Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Pigsonthewing/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 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 2 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.

Pigsonthewing banned from Karmafist's user space
1) Enacted on 19:55, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

is banned, until the conclusion of this Arbitration, from editing any page in 's user space (but not user talk space). He may be blocked for a short time, up to three days, for any edit violating this injunction, and all such edits may be reverted by any editor without regard to the limitations of the three revert rule.


 * Support:
 * Kelly Martin (talk) 19:44, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 19:45, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Mindspillage (spill yours?) 19:48, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 19:55, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 23:45, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 21:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Personal attack parole
2) Enacted on 19:55, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

Due to repeated personal attacks, is subject, until the conclusion of this Arbitration, to a standard personal attack parole. Any administrator may ban Pigsonthewing for a short time, up to three days, for any edit which, in the opinion of that administrator, constitutes a personal attack.


 * Support:
 * Kelly Martin (talk) 19:44, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 19:45, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Mindspillage (spill yours?) 19:48, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 19:55, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 23:45, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 21:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Personal attack parole
3) Enacted on 06:15, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Due to repeated personal attacks, is subject, until the conclusion of this Arbitration, to a standard personal attack parole. Any administrator may ban Karmafist for a short time, up to three days, for any edit which, in the opinion of that administrator, constitutes a personal attack.


 * Support:
 * Kelly Martin (talk) 18:13, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Fred Bauder 22:13, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Mindspillage (spill yours?) 22:20, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 23:45, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 21:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

=Proposed final decision=

Civility
1) Wikipedia requires reasonable courtesy toward other users, including assumption of good faith on their part, see Civility and Assume good faith. Related policies include Harassment and Please do not bite the newcomers.


 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 17:11, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Mindspillage (spill yours?) 17:57, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 20:46, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 23:45, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Kelly Martin (talk) 06:21, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 04:18, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Raul654 20:24, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 21:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Edit warring considered harmful
2) Edit warring is considered harmful.


 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 17:11, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Mindspillage (spill yours?) 17:57, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 20:46, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 23:45, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Kelly Martin (talk) 06:21, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 04:18, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Raul654 20:24, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 21:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Nature of categories
3) Categories are a guide to readers to assist them in finding information. They are not part of an article and need not reflect established fact. For example, Golan Heights can legitimately be included in both the categories Geography of Syria and Geography of Israel.


 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 17:11, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Mindspillage (spill yours?) 17:57, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 20:46, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Kelly Martin (talk) 06:21, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 04:18, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 21:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Oppose:
 * Jayjg (talk) 23:45, 29 November 2005 (UTC) From Categorization: "Categories appear without annotations, so be careful of NPOV when creating or filling categories. Unless it is self-evident and uncontroversial that something belongs in a category, it should not be put into a category."
 * I agree with Jay. Raul654 20:19, 6 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Abstain:

Andy Mabbett is Pigsonthewing
1) Pigsonthewing generally uses the signature User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett.


 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 17:11, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 20:46, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Mindspillage (spill yours?) 22:26, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 23:45, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Kelly Martin (talk) 06:21, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 04:18, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Raul654 20:24, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 21:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Edit warring by Pigsonthewing
2) Pigsonthewing has engaged in sustained edit wars over trivial matters, see Requests_for_arbitration/Pigsonthewing/Evidence, Requests_for_arbitration/Pigsonthewing/Evidence and Requests_for_arbitration/Pigsonthewing/Evidence.


 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 17:11, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 20:46, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Mindspillage (spill yours?) 22:26, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 23:45, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Kelly Martin (talk) 06:21, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 04:18, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Raul654 20:24, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 21:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Conflict between Karmafist and Pigsonethewing
3) Karmafist and Pigsonthewing have been engaged in sustained personal conflict, , , , ,.


 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 17:11, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 20:46, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Mindspillage (spill yours?) 22:26, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 23:45, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Kelly Martin (talk) 06:21, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 04:18, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Raul654 20:24, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 21:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Use of the epithet "Pigs"
4) Karmafist has habitually used the epithet "Pigs" in referring to Pigsonthewing, see links from Requests for arbitration/Pigsonthewing/Evidence, and this typical example: "For users who don't know Pigs reading this comment, please check out Requests for arbitration/Pigsonthewing. Karmafist 04:24, 12 November 2005 (UTC)". There have been other personal attacks as Karmafist has lost his patience . These attacks continued despite repeated requests by Pigsonthewing to Karmafist to stop the attacks User talk:Karmafist/POTW Archive and are even included on the /Evidence page of this arbitration, Requests for arbitration/Pigsonthewing/Evidence.


 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 17:11, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 20:46, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Mindspillage (spill yours?) 22:26, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 23:45, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Kelly Martin (talk) 06:21, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 04:18, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Raul654 20:24, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 21:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Loss of patience by Karmafist
5) Karmafist, an administrator, has lost his patience with Pigsonthewing and has resorted to name-calling and threats,.


 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 17:11, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 20:46, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Mindspillage (spill yours?) 22:26, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 23:45, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Kelly Martin (talk) 06:21, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 04:18, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Raul654 20:24, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 21:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Pigsonthewing stirs up trouble
6) Finding out about notes Karmafist was making on a user page, Pigsonthewing contacted those mentioned on Karmafist's user page, describing it as a "hate page" Requests for arbitration/Pigsonthewing/Evidence.


