Irishpunktom: Closed on Monday, a case involving
Irishpunktom,
Karl Meier, and
Dbiv. As a result of the case, Dbiv was desysopped, and Irishpunktom and Dbiv were banned from editing
Peter Tatchell for one year, Irishpunktom and Karl Meier were placed on probation for one year, and Irishpunktom was placed on one revert per article per week parole. The dispute involved edit warring on
Peter Tatchell. With the case near-closing last month, Dbiv made an IP edit to his case, rewording a resolution.
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Alienus: Closed on Sunday, a case involving
Alienus. As a result, Alienus was banned from editing for one year. Prior to the case, Alienus had been blocked 15 times, and had assumed bad faith, and been warned many times about personal attacks, edit warring, and incivility.
Pudgenet: Closed on Wednesday, a case brought against
Pudgenet, involving a dispute between
Pudgenet and
-Barry-. As a result, Barry was banned indefinitely from editing
Perl and its talk page, Pudgenet was placed on personal attack parole and probation, and all parties were warned about their actions. The dispute involved pages relating to
Perl, as well as
Wikipedia:Wikipedians with articles.
Kehrli: A case involving the actions of
Nick Y and
Kherli on
Mass-to-charge ratio and related articles. Both protagonists accuse each other of POV pushing, adding unsourced information, and adding dispute tags without reason.
Israel-Lebanon: A case involving the actions of
AdamKesher,
Tasc and others on
2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. AdamKesher accuses Tasc of removing relevant external links which satisfy
WP:EL, and he denies the allegation. In response,
Denis Diderot accuses Kesher of "using Wikipedia as a tool to promote his POV".
Deir Yassin massacre: A case involving the actions of
KimvdLinde and
Guy Montag on
Deir Yassin massacre. KimvdLinde alleges that Montag has violated his
probation by rewriting the article, unilaterally moving it to "Battle of Deir Yassin", violating copyright and votestacking. In return, Montag refuses "to participate in any of these proceedings", and alleges that KimvdLinde has abused her admin tools by exercising them in a dispute in which she is involved.
Warren Kinsella: A case involving the actions of
Arthur Ellis,
Pete Peters and others on the
Warren Kinsella article. Both users accuse the other of disruptive edits on the page, and Peters and others acccuse Ellis of sockpuppetry using anon accounts, while Ellis alleges that administrators dealt inequitably with him and Peters.
Voting phase
Zer0faults: A case involving the actions of
Zer0faults and
Nescio on
Template:War on Terrorism,
War on Terror and related arguments. Nescio alleges that Zer0faults has engaged in violation of
WP:POINT, disruptive editing, and "uncivil remarks". In return, Zer0fault alleges that Nescio has failed to
assume good faith, violated
WP:POINT and
WP:RS, and failed to provide explanations for his reverts. A single remedy that would place Zer0faults on probation was suggested by
Fred Bauder, but has not yet been voted on by other arbitrators.
Intangible: A case involving the actions of
Intangible.
Cberlet alleges that Intangible has used an "aggressive and confrontational" editing style to push his POV (partly through the wholesale deletion of the term "far right" from numerous pages), making sweeping edits and reverts with little or no discussion, and being "contentious and confrontational" in talk page discussions. Intangible vigorously denies the allegations. A single remedy, supported by Bauder and
Sam Korn would place Intangible on probation.
CoolKatt number 99999: A case involving the actions of
CoolKatt number 99999 on
WWOR-TV and related articles, as well as the actions of
Crossmr,
Kramden4700 and others. A
temporary injunction has been enacted, which bans CoolKatt from editing pages other than his own user pages and the arbitration pages for the duration of the case. Remedies banning CoolKatt from U.S. television articles for one year, placing him on probation, and ordering the deletion of all user subpages that violate
userpage policies have the support of Bauder and Korn.
