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== Mschwartz1 granted extended confirmed for the purpose of participating in arbitration ==
== Proposed motions on email canvassing ==


{{user|Mschwartz1}} is granted the [[WP:XC|extended-confirmed]] user group for the exclusive purpose of participating in a case request about Israel-Palestine.
The Arbitration Committee is considering a '''[[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Motions#Motions:_PIA_Canvassing|series of proposed motions]]''' related to allegations of inappropriate email canvassing within the Israel-Palestine topic area in violation of Wikipedia policy. Community statements and evidence submissions are welcome at the above link, or by email to {{arbcom-en}} if information cannot be posted publicly. For the Arbitration Committee, '''[[User:L235|KevinL]]''' (<small>aka</small> [[User:L235|L235]] '''·''' [[User talk:L235#top|t]] '''·''' [[Special:Contribs/L235|c]]) 21:56, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
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For the Arbitration Committee, [[User:Firefly|<span style="color:#850808;">firefly</span>]] <small>( [[User talk:Firefly|t]] · [[Special:Contributions/Firefly|c]] )</small> 15:11, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
== Arbitration motion regarding ''GiantSnowman'' ==
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The Arbitration Committee has resolved by [[Special:Permalink/1194194627#Motion:_GiantSnowman_restrictions_amended_(January_2024)|motion]] that:
{{ivmbox|1=Remedy 1.2 of the ''GiantSnowman'' case ("GiantSnowman admonished and placed under review") is amended to read as follows:
<blockquote>
1.2) GiantSnowman is admonished for overuse of the rollback and blocking functions, and reminded to [[w:WP:ADMINCOND|"lead by example" and "strive to model appropriate standards of courtesy"]]; to [[w:WP:ADMINACCT|"respond promptly and civilly to queries about their Wikipedia-related conduct and administrative actions and to justify them when needed"]]; to not use admin tools in [[w:WP:INVOLVED|"cases in which they have been involved" including "conflicts with an editor" and "disputes on topics"]]; to [[w:WP:BITE|"treat newcomers with kindness and patience"]]; and to apply these principles in all interactions with all editors.


== Resignation ==
With the exception of obvious vandalism or obvious violations of the policy on biographies of living persons:
* GiantSnowman is prohibited from reverting another editor's contribution without providing an explanation in the edit summary. Default edit summaries provided by MediaWiki or user scripts are not sufficient for the purpose of this restriction. For the avoidance of doubt, use of MediaWiki rollback with an edit summary via a user script such as [[w:User:DannyS712/AjaxRollbackSummary|this one]], or via massRollback.js, is permitted.
* GiantSnowman is prohibited from blocking an editor who has not been recently warned for the conduct in question. For the purposes of this restriction, "recently" is assumed to be within 7 days.


I resign my seat on ArbCom with immediate effect. To all those who voted for me - I'm sorry I wasn't the arbitrator either of us hoped I'd be. [[User:GeneralNotability|GeneralNotability]] ([[User talk:GeneralNotability|talk]]) 11:37, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
Violations may be reported by any editor to [[w:WP:AE|the Arbitration Enforcement noticeboard]]. GiantSnowman may [[w:WP:ARCA|appeal these restrictions directly to the Arbitration Committee]] at any time.
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== Revocation of Mschwartz1's extended-confirmed permission ==
For the Arbitration Committee, [[User:Firefly|<span style="color:#850808;">firefly</span>]] <small>( [[User talk:Firefly|t]] · [[Special:Contributions/Firefly|c]] )</small> 19:05, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
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The Arbitration Committee makes the following update to [[Special:Diff/1210786930/1214689736|its 20 March announcement]]:
== Arbitration motion regarding PIA Canvassing ==


{{User|Mschwartz1}}'s extended-confirmed permission is revoked as they did not meet the Arbitration Committee's expectations when the request for the permission was granted. The Committee apologises for the time spent by the wider Community on this affair.
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by [[Special:Permalink/1197461960#Motions: PIA Canvassing|motion]] that:


Guerillero is recused from consideration of this matter.
{{ivmbox|1=Since at least October 2023, there has been an ongoing effort by one or more banned editors to canvass discussions within the [[:en:Israel-Palestine Conflict|Israel-Palestine]] topic area and asking for proxy edits to promote a pro-Israel point of view. Based on the evidence received by the Committee, the following discussions have been targeted:
* [[:en:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Genocide against Palestinians|Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Genocide against Palestinians]]
* [[:en:Talk:Allegations of war crimes against Israel#Requested move 11 October 2023|Talk:Allegations of war crimes against Israel#Requested move 11 October 2023]]
* [[:en:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nakba denial|Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nakba denial]]
* [[:en:Talk:Israel#Request for Comment on apartheid charges|Talk:Israel#Request for Comment on apartheid charges]]
* [[:en:Talk:United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine#Unexplained removal|Talk:United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine#Unexplained removal]]
* [[:en:Talk:Ahed Tamimi#Instagram account suspended following call to butcher civilians|Talk:Ahed Tamimi#Instagram account suspended following call to butcher civilians]]
* [[:en:Talk:From the river to the sea#Lead dominant View|Talk:From the river to the sea#Lead dominant View]]
* [[:en:Talk:From the river to the sea#For Clarity on Removal of Kelley Source|Talk:From the river to the sea#For Clarity on Removal of Kelley Source]]
* [[:en:Talk:Gaza Strip#"Oppressive one-party state"|Talk:Gaza Strip#"Oppressive one-party state"]]
* [[:en:Template talk:Genocide navbox#Correction of date range and citation in need of correction|Template talk:Genocide navbox#Correction of date range and citation in need of correction]]
* [[:en:Talk:Human shields in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict#Merge proposal|Talk:Human shields in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict#Merge proposal]]
* [[:en:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Glorification of martyrdom in Palestinian society|Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Glorification of martyrdom in Palestinian society]]
* [[:en:Talk:Israel#RFC on human rights language in lead|Talk:Israel#RFC on human rights language in lead]]
* [[:en:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beit Rima massacre|Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beit Rima massacre]]
* [[:en:Talk:2023 Israel–Hamas war#RfC on sexual violence in lead section|Talk:2023 Israel–Hamas war#RfC on sexual violence in lead section]]
The Arbitration Committee would like to thank the editors who reported canvassing. If editors have any additional canvassing evidence, please bring it to the Committee's attention. The Arbitration Committee asks the Wikimedia Foundation for assistance creating technical measures to prevent the ongoing abuse.}}


On behalf of the Committee, [[User:Sdrqaz|Sdrqaz]] ([[User talk:Sdrqaz|talk]]) 01:01, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
{{ivmbox|1=Based on information from the checkuser tool and on information received, the Committee determines that {{User|Dovidroth}} most likely participated in discussions due to canvassing and made proxy edits for a banned editor. As a result, they are indefinitely banned from Wikipedia. This ban may be appealed immediately after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.}}
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== [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Conflict of interest management]] closed ==
{{ivmbox|1=Based on information from the checkuser tool and on information received, the Committee determines that {{User|Dovidroth}} most likely made proxy edits for a banned editor. As a result, they are indefinitely [[Wikipedia:Banning policy#Topic ban|topic banned]] from making edits related to [[Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Arab–Israeli conflict|the Arab-Israeli conflict]], [[Wikipedia:Broadly construed|broadly construed]]. This ban may be appealed immediately after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.}}


The Arbitration case "[[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Conflict of interest management|Conflict of interest management]]" has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:
{{ivmbox|1=Based on information from the checkuser tool and on information received, the Committee determines that {{User|EytanMelech}} most likely made proxy edits for a banned editor. As a result, he is indefinitely banned from Wikipedia. This ban may be appealed immediately after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.}}


*The Arbitration Committee requests that a new [[WP:VRT|VRT]] queue be established to accept reports of undisclosed conflict-of-interest or paid editing, where reporting such editing on-wiki is in conflict with [[WP:OUTING]]. The queue membership is to be decided by the Arbitration Committee and is open to any functionary and to any administrator by request to the Committee and who passes a functionary-like appointment process (including signing the [[:wmf:ANPDP|ANPDP]]). Following the creation of the queue, the existing checkuser-only paid-en-wp queue will be archived, and access will be restricted to checkusers indefinitely. Functionaries and administrators working this queue may, at their discretion, refer a ticket to the Arbitration Committee for review; an example of a situation where a ticket should be referred to the committee is when there is a credible report involving an administrator.
{{ivmbox|1=Based on information from the checkuser tool and on information received, the Committee determines that {{User|EytanMelech}} most likely made proxy edits for a banned editor. As a result, they are indefinitely [[Wikipedia:Banning policy#Topic ban|topic banned]] from making edits related to [[Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Arab–Israeli conflict|the Arab-Israeli conflict]], [[Wikipedia:Broadly construed|broadly construed]]. This ban may be appealed immediately after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.}}
*For posting non-public information about another editor—after a previous post by Fram in the same thread was removed and oversighted—[[User:Fram|Fram]] is admonished against posting previously undisclosed information about other editors on Wikipedia ("[[WP:OUTING|outing]]") which is a violation of the [[WP:HA|harassment policy]]. Concerns about policy violations based on private evidence ''must'' be sent to the appropriate off-wiki venue. Any further violations of this policy may result in an Arbitration Committee block or ban.
*For his failure to meet the conduct standards expected of an administrator, specifically as pertains to conflict of interest editing and conflict of interest disclosure, [[User:Nihonjoe|Nihonjoe]]'s administrator and bureaucrat user rights are removed. Nihonjoe may regain these user rights via a successful request for adminship and a successful request for bureaucratship, respectively.
For the Arbitration Committee, [[User:Firefly|<span style="color:#850808;">firefly</span>]] <small>( [[User talk:Firefly|t]] · [[Special:Contributions/Firefly|c]] )</small> 17:07, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
: Discuss this at: '''{{slink|Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard|Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Conflict of interest management closed}}'''<!-- [[User:ArbClerkBot|ArbClerkBot]] ([[User talk:ArbClerkBot|talk]]) 17:07, 13 April 2024 (UTC) --><!--Template:hes-->


