein)
 * 22:35, 14 April 2007 blocked "" (anon. only, account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Billy Ego-Sandstein)
 * 22:35, 14 April 2007 blocked "" (anon. only, account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Billy Ego-Sandstein)
 * 22:35, 14 April 2007 blocked "" (anon. only, account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Billy Ego-Sandstein)
 * 22:35, 14 April 2007 blocked "" (anon. only, account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Billy Ego-Sandstein)
 * 22:35, 14 April 2007 blocked "" (anon. only, account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Billy Ego-Sandstein)

Additional accounts found to be sockpuppets of Billy Ego were blocked as follows:


 * 22:39, 14 April 2007 blocked "" (anon. only, account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Billy Ego-Sandstein)
 * 22:38, 14 April 2007 blocked "" (anon. only, account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Billy Ego-Sandstein)
 * 22:38, 14 April 2007 blocked "" (anon. only, account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Billy Ego-Sandstein)

John254 23:21, 14 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Ban extended to May 1, 2008 by MastCell for ban evasion via sockpuppets (Regulation237). Sean William 02:33, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

The following were blocked per Requests for checkuser/Case/Billy Ego:
 * 01:21, May 18, 2007 blocked "Acirema (contribs)" (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (sock of Billy Ego)
 * 01:21, May 18, 2007 Picaroon9288 blocked "After school special (contribs)" (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (sock of Billy Ego)
 * 01:21, May 18, 2007 Picaroon9288 blocked "Basicbook (contribs)" (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (sock of Billy Ego) (Unblock)
 * 01:20, May 18, 2007 Picaroon9288 blocked "Crashola (contribs)" (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (sock of Billy Ego)
 * 01:20, May 18, 2007 Picaroon9288 blocked "Headraine (contribs)" (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (sock of Billy Ego)
 * 01:20, May 18, 2007 Picaroon9288 blocked "In Capitalism We Trust (contribs)" (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (sock of Billy Ego)
 * 01:19, May 18, 2007 Picaroon9288 blocked "Innerview (contribs)" (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (sock of Billy Ego)
 * 01:19, May 18, 2007 Picaroon9288 blocked "Lipschtick (contribs)" (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (sock of Billy Ego)
 * 01:19, May 18, 2007 Picaroon9288 blocked "Longranch (contribs)" (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (sock of Billy Ego)
 * 01:18, May 18, 2007 Picaroon9288 blocked "Not the enemy (contribs)" (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (sock of Billy Ego)
 * 01:18, May 18, 2007 Picaroon9288 blocked "Peacetrust (contribs)" (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (sock of Billy Ego)
 * 01:17, May 18, 2007 Picaroon9288 blocked "Pianoer (contribs)" (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (sock of Billy Ego) (Unblock)
 * 01:17, May 18, 2007 Picaroon9288 blocked "Personal Business (contribs)" (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (sock of Billy Ego)
 * 01:17, May 18, 2007 Picaroon9288 blocked "Road to nowhere (contribs)" (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (sock of Billy Ego)
 * 01:16, May 18, 2007 Picaroon9288 blocked "Usual enemy (contribs)" (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (sock of Billy Ego)
 * 01:16, May 18, 2007 Picaroon9288 blocked "Wave stacker (contribs)" (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (sock of Billy Ego)
 * 06:42, 23 June 2007 Ryulong (Talk | contribs | block) blocked "Iceaholic (contribs)" (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (Abusing multiple accounts: Billy Ego) (Unblock)
 * 06:42, 23 June 2007 Ryulong (Talk | contribs | block) blocked "Dasadais (contribs)" (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (Abusing multiple accounts: Billy Ego) (Unblock)
 * 06:42, 23 June 2007 Ryulong (Talk | contribs | block) blocked "Abolisher (contribs)" (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (Abusing multiple accounts: Billy Ego) (Unblock)
 * 06:41, 23 June 2007 Ryulong (Talk | contribs | block) blocked "Planese (contribs)" (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (Abusing multiple accounts: Billy Ego) (Unblock)
 * 06:41, 23 June 2007 Ryulong (Talk | contribs | block) blocked "Mais o menos (contribs)" (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (Abusing multiple accounts: Billy Ego) (Unblock)
 * 06:41, 23 June 2007 Ryulong (Talk | contribs | block) blocked "Bloodmania (contribs)" (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (Abusing multiple accounts: Billy Ego) (Unblock)
 * 06:41, 23 June 2007 Ryulong (Talk | contribs | block) blocked "Calvaire (contribs)" (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (Abusing multiple accounts: Billy Ego) (Unblock)
 * 06:41, 23 June 2007 Ryulong (Talk | contribs | block) blocked "VersaWorka (contribs)" (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (Abusing multiple accounts: Billy Ego) (Unblock)
 * 06:41, 23 June 2007 Ryulong (Talk | contribs | block) blocked "Free gifts (contribs)" (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (Abusing multiple accounts: Billy Ego) (Unblock)
 * Ban timer set to indefinite by Eagle 101. Sean William 01:33, 18 May 2007 (UTC)