Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Ultramarine/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, Fred Bauder is recused and 1 arbitrator is inactive, so 6 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 the discussion page.

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.

Template
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{text of proposed orders}


 * Support:


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

=Proposed final decision=

Consensus
1) Wikipedia works by building consensus. In cases where compromise cannot be reached, users are expected to follow the Dispute resolution process.


 * Support:
 * James F. (talk) 14:04, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Mindspillage (spill yours?) 15:19, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 19:40, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 23:09, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Raul654 00:37, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Kelly Martin (talk) 06:30, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 21:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
 * User:Fennec (&#12399;&#12373;&#12400;&#12367;&#12398;&#12365;&#12388;&#12397;) 23:19, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 10:58, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Edit warring considered harmful
2) When disagreements arise, users are expected to discuss their differences rationally rather than reverting ad infinitum.


 * Support:
 * James F. (talk) 14:04, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Mindspillage (spill yours?) 15:19, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 19:40, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 23:09, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Raul654 00:37, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Kelly Martin (talk) 06:30, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 21:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
 * User:Fennec (&#12399;&#12373;&#12400;&#12367;&#12398;&#12365;&#12388;&#12397;) 23:19, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 10:58, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

No ownership of articles
3) Wikipedia pages do not have owners or custodians to control edits to them. Instead, they are "owned" by the community-at-large, and come to a consensus version by means of discussion, negotiation, and/or voting. This is a crucial part of Wikipedia as an open-content encylopædia.


 * Support:
 * James F. (talk) 14:04, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Mindspillage (spill yours?) 15:19, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 19:40, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 23:09, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Raul654 00:37, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Kelly Martin (talk) 06:30, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 21:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
 * User:Fennec (&#12399;&#12373;&#12400;&#12367;&#12398;&#12365;&#12388;&#12397;) 23:19, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 10:58, 21 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

No personal attacks
4) Personal attacks on other users are absolutely unacceptable; see No personal attacks.


 * Support:
 * James F. (talk) 14:04, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Mindspillage (spill yours?) 15:19, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 19:40, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 23:09, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Raul654 00:37, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Kelly Martin (talk) 06:30, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 21:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
 * User:Fennec (&#12399;&#12373;&#12400;&#12367;&#12398;&#12365;&#12388;&#12397;) 23:19, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 10:58, 21 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Precision of citations
5) Cited references must relate to particular assertions; merely citing a book within which a person, after exhaustive searching, might find a source for information is not sufficient. Citations should be as specific as possible, ideally to the level of a specific passage on a specific page of an identified edition.


 * Support:
 * James F. (talk) 14:04, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Mindspillage (spill yours?) 15:19, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 19:40, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 23:09, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Raul654 00:37, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Kelly Martin (talk) 06:30, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 21:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
 * User:Fennec (&#12399;&#12373;&#12400;&#12367;&#12398;&#12365;&#12388;&#12397;) 23:19, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 10:58, 21 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Maintaining separate, parallel versions
1) The editors of Democratic peace theory have maintained for several months two separate, intertwined versions of the article, one version being maintained mainly or entirely by Ultramarine, the other mainly by Pmanderson and Robert A. West, along with other editors. Each of these two editing groups has, when updating its version, replaced whichever version was the lead version of the article with their preferred version. See the history of article; e.g. revert to Pmanderson version, revert to Ultramarine version. Similar conduct has taken place on Criticisms of communism, although with more editors acting in concert with Pmanderson; see the history of article; e.g. revert to Ultramarine version, revert to Pmanderson version.


 * Support:
 * James F. (talk) 14:14, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Mindspillage (spill yours?) 15:20, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Kelly Martin (talk) 15:39, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 19:40, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 23:09, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Raul654 00:37, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutralitytalk 21:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Fennec (&#12399;&#12373;&#12400;&#12367;&#12398;&#12365;&#12388;&#12397;) 23:20, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 10:58, 21 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.

Consensus version
1) Ultramarine, Pmanderson, and Robert A. are directed to work together to produce a consensus version. If any of them persist in sterile revert warring, admins may block them for a short period (up to a week) for each revert.


 * Support:
 * Raul654 19:45, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
 * ➥the Epopt 20:16, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 22:04, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Fennec (&#12399;&#12373;&#12400;&#12367;&#12398;&#12365;&#12388;&#12397;) 23:21, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 10:58, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Eminently reasonable. Kelly Martin (talk) 17:06, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Mindspillage (spill yours?) 18:19, 21 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Oppose:


 * Abstain:

Template
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 * Support:


 * Oppose:


 * 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.

This looks wrapped up.
 * Raul654 17:15, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Jayjg (talk) 17:17, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Concur; close it. Kelly Martin (talk) 17:26, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Close. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 18:19, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Close. James F. (talk) 23:06, 21 December 2005 (UTC)