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This is an archive of the results of all cases completed by the Arbitration Committee in 2007. There were a total of 91 cases closed in 2007, six of which were dismissed without action.

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2007

91 cases, 6 dismissed without action.

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September

  • Five cases
  • Jmfangio-Chrisjnelson Decided September 26, 2007
    • Parties: Seraphimblade (talk · contribs), Jmfangio (talk · contribs), Chrisjnelson (talk · contribs)
    • Remedies: Chrisjnelson is limited to one revert per page per week (excepting obvious vandalism), and is required to discuss any content reversions on the page's talk page, for a duration of six months. If he exceeds this limit, fails to discuss a content reversion, or makes any edits which are judged by an administrator to be uncivil, personal attacks, or assumptions of bad faith, he may be blocked.
  • COFS Decided September 23, 2007
    • Parties: Durova (talk · contribs), COFS (talk · contribs) (now renamed to Shutterbug (talk · contribs)), Lsi john (talk · contribs), Justanother (talk · contribs), Anynobody (talk · contribs), SheffieldSteel (talk · contribs), Jehochman (talk · contribs), Smee (talk · contribs), Misou (talk · contribs)
    • Remedies: COFS must select a new username, COFS is asked to refrain from recruiting editors whose editing interests are limited to Scientology-related topics, Anynobody is prohibited from harassing Justanother, Justanother is urged to avoid interesting himself in Anynobody's actions (this remedy implies no judgement concerning Justanother's conduct, but is intended to ensure a balanced situation together with the previous remedy), and all Scientology-related articles are placed on article probation.
  • Great Irish Famine Decided September 1, 2007
    • Parties: SirFozzie (talk · contribs), Domer48 (talk · contribs), Sarah777 (talk · contribs), sony-youth (talk · contribs), MarkThomas (talk · contribs)
    • Remedies: The article Great Irish Famine is placed under the mentorship of three to five administrators to be named later. All content reversions on this page must be discussed on the article talk page. Further terms of the mentorship are contained in the decision and will be amplified on the article talkpage. Sarah777 may be banned from editing any page which she disrupts by engaging in aggressive biased editing or by making anti-British remarks. MarkThomas is placed on standard civility supervision for one year.

August

  • Armenia-Azerbaijan 2 Decided August 27, 2007
    • Parties:Hajji Piruz (talk · contribs) (formerly Azerbaijani (talk · contribs)), Atabek (talk · contribs), Aynabend (talk · contribs) (formerly Ulvi I. (talk · contribs)), AlexanderPar (talk · contribs), Batabat (talk · contribs), Ehud Lesar (talk · contribs), Elsanaturk (talk · contribs), Pejman47 (talk · contribs), Alborz Fallah (talk · contribs), Behmod (talk · contribs), Pam55 (talk · contribs), Grandmaster (talk · contribs), Dacy69 (talk · contribs), Parishan (talk · contribs), Houshyar (talk · contribs), Ariana310 (talk · contribs), Hetoum I (talk · contribs) (formerly Hetoum (talk · contribs)), VartanM (talk · contribs) (formerly Vartanm (talk · contribs)), MarshallBagramyan (talk · contribs), Fedayee (talk · contribs), Zondi (talk · contribs), Meowy (talk · contribs), Makalp (talk · contribs) (formerly Mustafa Akalp (talk · contribs)), Hakob (talk · contribs), Aivazovsky (talk · contribs), Babakexorramdin (talk · contribs)
    • Remedies: Hajji Piruz and the other users placed on revert limitation in Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Armenia-Azerbaijan#Remedies are subject to supervised editing. They may be banned by any administrator from editing any or all articles which relate to the region of Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran and the ethnic and historical issues related to that area should they fail to maintain a reasonable degree of civility in their interactions with one another concerning disputes which may arise. The remedies of revert limitations (formerly revert parole), including the limitation of 1 revert per week, civility supervision (formerly civility parole) and supervised editing (formerly probation) that were put in place at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Armenia-Azerbaijan shall apply to any editor who edits articles which relate to Armenia-Azerbaijan and related ethnic conflicts in an aggressive point of view manner marked by incivility. Before any penalty is applied, a warning placed on the editor's user talk page by an administrator shall serve as notice to the user that these remedies apply to them.
  • Piotrus Decided August 19, 2007
    • Parties: Piotrus (talk · contribs), M.K (talk · contribs), Lysy (talk · contribs), Jadger (talk · contribs), Dr. Dan (talk · contribs), Lokyz (talk · contribs), Irpen (talk · contribs), Ghirlandajo (talk · contribs), Novickas (talk · contribs), Halibutt (talk · contribs), Dellijks (talk · contribs), Renata3 (talk · contribs)
    • Remedies: A general amnesty is extended to editors of Eastern European articles. All parties are reminded of the need to edit courteously and cooperatively in the future. Failure to do so may result in the summary imposition of additional sanctions against those editors who continue to act inappropriately.
  • Zacheus-jkb Decided August 18, 2007
    • Parties: -jkb- (talk · contribs), Zacheus (talk · contribs)
    • Remedies: -jkb- and Zacheus are admonished for their behaviour, and directed to refrain from importing outside disputes into the English Wikipedia, disclosing real names or other identifying personal information on-wiki, and from making personal attacks and uncivil remarks.

