Decided: The calendar date (in UTC) when the case was decided. If the case did not reach a decision, it will be Closed instead. If the case involved an administrator "retiring", it will be "Deopped" instead.
Abbrev.: A shorthand abbreviation of the casename. See ArbCaseAbv for more details.
Type: The type of case it is:
Admin: A case centred around the conduct of one or more administrators.
Dispute: A case that examines an intractible dispute between two or more editors directly.
Editor: A case about the (non-administrative) misconduct of an editor.
Functionary: A case centred around misuse of Suppressor or Checkuser permissions.
Omnibus: A case about misconduct in a topic area writ large.
Other: Any case that doesn't fall into one of the categories above.
Remedy name: The name of the remedy (or a description of it, for earlier cases which did not have sectioned remedies).
Remedy (in modern terms): Basically my best attempt to explain, in plain English and modern understanding, what the remedy means.
If this section has a coloured background, the colour indicates its status or origin:
Yellow (#FFFF00) is a temporary injunction issued mid-case.
Blue (#00BFFF) is a post-close amendment or motion.
Red (#CD5C5C) is a remedy that has since been rescinded or otherwise is wholly reliant on previous remedies that are themselves rescinded.
Green (#32CD32) is a remedy whose wording was amended post-close, either due to an amendment/motion or due to changes in process (such as Discretionary Sanctions to Contentious Topic).
Brown (#D2691E) is suspended or in abeyence, usually as part of a period where a remedy has been appealed.
Amended/Enacted: If a remedy was added or amended post-close, this will be the calendar date (in UTC) when the remedy was modified or took effect.
Rescinded: If a remedy was terminated, this will be the calendar date (in UTC) when the remedy was ended.
Enforceable?: Indicates whether a given remedy can be invoked at WP:AE. Any remedy that predates April 2006 and was not still in force by then predates AE entirely.
Sup/Opp/Abs/Rcs: The vote totals for a remedy (Support, Oppose, Abstain, Recused).
Any case that has been courtesy-blanked or closed without action will be given a very brief description and nothing further.
Scope: Gabrielsimon's sockpuppetry and edit-warring
CT?: No
Remedy name
Remedy (in modern terms)
Enforceable?
Sup
Opp
Abs
Rcs
Gabrielsimon: Ban
Gabrielsimon is sitebanned 1mo. If this ban is reset due to evasion, its length is to be doubled.
Predates AE
6
0
0
0
Gabrielsimon: One account
Gabrielsimon is required to name an account as a condition of returning to edit. Once he does so, for the first six months after his siteban lapses or is lifted he must edit through that account and no other. If he continues to misbehave, he may be sitebanned up to 1mo. As above, any evasion of the siteban will extend it to 2mo.
Predates AE
6
0
0
0
Gabrielsimon: Revert limits
Gabrielsimon is under 1RR indefinitely, and is only allowed to make three reverts overall over a 24-hour period (excepting obvious vandalism).
For the next year, OldRight may be summarily topic-banned from any article he disrupts at administrator discretion. Any breaches of topic-bans will be met with blocks capped at 1w. Both OldRight and AN/I are to be notified of any bans issued this way.
" " " " " ", AI must edit from the AI account and no other.
Yes
6
0
0
1
AI banned pending final resolution of legal disputes
As AI has stated he intends to "destroy Wikipedia" by "legal means", he is sitebanned as long as legal action remains outstanding and/or he keeps issuing legal threats.
Davenbelle, Stereotek, and Fadix are told in no uncertain terms to leave Cool Cat alone.
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--
Predates AE
6
0
0
0
Coolcat prohibited from restructuring
Cool Cat is banned from removing, moving, adding mid-thread, or archiving content on talk pages other than his own user talk page for 1yr.
--
--
Yes
7
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0
Coolcat Mentorship
Cool Cat is placed under a mentorship and is topic-banned from the Turkiye and Kurdish people topic areas for 1yr. His mentors are to monitor his editing and sanction him at their discretion.
--
--
No
7
0
0
0
Motion to lift Coolcat, Davenbelle, Steretek[sic] Case Remedy 1
Yuber is sitebanned save for his user talk page and this Arbitration as long as it is active.
Predates AE
7
0
0
0
Yuber placed on probation
For the next year, Yuber may be summarily topic-banned from any article in what would later become the PIA area or the Islam topic area he disrupts at administrator discretion. Any breaches of topic-bans are to be met by blocks of up to 1w. Both Yuber and AN/I are to be notified of any bans levied this way.