Ericsaindon2: A case involving the actions of
Ericsaindon2,
Coolcaesar and
Will Beback. Coolcaesar claims that Ericsaindon2 has tried to insert original research, has disrupted Wikipedia, used sockpuppets, uploaded images violating copyright law, and failed to assume good faith. In response, Ericsaindon2 claims that Coolcaesar has contributed equally to the dispute, and that Will Beback has misused admin powers, in particular with incorrect and biased application of the
3RR. Remedies have been proposed limiting Ericsaindon to one account, placing him on probation, and banning him for one year have the support of three arbitrators.
Heqong: A case (formerly referred to as Chiang Kai-shek) involving the actions of
Heqong (formerly
Chiang Kai-shek) on China and Taiwan-related articles. Proposed remedies placing Heqong on personal attack parole and probation, and banning him for one month for personal attacks have the support of three arbitrators.
His excellency: A case involving the actions of
His excellency. The case involves the actions of His excellency on Islam-related talk pages. Remedies banning His excellency for at least four months, placing him on personal attack parole, and placing His excellency and Timothy Usher on probation have attracted the support of two arbitrators, as has one permitting the use of "traditional Muslim usages" such as "Salam, brother" on talk pages, so long as they do not create a hostile atmosphere for non-Muslims. Consensus has not yet been reached on other proposed remedies.
Sathya Sai Baba: A case involving
Andries and
SSS108's actions on the article
Sathya Sai Baba. Both have accused each other of "POV pushing", and violating Wikipedia's policy on
original research. Proposed remedies that unsourced or poorly sourced information be removed from these articles, and a complete amnesty for Andries and SSS108 for any unreliable information they may have added in the past have the support of three arbitrators.
Eternal Equinox: A case involving
Eternal Equinox. Several users complained that Eternal Equinox has been trying to claim
ownership of articles with edit wars and abuse directed at those who try to edit them. Eternal Equinox claimed to have left Wikipedia, but the other parties argued that this was not credible because of a number of similar statements made previously. Eternal Equinox has since returned, editing anonymously from several related IP addresses while acknowledging his or her identity. Remedies proposed placing Eternal Equinox on probation and personal attack parole for one year, and cautioning Jim62sch "to avoid teasing or taunting sensitive users" has the support of six arbitrators.
Israeli apartheid: A case involving the actions of editors and administrators on
Allegations of Israeli apartheid (formerly at
Israeli apartheid). The article was the site of a move war during a poll to determine the article's naming. Remedies encouraging negotiation and mediation, admonishing administrators involved in the dispute, directing discussion of issues to
Wikipedia:Central discussions/Apartheid, and granting an amnesty to all users except
Zeq have the support of six arbitrators.
Añoranza: A case involving
Añoranza. Users asserted that Añoranza had been incivil, and had filed a retaliatory
request for comment and
request for checkuser. The dispute involves the usage of terms such as "Operation Iraqi Liberation" for the
2003 invasion of Iraq. Remedies banning Añoranza for a week for the disruptive way in which he went about bringing the terms to light and encouraging the parties to enter into good-faith negotiations into the matter have the support of five arbitrators; other remedies are split.
8bitJake: A case involving
8bitJake.
badlydrawnjeff, the initiator of the arbitration request, has asserted that 8bitJake's editing on political articles was biased, and that 8bitJake was incivil to other editors on the articles. Remedies supported by six arbitrators would place 8bitJake and related editors on probation and ban them from articles relating to the politics of the State of Washington.
Motion to close
Hunger: A case involving a dispute about articles related to
The Hunger Project. One of the parties,
Jcoonrod, identifies himself as John Coonrod, an executive with that organization. The dispute has been in mediation about how and whether to include unflattering material about the organization in the article. If closed, "non-controversial" information from the official website of the Hunger Project can be included unless it is contested in good-faith, in which case a reliable source must be found, and negative material can be removed unless it is adequately sourced.
Dionyseus: A case involving
Dionyseus and
Danny Pi, and their actions on
Veselin Topalov, an article on a Bulgarian chess player accused of cheating. Remedies brought by Fred Bauder and supported mostly by three other arbitrators, would ban Danielpi for a week for "discourtesy and personal attacks", and recommend that Dionyseus "consider carefully the suggestions of others regarding punctuation and other matters he is not familiar with".
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