 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 17:11, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 20:46, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Mindspillage (spill yours?) 22:26, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 23:45, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Kelly Martin (talk) 06:21, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 04:18, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Raul654 20:24, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 21:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Gaming of 3RR
7) Pigsonthewing, while engaging in lengthy edit-warring, has often successfully skirted the bright line of three reverts within 24 hours; see Requests for arbitration/Pigsonthewing/Evidence.


 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 17:11, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 20:46, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Mindspillage (spill yours?) 22:26, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 23:45, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Kelly Martin (talk) 06:21, 30 November 2005 (UTC) (edited for style only)
 * ➥the Epopt 04:18, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Raul654 20:24, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 21:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Harassment of Leonig Mig
8) Pigsonthewing engaged in sustained harassment of the new user whose editing style did not suit him . Eventually Leonig Mig gave up and left Wikipedia, see Requests for arbitration/Pigsonthewing/Evidence and Requests for arbitration/Pigsonthewing/Evidence.


 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 17:11, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 20:46, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Mindspillage (spill yours?) 22:26, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 23:45, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Kelly Martin (talk) 06:21, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 04:18, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Raul654 20:24, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 21:22, 8 December 2005 (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.

Pigsonthewing placed on probation
1) Pigsonthewing is placed indefinitely on Probation. He may be banned for good cause by any administrator from any page or talk page which he disrupts.


 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 17:11, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 20:46, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Mindspillage (spill yours?) 22:32, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 23:45, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Kelly Martin (talk) 06:21, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 04:18, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Raul654 20:24, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 21:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Karmafist restricted with respect to Pigsonthewing
2) Karmafist is prohibited from any administrator activity which relates to Pigsonthewing such as blocking him or enforcing probation. This remedy shall be interpreted liberally as chance encounters may be anticipated or both might contribute to policy discussions.


 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 17:11, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 20:46, 29 November 2005 (UTC) (Shouldn't this be "administrator activity"?).
 * Mindspillage (spill yours?) 22:27, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 23:45, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Kelly Martin (talk) 06:21, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 04:18, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Raul654 20:24, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 21:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Karmafist banned from Wikipedia for one day
3) Karmafist is banned from Wikipedia for one day for incivility and personal attacks.


 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 17:11, 29 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Oppose:
 * James F. (talk) 20:46, 29 November 2005 (UTC) (Too strong for what happened, I feel.)
 * Jayjg <small style="color:darkgreen;">(talk) 23:45, 29 November 2005 (UTC) Too strong.
 * Kelly Martin (talk) 06:21, 30 November 2005 (UTC) Inappropriate remedy.
 * Mindspillage (spill yours?) 01:09, 2 December 2005 (UTC) The incidents did occur, but I think the enforcement by block for further personal attacks addresses that; this block after the fact isn't needed with it.
 * ➥the Epopt 04:18, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 21:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Abstain:

Pigsonthewing banned for stirring up trouble
4) Pigsonthewing is banned one day for stirring up trouble by pointing other users to User:Karmafist/users to watch.


 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 17:11, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 20:46, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg <small style="color:darkgreen;">(talk) 23:45, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Kelly Martin (talk) 06:21, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Mindspillage (spill yours?) 01:07, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 04:18, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Raul654 20:24, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 21:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Pigsonthewing prohibited from reverting
5) Pigsonthewing is prohibited from reverting any article for one year; any three administrators, for good cause, may extend this ban on reverting in one-year intervals indefinitely.


 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 17:11, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 20:46, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg <small style="color:darkgreen;">(talk) 23:45, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 04:18, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 21:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Oppose:
 * I would prefer a 1/7RR. Kelly Martin (talk) 06:21, 30 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Abstain:
 * Not sure about this. Perhaps a 1/7RR as recently imposed elsewhere, or an exception for simple vandalism? Mindspillage (spill yours?) 05:46, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Pigsonthewing revert limitation
6) Pigsonthewing is limited to one revert per article per week, excluding simple vandalism, for a period of one year. Determination of when this has been violated may be done by any uninvolved administrator.


 * Support:
 * Mindspillage (spill yours?) 07:22, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Kelly Martin (talk) 11:55, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 15:06, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 04:18, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Raul654 20:21, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 21:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Oppose:
 * Opens the door to slow edit-warring. Fred Bauder 15:33, 30 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Abstain:

Enforcement by block of Pigsonthewing
1) Pigsonthewing may be blocked for a short period, up to a week in the case of repeat offenses, should he edit any page from which he has been banned or revert any page. After 5 blocks the maximum block shall increase to one year.


 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 17:11, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 20:46, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Mindspillage (spill yours?) 22:33, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg <small style="color:darkgreen;">(talk) 23:45, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Kelly Martin (talk) 06:21, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 04:18, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Raul654 20:24, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 21:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Enforcement by block of Karmafist
2) Should Karmafist engage in personal attacks or threats toward Pigsonthewing or block him or ban him from editing any page he may be briefly blocked, up to a week in the case of repeat offenses. After five blocks the maximum block shall increase to one year.


 * Support:
 * Fred Bauder 17:11, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * James F. (talk) 20:46, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Mindspillage (spill yours?) 22:33, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Kelly Martin (talk) 06:21, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 04:18, 4 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Oppose:
 * Jayjg <small style="color:darkgreen;">(talk) 23:45, 29 November 2005 (UTC) Too strong.
 * Concur with Jay. Raul654 20:22, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 21:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Abstain:

=Discussion by Arbitrators=

Motion to close
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.


 * It appears everything has passed Raul654 20:25, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Close. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 20:58, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Close. Jayjg <small style="color:darkgreen;">(talk) 22:29, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Close Fred Bauder 22:33, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 23:35, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 21:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)