Yes
5
0
0
0
Yuber to edit under that account
Yuber must edit from the "Yuber" account and no other.
Yes
4
0
0
0
Guy Montag placed on probation
For the next year, Guy Montag may be summarily topic-banned from any article in what would later become the PIA area he disrupts at administrator discretion. Any breaches of topic bans are to be met by blocks of up to 1w. Both Guy Montag and AN/I are to be notified of any bans levied this way.
Yes
5
0
0
0
Guy Montag banned from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Guy Montag is topic-banned from what would later become the PIA area for 3mo. (concurrent with probation)
For the next year after this case closes, Zen-master may be summarily topic-banned from any article or talk page he disrupts at administrator discretion. (The original version was specific to pages in what would later become the R&I area.)
Dec. 14, 2005
Yes
4
1
0
0
Zen-master banned
Zen-master is sitebanned 1w.
--
Predates AE
4
1
0
0
Zen-master banned for a year
Zen-master hasn't learnt anything from the probation or siteban, and so is sitebanned 1yr.
(This case was originally filed Dec. 14, 2004, but languished in Arbitration Hell for the better part of a year before being closed with no action Sep. 03, 2005 due to ArmchairVexillologistDon "leaving the project". A new case would be filed a little over a month later after he resumed editing (and gotten blocked in a suicide-by-administrator situation), and was fast-tracked, taking less than two weeks from starter pistol to tape.)
Scope: Administrators still confused with how to deal with obvious disruptive sockpuppeteers
CT?: No
Remedy name
Remedy (in modern terms)
Enforceable?
Sup
Opp
Abs
Rcs
Temporary Injunction
DotSix is sitebanned save for his user talk page and this Arbitration as long as it is active. (This temporary injunction is, unusually, not on the main case page.)
Scope: Keetoowah's personal attacks and legal threats
CT?: No
Remedy name
Remedy (in modern terms)
Enforceable?
Sup
Opp
Abs
Rcs
Warning for legal threats
Keetoowah is warned that legal threats are unacceptable. - Someone might want to check to make sure the 2005 ArbCom didn't vacation to the Bay of Bengal.
Predates AE
6
0
0
0
Personal attack parole
Rather than apply the precedent from MLR and AI, Keetoowah may be summarily blocked for up to 72h if he makes an edit judged to be a personal attack.
" " " " " " ", " " " " indefinitely topic-banned from the American politics topic area from that point onward.
Yes
7
0
0
0
Effect of release from indefinite block
As BigDaddy777 was indefinitely blocked during and independent of the case, the remedies above will only take effect if the block is lifted by any means.
Everyking prohibited from commenting on administrators' actions
Everyking is banned from commenting about administrative actions outside of formal Requests for Comment, Arbitrations where he is a party, and the talk page of the administrator who took the action.
--
Modified by open motion[2]
Yes
7
1
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0
Everyking is obligated to familiarize himself before commenting
Everyking is required to familiarize himself with the particulars of a situation before commenting on it.
--
--
No
7
1
0
0
Everyking will not interact with or comment about Snowspinner
Until Aug. 15, 2010, Everyking is under a one-way interaction ban from Snowspinner/Phil Sandifer/El Sandifer. (The original sanction was indefinite in length; an appeal of it resulted in it being reduced to a year in length.)
Modified by open motion
--
Yes
7
0
0
0
Modified by open motion
Everyking's appeal of his indefinite interaction ban from Snowspinner/Phil Sandifer is granted in part - it now becomes time-limited and expires one year from the passage of this motion. (This amendment was shoved in the middle of the case instead of being tacked onto the end.)
Aug. 15, 2009
--
N/A
7
2
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2
Ban and extension of restrictions
Everyking is sitebanned 2w, and any time-limited sanctions still in effect are reset to end on Nov. 11, 2007. He is indefinitely banned from harassing administrators over their administrative actions (on pain of a summary block), and may be summarily topic-banned from any article in the pop music topic area he disrupts at administrator discretion.
July 27, 2006
--
Yes
6
0
0
0
Modified by open motion[2]
Everyking banned from the administrator's noticeboard, Everyking prohibited from commenting on administrators' actions, and the pop-music probation from Ban and extension of restrictions are each rescinded. The interaction ban and harassment ban remain in force, and Everyking may appeal one or both annually.
Scope: Importation of the dispute between Igor Bogdanov and his detractors from fr.wp to en.wp
CT?: No
Remedy name
Remedy (in modern terms)
Enacted
Enforceable?