== Changes to the functionaries team, April 2024 ==
{{ivmbox|1=Based on information from the checkuser tool and on information received, the Committee determines that {{User|Homerethegreat}} most likely participated in discussions due to canvassing and made proxy edits for a banned editor. As a result, they are indefinitely [[Wikipedia:Banning policy#Topic ban|topic banned]] from making edits related to [[Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Arab–Israeli conflict|the Arab-Israeli conflict]], [[Wikipedia:Broadly construed|broadly construed]]. This ban may be appealed immediately after the enactment of this remedy, and every twelve months thereafter.}}


Following requests to the Arbitration Committee, the CheckUser access of [[User:Joe Roe|Joe Roe]] is restored and the Oversight access of [[User:GeneralNotability|GeneralNotability]] is removed. The Committee sincerely thanks GeneralNotability for his service as a member of the Arbitration Committee and Oversight team.
For the Arbitration Committee, [[User:Aoidh|Aoidh]] ([[User talk:Aoidh|talk]]) 15:48, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
: Discuss this at: '''{{slink|Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard|Arbitration motion regarding PIA Canvassing}}'''<!-- [[User:ArbClerkBot|ArbClerkBot]] ([[User talk:ArbClerkBot|talk]]) 16:35, 20 January 2024 (UTC) --><!--Template:hes-->


On behalf of the Committee, [[User:Sdrqaz|Sdrqaz]] ([[User talk:Sdrqaz|talk]]) 23:16, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
== Motion on use of remind, warn, and admonish ==
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== Arbitration motion regarding ''Armenia-Azerbaijan 3'' ==
A motion to formalize the Arbitration Committee's usage of remind, warn, and admonish in the procedures is now being considered at [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Motions#Remind,_warn,_admonish|Arbitration/Requests/Motions]]. Community feedback is invited and welcomed. [[User:Barkeep49|Barkeep49]] ([[User_talk:Barkeep49|talk]]) 16:43, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
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The Arbitration Committee has resolved by [[Special:Permalink/1219529140#Motion:_Olympian's_topic_ban_rescinded_with_suspension|motion]] that:
== Feedback requested for AE's "Information for administrators" section ==
{{ivmbox|[[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Armenia-Azerbaijan_3#Topic_ban_(Olympian)|Remedy 3.1]] of the case ''Armenia-Azerbaijan 3'' ("Topic ban (Olympian)") is lifted subject to a probationary period lasting eighteen months from the date this motion is enacted. During this period, any uninvolved administrator may re-impose the topic ban as an arbitration enforcement action, subject to appeal only to the Arbitration Committee. If the probationary period elapses without incident, the topic ban is to be considered permanently lifted.}}


For the Arbitration Committee, [[User:Dreamy Jazz|Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">'''Jazz'''</i>]] <sup>''[[User talk:Dreamy Jazz|talk to me]]'' &#124; ''[[Special:Contribs/Dreamy Jazz|my contributions]]''</sup> 09:14, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
Feedback is requested for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at [[WP:AE]]. The draft text and feedback section can be found at [[Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#Consultation: Admin information draft]]. Thank you to everyone who participates. [[User:Z1720|Z1720]] ([[User talk:Z1720|talk]]) 20:54, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
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== Arbitration motion regarding the severity of remedies ==

