Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Mudaliar-Venki123/Proposed decision

After considering /Evidence and discussing proposals with other arbitrators, parties and others at /Workshop, arbitrators may 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. 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. Only arbitrators or clerks should edit this page, non-arbitrators may comment on the talk page.

For this case, there are 11 active arbitrators of whom none are recused, so 6 votes are a majority.

Motions and requests by the parties
Place those on /Workshop. Motions which are accepted for consideration and which require a vote will be placed here by the arbitrators for voting. Motions have the same majority for passage as the final decision.

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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.

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=Proposed final decision=

Wikipedia is not a battleground
1) Wikipedia is a reference work. Use of the site for ideological struggle accompanied by harassment of opponents is extremely disruptive.


 * Support:
 * Kirill Lokshin 18:16, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:12, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 15:56, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * --jpgordon&#8711;&#8710;&#8711;&#8710; 00:44, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * FloNight 20:14, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 13:16, 30 April 2007 (UTC)


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Courtesy
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. Personal attacks are not acceptable.


 * Support:
 * Kirill Lokshin 18:16, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:12, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 15:56, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * --jpgordon&#8711;&#8710;&#8711;&#8710; 00:44, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * FloNight 20:14, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 13:16, 30 April 2007 (UTC)


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Disruptive editing
3) Users who engage in disruptive editing may be banned from the site.


 * Support:
 * Kirill Lokshin 18:16, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:12, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 15:56, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * --jpgordon&#8711;&#8710;&#8711;&#8710; 00:44, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * FloNight 20:14, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 13:16, 30 April 2007 (UTC)


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Locus of dispute
1) The parties have been involved in numerous, long-term disputes revolving around the content of a number of articles related to caste and religion in South India, including Devadasi, Sengunthar, Mudaliar, Kaikolar, Kaikolan, Saiva Vellalar and Mudaliar Title. Almost all of their mainspace edits have been to these seven articles (Mudaliar 93.1%, Venki123 99.2%) . All seven were the subject of heavy edit-warring, particularly on February 15, where 3RR was broken on multiple articles, often with more than ten reverts per page each. They were subsequently both blocked.


 * Support:
 * Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:04, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Kirill Lokshin 11:33, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 15:56, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * --jpgordon&#8711;&#8710;&#8711;&#8710; 00:44, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * FloNight 20:11, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 13:16, 30 April 2007 (UTC)


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Mudaliar
2) has engaged in a variety of disruptive behavior, including edit-warring, personal attacks , and attempts to turn Wikipedia into a battleground along ethnic lines.


 * Support:
 * Kirill Lokshin 18:16, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Added more diffs. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:34, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 15:56, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * --jpgordon&#8711;&#8710;&#8711;&#8710; 00:44, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * FloNight 20:12, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 13:16, 30 April 2007 (UTC)


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 * Abstain:

Venki123
3) has engaged in a variety of disruptive behavior, including edit-warring (,, , , , ,, ), personal attacks , and attempts to turn Wikipedia into a battleground along ethnic lines.


 * Support:
 * Kirill Lokshin 18:16, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Added more diffs. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:34, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 15:56, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * --jpgordon&#8711;&#8710;&#8711;&#8710; 00:44, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * FloNight 20:09, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 13:16, 30 April 2007 (UTC)


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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.

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


 * Support:
 * Kirill Lokshin 18:16, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:11, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 15:56, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * --jpgordon&#8711;&#8710;&#8711;&#8710; 00:44, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * FloNight 20:13, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 13:16, 30 April 2007 (UTC)


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 * Abstain:

Venki123 banned
2) is banned from Wikipedia for a period of one year.


 * Support:
 * Kirill Lokshin 18:16, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:11, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 15:56, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * --jpgordon&#8711;&#8710;&#8711;&#8710; 00:44, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * FloNight 20:10, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 13:16, 30 April 2007 (UTC)


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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.''


 * With a majority of 6, all pass 6-0 Thatcher131 01:14, 1 May 2007 (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.


 * Ready to close. FloNight 10:18, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Close. Kirill Lokshin 11:29, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Close Fred Bauder 13:31, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Close. Charles Matthews 19:45, 1 May 2007 (UTC)