Sup
Opp
Abs
Rcs
Ban on editing Bogdanov Affair
Any user who is determined to be a direct participant in the Bogdanov affair (or is a sock- or meatpuppet of one) is indefinitely topic-banned from the article.
A notice shall be placed at the top of the article Bogdanov Affair[sic] which links to [reBA] which briefly explains that the Wikipedia article has, in part, been conflated with the external event...due to participation in editing of the article by participants in the event. The notice shall include an apology for our inability to control this phenomenon and a warning that any editor which is determined to be a participant in the external event may be subject to being banned from editing.(The notice has been removed since, likely due to being overtaken by events in 2010.)
Jguk is banned from making any edits which change era notation (primarily BCE/CE to BC/AD) or which are intended to be a pretense to doing so as long as this Arbitration is active.
Predates AE
6
0
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0
Jguk banned from changing BCE to BC or CE to AD
Jguk is indefinitely banned from changing date notations from "Common Era" (BCE/CE) to the more religiously-flavoured Before Christ/Anno Domini.
Zephram Stark is sitebanned 6mo. Part of the reason given for the siteban is attempted interference with [this] arbitration case, which amounts to trying to get the case dismissed on spurious grounds and attempting to doctor the Proposed Decision page.
Yes
6
0
0
0
Probation
For the next year, Zephram Stark may be summarily topic-banned from any article he disrupts at administrator discretion. Any breach of a topic-ban levied this way is to be met with a block of up to 1w.
Yes
6
0
0
0
Ban from terrorism and related articles
Zephram Stark is indefinitely topic-banned from the terrorism topic area. Breaches are to be met with blocks, capped at 1w.
(As the IPv4 address is publicly acknowledged by Louis Epstein to be static and wholly owned by him for his use only, it will not be expurgated.)
Decided: Nov. 12, 2005
Abbrev.: LE
Type: Editor
Scope: Louis Epstein's disruptive and idiosyncratic punctuation
CT?: No
Remedy name
Remedy (in modern terms)
Enforceable?
Sup
Opp
Abs
Rcs
Conventional punctuation required
12.144.5.2 or any other account or IP under Louis Epstein's control may be summarily blocked for failing to follow conventional punctuation practises, with block length caps increasing by an order of magnitude annually, to the Arbitration maximum of 1yr. (1d '05 -> 1w '06 -> 1mo '07 -> 1yr '08 onwards)
The above remedy is stayed as long as a mentor is willing to fix Epstein's idiosyncratic punctuation. (This remedy was rendered moot after Epstein took an extended Wikibreak in 2006, returning under 12.144.5.2 in 2009.)
Researcher99 banned from editing polygamy-related articles
Researcher99 is indefinitely topic-banned from the polygamy topic area. Breaches are to be met with blocks, capped at 1w for the first five and 1yr thereafter.
Scope: The user formerly known as Lightbringer's conduct in the Freemasonry topic area
CT?: No
Remedy name
Remedy (in modern terms)
Enacted
Enforceable?
Sup
Opp
Abs
Rcs
Temporary Injunction
The user formerly known as Lightbringer is topic-banned from articles in the Freemasonry topic area as long as this Arbitration is active.
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Predates AE
5
0
0
0
Lightbringer placed on personal attack parole
For the next six months, the user formerly known as Lightbringer may be summarily blocked for up to 1w if they make an edit judged to be a personal attack.
--
Yes
6
0
0
0
Lightbringer banned from Freemasonry-related subjects and talkpages indefinitely
The user formerly known as Lightbringer is indefinitely topic-banned from the Freemasonry topic area. Breaches are to be met with blocks, capped at 1w for the first five and 1yr thereafter.
--
Yes
6
0
0
0
Lightbringer banned
The user formerly known as Lightbringer is sitebanned 1yr.
Instantnood is reminded to make useful edit summaries.
--
No
6
0
0
0
Joining Huaiwei
As Huaiwei is a significant player in the matter at hand, he is forcibly added to the case by ArbCom.
--
N/A
5
0
0
0
Instantnood placed on probation
For one year from Jan. 28, 2006, Instantnood may be summarily banned from any article or talk page he disrupts at administrator discretion. Any such bans must be announced to both his user talk page and the Incidents noticeboard. (See SchmuckyTheCat placed on probation for the original wording of this remedy.)