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by [[Special:Permalink/1200775605#Remind,_warn,_admonish|motion]] that:
{{ivmbox|1=
Add the following to the [[WP:ARBPROC|Arbitration Procedures]] as a subsection of "Arbitration Proceedings"
<blockquote>
When used in arbitration motions or remedies, the words below should be considered to have the following order of severity:
#Remind (weakest)
#Warn
#Admonish (strongest)
</blockquote>
}}
For the Arbitration Committee, '''[[User:L235|KevinL]]''' (<small>aka</small> [[User:L235|L235]] '''·''' [[User talk:L235#top|t]] '''·''' [[Special:Contribs/L235|c]]) 06:50, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
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== Change to the CheckUser team, January 2024 ==

Following a request to the Committee, [[User:Wugapodes|Wugapodes]]' CheckUser access has been removed. The Arbitration Committee sincerely thanks Wugapodes for their service as a CheckUser and their continuing service as an Oversighter.

On behalf of the Committee, [[User:Sdrqaz|Sdrqaz]] ([[User talk:Sdrqaz|talk]]) 20:35, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Revision as of 09:15, 18 April 2024

This noticeboard is for announcements and statements made by the Arbitration Committee. Only members of the Arbitration Committee or the Committee's Clerks may post on this page, but all editors are encouraged to comment on the talk page.

Announcement archives:

Mschwartz1 granted extended confirmed for the purpose of participating in arbitration

Mschwartz1 (talk · contribs) is granted the extended-confirmed user group for the exclusive purpose of participating in a case request about Israel-Palestine.

For the Arbitration Committee, firefly ( t · c ) 15:11, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Archived discussion at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard/Archive 51 § Mschwartz1 granted extended confirmed for the purpose of participating in arbitration

Resignation

I resign my seat on ArbCom with immediate effect. To all those who voted for me - I'm sorry I wasn't the arbitrator either of us hoped I'd be. GeneralNotability (talk) 11:37, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § Resignation

Revocation of Mschwartz1's extended-confirmed permission

The Arbitration Committee makes the following update to its 20 March announcement:

Mschwartz1 (talk · contribs)'s extended-confirmed permission is revoked as they did not meet the Arbitration Committee's expectations when the request for the permission was granted. The Committee apologises for the time spent by the wider Community on this affair.

Guerillero is recused from consideration of this matter.

On behalf of the Committee, Sdrqaz (talk) 01:01, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § Revocation of Mschwartz1's extended-confirmed permission

The Arbitration case "Conflict of interest management" has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

  • The Arbitration Committee requests that a new VRT queue be established to accept reports of undisclosed conflict-of-interest or paid editing, where reporting such editing on-wiki is in conflict with WP:OUTING. The queue membership is to be decided by the Arbitration Committee and is open to any functionary and to any administrator by request to the Committee and who passes a functionary-like appointment process (including signing the ANPDP). Following the creation of the queue, the existing checkuser-only paid-en-wp queue will be archived, and access will be restricted to checkusers indefinitely. Functionaries and administrators working this queue may, at their discretion, refer a ticket to the Arbitration Committee for review; an example of a situation where a ticket should be referred to the committee is when there is a credible report involving an administrator.
  • For posting non-public information about another editor—after a previous post by Fram in the same thread was removed and oversighted—Fram is admonished against posting previously undisclosed information about other editors on Wikipedia ("outing") which is a violation of the harassment policy. Concerns about policy violations based on private evidence must be sent to the appropriate off-wiki venue. Any further violations of this policy may result in an Arbitration Committee block or ban.
  • For his failure to meet the conduct standards expected of an administrator, specifically as pertains to conflict of interest editing and conflict of interest disclosure, Nihonjoe's administrator and bureaucrat user rights are removed. Nihonjoe may regain these user rights via a successful request for adminship and a successful request for bureaucratship, respectively.

For the Arbitration Committee, firefly ( t · c ) 17:07, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Conflict of interest management closed

Changes to the functionaries team, April 2024

Following requests to the Arbitration Committee, the CheckUser access of Joe Roe is restored and the Oversight access of GeneralNotability is removed. The Committee sincerely thanks GeneralNotability for his service as a member of the Arbitration Committee and Oversight team.

On behalf of the Committee, Sdrqaz (talk) 23:16, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § Changes to the functionaries team, April 2024

Arbitration motion regarding Armenia-Azerbaijan 3

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Remedy 3.1 of the case Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 ("Topic ban (Olympian)") is lifted subject to a probationary period lasting eighteen months from the date this motion is enacted. During this period, any uninvolved administrator may re-impose the topic ban as an arbitration enforcement action, subject to appeal only to the Arbitration Committee. If the probationary period elapses without incident, the topic ban is to be considered permanently lifted.

For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 09:14, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § Arbitration motion regarding Armenia-Azerbaijan 3