July

  • Jeffrey Vernon Merkey Decided July 30, 2007
    • Parties: Jeffrey Vernon Merkey (talk · contribs), Pfagerburg (talk · contribs), Kebron (talk · contribs), ^demon (talk · contribs)
    • Remedies: Jeffrey Vernon Merkey is banned from Wikipedia for a period of one year. Jeffrey Vernon Merkey is placed on permanent legal threat parole. Pfagerburg is banned from Wikipedia for one year. Kebron is banned from Wikipedia for one year.
  • Miskin Decided July 27, 2007
    • Parties: Swatjester (talk · contribs), Miskin (talk · contribs)
    • Remedies: Miskin is cautioned to gain a consensus on article talk pages before making further edits if his first edits are reverted. Swatjester is advised to take into account the length of time between previous blocks when blocking users, and to treat all editors violating the three-revert rule fairly.
  • Paranormal Decided 27 July 2007
    • Parties: Dradin (talk · contribs), Kazuba (talk · contribs)
    • Remedies: Dradin and any other editor who is involved professionally or avocationally in the paranormal is cautioned regarding aggressive editing of articles which relate to the particular subjects they are involved with. Kazuba is cautioned to extend good faith to Dradin if he edits and to avoid including disparaging material about Dean Radin on his user page.
  • CharlotteWebb Decided 18 July 2007
    • Parties: KamrynMatika (talk · contribs), CharlotteWebb (talk · contribs), Jayjg (talk · contribs)
    • Remedies: The Arbitration Committee notes that CharlotteWebb remains a user in good standing, and is welcome to return to editing at any time. Jayjg is reminded to to avoid generating drama by making public proclamations of misbehavior before attempting private discussion and resolution of the issue.
  • Hkelkar 2 Decided 11 July 2007
    • Parties: Rama's Arrow (talk · contribs), Bakasuprman (talk · contribs), Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (talk · contribs), Dangerous-Boy (talk · contribs), Dbachmann (talk · contribs), Sbhushan (talk · contribs), DaGizza (talk · contribs), AMbroodEY (talk · contribs), Scheibenzahl (talk · contribs)
    • Remedies: The parties to this case are strongly encouraged to enter into mediation arrangements regarding any disputes over article content that may still be outstanding. All parties are reminded in the strongest possible terms that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not a forum for conspiracy, personal attacks, nor the continuation of ethnic disputes by other means. "Parties who continue such behaviour, and parties who consider it their moral duty to call out such behaviour, will be hit on the head with sticks until the situation improves." Rama's Arrow is desysopped, but is welcome to apply for reinstatement at RfA at any time. As always, administrators should not use their administrative powers in conflicts or disagreements they are involved in. Administrators who are parties to this case are reminded that they should find an uninvolved admin to determine if blocks or other actions against any other parties to the case are appropriate, and should under no circumstances take such actions themselves. Any party that violates the ban on admin actions imposed in this case will be summarily desysopped once the violation is brought to the attention of the Arbitration Committee.

June

  • Four cases
  • E104421-Tajik Decided on 29 June 2007
    • Parties: E104421 (talk · contribs), Tajik (talk · contribs), AzaToth (talk · contribs)
    • Remedies: The current indefinite community ban on Tajik is endorsed; concurrently, Tajik is banned for one year by the Arbitration Committee. AzaToth is reminded that Wikipedia operates by consensus and advised that he may wish to be more responsive to other users' reactions.
  • Koavf Decided on 6 June 2007
    • Parties: Koavf (talk · contribs)
    • Remedies: By an open motion made on the main Requests for arbitration page, the indefinite ban on Koavf is replaced by revert parole. He is limited to one content reversion per page per day, and may be reblocked briefly for each violation, extending to indefinite after 3 blocks, depending on the blocking administrator's discretion.
  • Zeq-Zero0000 Decided on 1 June 2007
    • Parties: Zeq (talk · contribs), Zero0000 (talk · contribs)
    • Remedies: Zer0000 is advised not to take any further administrator actions against or in relation to Zeq, including but not limited to enforcement actions under their prior arbitration case, and admonished that so long as an editor, including one on probation, is not restricted in their editing of a page or area they are entitled to be accorded good faith and be treated with respect and courtesy when they edit in those areas.