Motion to extend Instantnood and Huaiwei probation
Motion to extend Instantnood and Huaiwei probation
Yes
5
0
0
0
SchmuckyTheCat placed on probation
For the next year, SchmuckyTheCat may be summarily banned from any article in the China topic area he disrupts at administrator discretion. Any such bans must be announced to both his user talk page and the Incidents noticeboard.
--
Yes
5
0
0
0
Motion to extend Instantnood and Huaiwei probation
This motion expands both Instantnood's and Huaiwei's probations to cover the entire encyclopaedia (rather than just the China topic area) and talk pages.
Rex071404 is indefinitely topic-banned from John Kerry. Breaches are to be met with blocks of up to 1w.
Yes
7
0
0
1
Problematic editing at other articles
Rex071404 may be summarily topic-banned from any other article he disrupts at administrator discretion. Breaches of bans issued this way are to be met with blocks of up to 1w.
Karmafist restricted with respect to Pigsonthewing
Karmafist is banned from using his administrator tools to Pigsonthewing's detriment. (This remedy entails blocking him, enforcing any remedy in this case, and/or using admin tools to exclude or shut him out of discussions.)
--
--
No
8
0
0
0
Pigsonthewing banned for stirring up trouble
Pigsonthewing is banned one day for stirring up trouble by pointing other users to User:Karmafist/users to watch.[link in original]
--
--
Predates AE
8
0
0
0
Pigsonthewing revert limitation
For the first year after his slap-on-the-wrist siteban ends, Pigsonthewing is under 1RR/week.
--
--
Yes
6
1
0
0
Pigsonthewing banned for one year
Pigsonthewing is sitebanned 1yr for his unrepentantbehaviour since the case's close.
Scope: Rangerdude's harassment of editors opposing him
CT?: No
Remedy name
Remedy (in modern terms)
Enforceable?
Sup
Opp
Abs
Rcs
Rangerdude placed on probation
For the next year, Rangerdude may be summarily topic-banned from any article he disrupts at administrator discretion. Breaches of bans issued this way are to be met with blocks, capped at 1w for the first five and 1yr thereafter.
Yes
7
0
0
0
Rangerdude admonished
Rangerdude is admonished to extend respect and forgiveness to users such as User:Cberlet (Chip Berlet) who share the burden of being notable enough to have articles regarding them be included in Wikipedia.[links in original]
Predates AE
7
0
0
0
Willmcw admonished
Willmcw is admonished to extend respect and forgiveness to users such as User:Nskinsella (Stephan Kinsella), who share the burden of being notable enough to have articles regarding them be included in Wikipedia.[links to Kinsella in original]
Predates AE
7
0
0
0
Nskinsella cautioned regarding personal attacks
Nskinsella is cautioned to avoid personal attacks.
Predates AE
7
0
0
0
Cberlet cautioned regarding autobiography
For some strange reason, ArbCom issues an admonishment to Berlet about editing the article on himself, despite a finding of fact to that effect failing to pass and Berlet following best practices for conflict-of-interest editors.
Predates AE
7
0
0
0
Nskinsella cautioned regarding autobiography
Kinsella is warned to avoid editing the article on himself.
(The case page assumes this is a review of CCD, although the only party to that case who's a major player in this one is William M. Connolley, and even then only as a target of misbehaviour.)
SEWilco is reminded that Wikipedia does not operate by strict application of guidelines or decisions of the Arbitration Committee but by consensus. He is advised to be more responsive to the reactions of other users.
Predates AE
7
0
0
0
Clarification of the revert parole imposed on William M. Connolley
ArbCom clarifies that Connolley's revert parole was intended to address content disputes, not cosmetic disagreements. This remedy is rendered moot with the one immediately following.
N/A
7
0
0
0
Removal of the revert parole imposed on William M. Connolley
SEWilco is indefinitely banned from changing how citations are presented on articles, whether manually or using a script or bot.
Yes
7
0
0
0
SEWilco placed on probation
SEWilco may be sitebanned for up to 1yr or topic-banned for any length of time from any article he disrupts by consensus of at least three uninvolved administrators. Bans issued this way must be logged on the case page. This remedy will expire on its own terms one year after the expiration of the most recent time-limited sanction. (The last sanction issued expired on Jan. 11, 2007, meaning the probation lapsed Jan. 11, 2008.)
FuelWagon is sitebanned save for his userspace and this Arbitration as long as it is active.
Predates AE
5
0
0
0
FuelWagon banned
FuelWagon is sitebanned 6mo.
Yes
7
0
0
0
Ed Poor desysopped
Ed Poor's administrator rights are revoked. He may only regain them via a new, successful Request for Adminship.
N/A
7
0
0
0
FuelWagon revert limitation
FuelWagon is under indefinite 1RR/week.
Yes
7
0
0
0
FuelWagon placed on general probation
FuelWagon may be sitebanned for up to 1yr or topic-banned for any length of time from any article he disrupts by consensus of at least three uninvolved administrators. Bans issued this way must be logged on the case page. This remedy will expire on its own terms one year after the expiration of the most recent time-limited sanction. (FuelWagon did not return after his siteban expired, and the probation thus technically expired June 23, 2007.)
Scope: Continued misconduct in the LaRouche topic area since LaR2
CT?: No
Remedy name
Remedy (in modern terms)
Enforceable?
Sup
Opp
Abs
Rcs
Removal of personal attacks
The "links & ties" material posted by Nobs01 on Talk:Chip Berlet or any other page may be removed by any user as personal attacks.("Links and ties" is a common phrase in, and criticism of, Berlet's work. In this instance, Nobs01 was using the phrase to imply Berlet was connected to criminals.)
Yes
7
0
0
0
Modify Lyndon LaRouche 2
Cognition is subject to all the sanctions that were issued on Herschelkrustofsky in LaR2, excepting the siteban (which post-dates this case). (For reference, Cognition must edit from that account and no other, is topic-banned for 1yr from the LaRouche movement topic area, and is banned for 1yr from reinserting content which was removed for POV reasons.) In addition, Chip Berlet, Political Research Associates, Dennis King, and their associated article talk pages are added to the LaRouche movement topic area by fiat.
Yes
7
0
0
0
Cognition placed on personal attack parole
Cognition may be summarily blocked if they make an edit judged to be a personal attack.
Yes
7
0
0
0
Rangerdude placed on probation
This effectively resets Rangerdude's probation from RNG, as the two sanctions are written almost identically. (This can be explained by this case and RNG being deliberated simultaneously, given the timeframe in which both were decided.)
Yes
7
0
0
0
Rangerdude admonished
(This is effectively the same as the warning he got to this effect in RNG.)
Predates AE
7
0
0
0
Cberlet cautioned regarding autobiography
(This is effectively the same as the warning he got to this effect in RNG, albeit more justifiable this time around.)
Predates AE
7
0
0
0
Nobs01 banned for one month
Nobs01 is sitebanned 1mo. (redundant with "Nobs01 banned for personal attacks")
Sam Spade is warned that he needs to corroborate content he adds to articles with sources.
Predates AE
8
0
0
0
Nobs01 banned for personal attacks
Nobs01 is sitebanned 1yr. After that ban expires, he may be re-banned for up to a year by consensus of at least three uninvolved administrators; if this happens his userspace, including talk pages, is to be fully-protected. (The ability to revoke talk page access was not available to administrators in 2005.)
Yes
6
0
0
0
Nobs01 placed on Probation
Nobs01 may be sitebanned for up to 1yr or topic-banned for any length of time from any article he disrupts by consensus of at least three uninvolved administrators. Bans issued this way must be logged on the case page. This remedy will expire on its own terms one year after the expiration of the most recent time-limited sanction. (I cannot find any evidence Nobs01 was sanctioned any further, and so have to assume this remedy expired Dec. 23, 2007.)
Ted Wilkes and Wyss banned from making homosexuality/bisexuality edits
Ted Wilkes and Wyss are both indefinitely topic-banned from edits about people's sexuality. This includes edits involving copyediting related terminology.
Yes
7
0
0
0
Ted Wilkes placed on Probation
Ted Wilkes may be sitebanned for up to 1yr or topic-banned for any length of time from any article he disrupts by consensus of at least three uninvolved administrators. Bans issued this way must be logged on the case page. This remedy will expire on its own terms one year after the expiration of the most recent time-limited sanction. (I cannot find any evidence Ted Wilkes was sanctioned any further, and so have to assume this remedy expired Dec. 24, 2006.)
Yes
6
0
0
0
Wyss placed on Probation
Wyss may be sitebanned for up to 1yr or topic-banned for any length of time from any article he disrupts by consensus of at least three uninvolved administrators. Bans issued this way must be logged on the case page. This remedy will expire on its own terms one year after the expiration of the most recent time-limited sanction. (Wyss requested, and received, an indefinite block on Nov. 20, 2006, about a month before this remedy would have lapsed. He had been caught using sockpuppets and breaching his sexuality ban, but there otherwise has been no incidence of him being sanctioned under the probation.)