May

  • Seven cases
  • Tobias Conradi Decided on 25 May 2007
    • Parties: Tobias Conradi (talk · contribs), Tony_Sidaway (talk · contribs)
    • Remedies: Tobias Conradi may be blocked up to one hour by any administrator for any personal attack or violation of civility. Blocks need not be logged.. Tobias Conradi is limited to one revert per week on any article. This includes moves. Tobias Conradi is prohibited from maintaining laundry lists of grievances.
  • Henrygb Decided on 23 May 2007
    • Parties: Henrygb (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA), David Gerard (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)
    • Remedies: For abusive sockpuppetry involving the accounts Audiovideo, Facethefacts, and SE16, Henrygb's administrator privileges are revoked. He may reapply at any time, either a) by appeal to the Arbitration Committee, or b) after giving notice to the committee to allow verification that no further abusive sockpuppetry has occurred, by reapplying via the usual means. Henrygb shall edit Wikipedia from only a single account. Henrygb is banned until he responds to the Arbitration Committee's concerns on this matter.
  • Falun Gong Decided on 9 May 2007
  • Betacommand Decided on 3 May 2007
    • Parties: Betacommand (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA), AnonEMouse (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA), Chrislk02 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA), Mel Etitis (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA), Parker007 (talk · contribs)
    • Remedies: Betacommand's administrative privileges are revoked. He may reapply at any time via the usual means or by appeal to the Arbitration Committee.

April

  • Five cases
  • Billy Ego-Sandstein decided 14 April 2007
    • Parties: Billy Ego (talk · contribs), Sandstein (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)
    • Remedies: Billy Ego banned from editing Wikipedia for a period of one year.
  • Darwinek decided 5 April 2007
    • Parties: Thatcher131 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) (initiator of case), Darwinek (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA), Mt7 (talk · contribs)
    • Remedies: Darwinek's administrative privileges are revoked. He may reapply at any time via the usual means (RfA) or by appeal to the Arbitration Committee. Darwinek is placed on standard civility parole for one year.
  • Lukas19-LSLM decided 4 April 2007
    • Parties: Lukas19 (talk · contribs) (formerly Thulean (talk · contribs)), LSLM (talk · contribs)
    • Remedies: Lukas19 and LSLM are each banned from Wikipedia for one year.
  • InShaneee decided 2 April 2007
    • Parties: InShaneee (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA), Worldtraveller (talk · contribs) (filing party, became 81.179.115.188 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log))
    • Remedies: InShaneee is admonished to abide by the blocking policy and to respond to questions concerning his administrator actions, and his administrator privileges are suspended for 10 days. Worldtraveller is urged to resume contributing to Wikipedia.

March

  • Barrett v. Rosenthal decided 27 March 2007
    • Parties: Ilena (talk · contribs), Fyslee (talk · contribs)
    • Remedies: Ilena is banned for one year and banned from editing articles and talk pages related to alternative medicine except talk pages related to breast implants. Fyslee is cautioned to edit in accordance with policy.
  • Philwelch Decided 6 March 2007
    • Parties: Philwelch (talk · contribs), others
    • Remedies: Philwelch, who was voluntarily desysopped while the request for arbitration was pending, may not be automatically restored to adminship. If he desires, he may seek adminship again through RFA.

February

  • Five cases (one was dismissed)
  • WLU-Mystar Decided 23 February 2007.
    • Parties: Mystar (talk · contribs), WLU (talk · contribs)
    • Result: WLU and Mystar are prohibited from interacting with each other, directly or indirectly, on any Wikipedia page, and may be blocked for up to one week for each violation. For the purpose of this remedy, any edit by either WLU or Mystar to one of the articles over which they had previously been in conflict (including, but not limited to, Terry Goodkind and Lupus Erythematosus) shall be considered an interaction with the other party.
  • Husnock Decided 2 February 2007.
    • Parties: Husnock (talk · contribs), Morwen (talk · contribs), Thebainer (talk · contribs), CBDunkerson (talk · contribs), 'Lieutenant Colonel Dan Rappaport', Durin (talk · contribs)
    • Remedies: Husnock is desysopped without prejudice to his re-applying for adminship via a request for adminship. Husnock is cautioned regarding improper use of alternative accounts and inappropriate postings by alter egos, and to follow Wikipedia's No original research and image copyright policies when he returns to regular editing.
  • Piotrus-Ghirla Dismissed on 1 February 2007 due to inactivity of one of the two parties and ongoing mediation.

January

  • Naming Conventions Decided 19 January 2007
    • Parties: Wknight94 (talk · contribs), Yaksha (talk · contribs), Ned Scott (talk · contribs), Josiah Rowe (talk · contribs), Elonka (talk · contribs)
    • Remedies: It is the responsibility of administrators and other responsible parties to close extended policy discussions, such as this dispute. Closing consists of announcing the decision at the locations of the discussion and briefly explaining the basis for closing it in the way it is being closed; further, to change any policy pages, guidelines or naming conventions to conform with the decision; and finally, to enforce the decision with respect to recalcitrant users who violate the decision, after reminding them and warning them. Izzy Dot's editing privileges are suspended for a period of 14 days. Any user who purposely violates the consensus decision in this matter during the next 180 days may be briefly blocked.
  • Sex tourism Decided 2 January 2007
    • Parties: KyndFellow (talk · contribs), 68.5.116.235 (talk · contribs), edgarde (talk · contribs)
    • Remedies: KyndFellow is indefinitely banned from editing sex tourism and related articles as well as their talk pages. KyndFellow, editing under any username or anonymous ip, is indefinitely placed on Probation. He may be banned from any article or talk page which he disrupts by aggressive biased editing.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Index/Cases/2007
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